Anyone else have mutant mosquitoes this year?

[Elad]

I swear, I can step outside in broad daylight and get bit within minutes.

[LeftCoast]

1. For the first time

we actually have mosquitos! Fairly rare in SF (usually). I dunno if they count as mutants though. :shrug:

[NJCher]

2. check around your house for water

Mosquitos don't travel far.


Cher

[Elad]

9. There's a creek nearby

But they weren't like this last year. I never got bit until dusk before - now they're after me all day! They're supposed to be nocturnal, I thought.

[Avalux]

3. Yes - horrible

I don't know where they're coming from...kids can't even swim without being eaten alive. Where do you live? I'm in South Texas.

[SOteric]

4. Oddly

mosquitoes, fleas and other biting insects have never had much interest in me. I have to wonder if it's something to do with the pH of my skin or something...

:shrug: I wouldn't notice.

[lazarus]

8. I'm the same way

And my daugher has inherited it as well.

My mother, though, is like catnip for mosquitoes.

[pmbryant]

5. bugs of all sorts are bad this year

I've been eaten alive about three times over and there's still plenty of summer left.

:scared:

--Peter

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. You must be fairskinned..they like the white meat

Take extra b6..they hate the smell! Careful..big time west nile action this year. Some Citronella lotion might also be called for.

[Elad]

10. Actually

I have dark skin (for a white boy) and I tan easily. Plus I already take 100mg of B6 a day for my developing carpel tunnel syndrome (works wonders for those of us who don't get away from the computer enough).

I swear, they're just mutants - I shouldn't have to worry about mosquitoes in the middle of the afternoon. :P

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. Dang got it wrong...

hang in there and stay well....maybe they're drones sent out to get the DU admin :scared:

[trof]

7. West Nile virus

Two dead jays in our neighborhood tested positive.
An elderly local man died from West Nile a few days ago.
We're putting larvacide cakes in the ditches and hosing down with OFF.

[Kolesar]

20. Larvacide "dunks" are the preferred method (Elad)

Don't take this stuff lightly! There are larvacide cakes on a string that can be lowered into storm grates or anywhere that water collects. It is much better than widespread spraying of insecticides that kills all kinds of species (and makes mammals sick, I fear).

Some cities sponsor Larvacide dunk programs. Call the health dept for details.

[Elad]

21. I don't use any chemicals

I'm not about to poison my neighborhood because of a minor inconvenience like having an itch for a few days.

[Kolesar]

23. ok

To tell the truth, I don't know the length of it. Some activists worked that out as the best compromise with some local governments.

[slackmaster]

11. Yes, breeding in my turtle tank but they don't seem to bite me

They are of a type I've never seen before. Probably hitch-hiked in on some aquatic plants my ex gave me.

[arwalden]

12. Yes Yes Yes!! Daylight Biters That Cause HUGE Welts

... it's like they are part 'skeeter and part wasp.

== Allen

[glarius]

13. Here in Southern Ontario, Canada were being overrun with fruit flies

It started about 3 years ago...It seems to be a new breed of fruit fly that we never had before. Just leave a banana peel on a kitchen counter or any sweet fruit and the damn things are all over it...My theory is that they have been brought here by the fruits from many foreign countries we didn't used to deal with....I found a recipe to help to control them, but they're a real pain in the rear end.

edit---Strangely enough...I haven't seen any mosquitoes this summer!!

[Elad]

14. Been getting those, too

I've found that I've had to keep the kitchen twice as clean and take out the trash twice as often or they're all over the place.

[bicentennial_baby]

17. My fruit fly suicide juice

I mix Balsamic Vinegar and Molasses and leave little bowls around the kitchen. Those suckers drown in the sweetness by the hundreds. I think I actually killed off all of them (for now), I have'nt seen one in a week or two.

[trof]

18. add a little mint sauce

and you've got a great marinade for lamb chops.

[glarius]

24. My recipe is similar

1 cup water...1TBSP sugar...1TBSP white vinigar...a drop of dish detergent....It works too....:)

[short bus president]

15. it's the rain

at least here in NC. I've been wearing pants most of the summer to avoid the nasty little buggers.

[Ellen Forradalom]

19. Lotta rain this year

hence all the skeeters.

[Imalittleteapot]

22. We HAD those scary Asian Tiger mosquitoes...

the little black and white buggers. Unlike their dusk and dawn
vampire friends, the Tigers like to suck blood in the daytime.
I was cabin bound because, like you, it was a matter of minutes outside before atleast 10 attacked, causing giant welts that itched forever. Fed up, I caved and bought a Mosquito Magnet and it works (now that we read the directions for placement). Pretty pricey, $289, but worth it. Anyone that gets one should know that there is no need to purchase Octenol if you're after Tigers. It repels them, but Octenol does attract the average garden variety type mosquito.

Now, my garden is heavenly except for a random bite now and then.

TEXAS

[Generic Other]

25. Try AVON Skin So Soft

Bugs hate it. Not the best advertisement for a skin lotion, but everyone I know swears by it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Those aren't mosquitos...

Those are *'s corporate buddies...

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. Eat lots of garlic, they hate garlic.

We have a major ant invasion going on. Just when I think they are gone..here they come crawling again. I hate ants.

[newyawker99]

28. No 'skita bites for me! Which is unusual. They usually

feast on me.

:P

[jus_the_facts]

29. the skeeters down here in Louisiana have been extremely deadly.....

...for the past three years we've had many people contract encephalitis and year before last 4 deaths and 64 cases of infection...this was after our mosquito abatement was privatized no less :evilfrown:

[jus_the_facts]

30. ..those numbers are from my parish alone...not the entire state.....

....it's been really bad this time of year going on three years now...to make light of the crisis a local DJ did a parody of Werewolves of London....changing the lyrics to *Aaah Oooo skeeters of Monroe...Aaah Oooo* :D...that WAS hilarious but there's nothing at all funny about encephalitis...of those 64 cases several of the victims have extensive brain damage... :scared:

...there was a BIG scandal too as the private company hadn't been spraying and when they did they were using watered down chemicals.....but the fucking sick is these IDIOTS HERE VOTED TO STOP PAYING TAXES ON MOSQUITO ABATEMENT....so that's why it was privatized...at a much lower cost....it took people dying and brain damaged to make them see the need for tax monies to pay to keep the mosquito population down...it took an EXTRA 1.8 million dollars to get arial spraying underway etc...and were refused help by the state for emergency funds to help kill the mosquitos back..:eyes: This is redneck fundy hell though wadda ya expect :puke: