Hello, and welcome to ZAP them away! My name is Robert and I am the creator of this site. I have been married for 23 years to my wonderful wife Tanya. Tanya and I enjoy Yoga, riding bikes, working out at the gym, painting, swimming, bowling, spending time with our Pets and taking walks on the beach.
Growing up?
When I think back to my childhood, I would say that my life was pretty normal. Well normal for lack of technology. I actually had legos and erector sets that I played with. I have a lot of memories from my childhood. Some of them stand out and are more vivid than others. The one that stands out the most, would have to be mosquitoes.
Our Neighbor.
Our next door neighbor back then was a collector of things that he could never part with. (Okay they call that hoarding). He had an in ground pool that was half full of green water full of mosquito larvae in every stage possible. I remember tons of them in the water. I would touch the top of the water with a stick and the larvae hanging upside down in the water would dive to the bottom then come back up. Being a young boy I found it interesting plus it was something to do.
When the sun goes down!
Every day when the sun went down everyone on our block stayed inside to avoid the swarm of mosquitoes in the air. And if we had to go out we stayed as far from his yard as possible. Needless to say I received my fair share of mosquito bites, learning early on how aggressive and annoying they are, but it was not until later that I would learn more about them locally and on a global scale. I have put together information on this site to help educate a little and hopefully help anyone that is having to deal with a mosquito problem.
Why are we here?
As a child, growing up I can remember at different points of my life having feelings like I had forgotten something, when I had not, or feeling like I should be doing something else, but not knowing what. It was not until High school when asked what I wanted to do regarding a profession, that I realized the earlier feelings in my life came from my inner self knowing that I am here for a reason. How do we find our reason? Why are we here?
So how many people do you think at some time in their life have asked themselves when no one is around, why am I even here? Especially when we feel down or depressed. Nothing seems to go right and we then demand to know why we are here. The reason we ask is that deep inside we all have the answers to our own questions, we just don’t wait around long enough to listen for the answers, and to start with we are seldom asking the right questions.
What do you like? What makes you happy? The person who finds something they are passionate about and finds a way to get paid for doing it, never has to work a day in their life. We are all called to greatness, but only as individually defined.
What do I want? What will make me happy? I want to make a difference in the world. I want to help people, I want to know that when I am gone, what I was able to do while I was here will always live on. Every time we help 1 person we create a thread in the web of humanity that lives on. It just cannot be tracked, nor should it be. How to make a big impact, on a global scale. I believe educating people so we know the facts will enable us to make educated decisions that ultimately affect the planet and everyone living on it.
The worlds deadliest Animal!
That’s right! The Mosquito is considered the world’s deadliest Animal. Mosquitoes and the diseases they spread have been responsible for killing more people than all the wars in history combined. Even today, Mosquitoes transmitting Malaria kill 2 to 3 million people and infect another 200 million or more every year. The most dangerous mosquito is the Aedes aegypti. It alone spreads LF, Zika, dengue, yellow fever and more. Most people think mosquitoes need blood to survive. The truth is that only the female will bite and she uses the blood to produce eggs since it is high in iron and protein. Most mosquitoes are pollinators and drink nectar.
Aside from the 100 or so species that commonly spread disease to humans, there are thousands more with fascinating behaviors and gorgeous bodies that we barely understand, yet we still call for their indiscriminate eradication. Must we also evict the magnificently iridescent mosquitoes whose larvae prey on dangerous species, or the ones that pollinate flowers at night, or the single species known to risk its life to protect its eggs from harm? With the drop in bee population it would make sense to bee careful how we approach this problem. We are already manipulating the mosquito gene to produce males instead of females so they will not bite and reproduce, and also have those males infect females before they lay their eggs so they will die. We are quick to implement solutions before we have a clear understanding of the impact of those actions.
The Solution
I believe we need to educate people on what needs to be done with the mosquitoes based on the type and location. We should be using the best repellent when outside and because we don’t know which mosquitoes are in our area we need the best Zapper for in our home especially when we are sleeping. By using a combination of these we can prevent possible spreading of diseases both when we are outside and inside our home and also making sure we are not adding to the decline of pollinators we need for food. Approximately 11 people die from malnutrition every minute. We can save a life and feed the hungry by saving a pollinator.
If you ever need a hand or have any questions, feel free to leave them below and I will be more than happy to help you out.
All the best,
Robert Morse
zapthemaway.com
