Hi Kevin, Hi Gary,
To add to Gary's list of still water lying around: Check the house guttering. Certainly in Mackay the water gets a top up if the gutter does not drain fully.
I remember the Dick Smith mossie repeller.
It worked on the following strategy: After the female mossie mated it sought out animal blood. It also avoided going near the male mossie at that time.
The female beats its wings and emits an audible sound around 2khertz.
The male emits 10Khertz.
The electronic repeller emits sounds around that 10 Kh.
Now logic tells me if the hungry female finds a potential blood meal amongst males. The female will still go for it. Its not a big risk.
The repellers may work if the attractant was not in the proximity.
And what is the attractant? An Astro geek who liberates carbon dioxide, body heat and odours. That is what the female zeros in on.
Cheers