Mosquito report.

[podz]

Here, we call mosquitos The Finnish Air Force.

 

[lschiavo]

How's your Skeeters? They are out in force here tonight.

 

[arturo7]

Buncha little bastards they are!

 

[smokinop]

My wife & I spend alot of time sitting on the back porch. If we didn't use some sort of device or DEET, we couldn't sit out for more than a few minutes. When it's working I use a Mosquito Magnet which expels CO2 to attract the flying blood suckers & has a vacuum to suck them into a bag. Like I said, when it's working it does a great job covering most of our backyard but goes through a tank of propane in about 25 days & is always a pain to restart. Mine is getting some years on it & hasn't worked properly in about 2 months. I really need to get this to a service center.

When the MM is not working we keep a Thermacell on the table next to us. Uses a small CO2 cartridge to heat up a pad that repels the mosquito's. Works great but has a small area of coverage.

 

[Yooper]

How's your Skeeters? They are out in force here tonight.

They aren't too bad during the day- my nephew is here visiting and he has welts all over him, but otherwise it's not too bad.

However, the deer flies are horrendous. My dog was covered with them, and they dig in and as I swatted, the dog was covered with bloody streaks (his). Between the deer flies and horse flies and mosquitoes, I've decided to adopt traditional muslim dress, a burkqa.

We're going down the river today, because Ethan said he'd never been in a canoe, and we look like we're ready to explore Antarctica even though it's 75 degrees already at 8 AM. We are covered from head to toe, except for the fingertips.

 

[Homercidal]

Deer flies are bad down here as well, but I don't have them at my house. Stopped by George's house on Saturday after a homebrew supply run and they were swarming all over the truck.

Can't say the mosquitoes are too bad right now, but I'm not hanging out by the tall grass at dusk either. No need to tempt fate!

My friend used to swear by the mosquito coils. I never cared for them, but he would camp under a tarp with a couple of them lit underneath and it seemed to work for him.

Anyone try one of those new pheromone traps for mosquitoes?

 

[zeptrey]

Luckily here in Oklahoma as long as a good breeze is blowing your good which happens way more often than not. As soon as it lays down though, run for cover. Already had a couple of reports of West Nile Virus back in June this year which is earlier than usual.

 

[harleybug88]

The mosquitos in S.W. Michigan are bad this summer because of all the rain we've had.
But on a good note, I have not seen one fruit fly.

Could be because I learned to pour boiling water down my sinks.

 

[Natdavis777]

This is the first year ever where I have not had any issues with mosquitos. Im not sure why either. I have a huge pond directly behind my house. Im sort of "rural", so Im not sure if there is a higher bat population that where I used to be. Either way, its been nice.

 

[lschiavo]

They suck tonight! I just got home from a job out of town. I am watering the garden and trying to have a beer on the deck. It is miserable. I built the deck with a roof so I could add on to the kitchen as an option. I think I will add on because as a deck, its either covered in snow and ice or swarming with mosquitoes. Useless either way...

 

[1977Brewer]

it's finally too hot for the bastards. I win damnit.

 

[lschiavo]

it's finally too hot for the bastards. I win damnit.

I am probably acclimated to 50 degrees nominal. If its too hot for Skeeters, I'd probably move along too

 

[FloppyKnockers]

 

[smurfjuice]

Squeets have been rather quiet this summer. nom that i'm bitchin' mind ya.
...

 

[Zuljin]

I'm considering donating some of my blood to a west Nile study. My seeming invisibility to mosquitoes has faded, but now it appears I may be immune to west Nile. Because if I ain't got it yet...

 

[Zuljin]

I'm done complaining Let's not get started on tics though...

Did I ever tell y'all about getting a tick on my balls? Well, it happened. Totally sucked, in all the wrong ways.

 

[lschiavo]

Did I ever tell y'all about getting a tick on my balls? Well, it happened. Totally sucked, in all the wrong ways.

Yikes! When I was like 5, my buddy told me he got one in his ear and had to have brain surgery to remove it. I'm older now so I'm pretty sure that's not true but it still kinda freaks me out.

 

[b-boy]

There is virtually no mosquitos here in El Paso

Isn't that a country song? Who sang it? George Jones?

 

[Kharnynb]

The mosquitos are having a good year here in Finland, wet and not very warm......I think the only place there isn't many is Helsinki area, too many buildings ;D

Worse are the horse-flies though, those bites are painful.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I have gotten rid of every locatable mosquito breeding puddle on my property. I am outside my back door for more than 10 minutes I get swarmed. I go two doors down and they see 1 or two a night. I am going to locate and TP bomb (followed by dropping an entire gallon of bleach in whatever standing water they have out) whichever neighbor it is that is farming these little bastards.

 

[lschiavo]

The mosquitos are having a good year here in Finland, wet and not very warm......I think the only place there isn't many is Helsinki area, too many buildings ;D

Worse are the horse-flies though, those bites are painful.

Pretty cool [to me] to get the report from Finland. Sorry to hear it's not so good. Sisu to you and not the skeeters

I have gotten rid of every locatable mosquito breeding puddle on my property. I am outside my back door for more than 10 minutes I get swarmed. I go two doors down and they see 1 or two a night. I am going to locate and TP bomb (followed by dropping an entire gallon of bleach in whatever standing water they have out) whichever neighbor it is that is farming these little bastards.

Nuke 'em!

We have a cold front passing through tonight. It feels great and no mosquitoes for a change.