Mosquito stories

[garry]

They are not baby mosquitoes (IMO).

I don't know what you call them but I have seen them on and around lakes, they don't bite or sting but you can wander into a large swarm of them thick enough to get in your nose, mouth and eyes.

[RangerJay]

There are pretend mosquitos and there are real mosquitos .......

[Minno]

DRAT! My BGFs and I do Boundary Waters every August. Hafta remember the mosquito netting hats this year! if they are that bad now. I'm all for DEET as necessary, because I'm usually the tastiest one of the bunch.
Handfulls of those bugs is interesting, Air-Quarius. You could almost fry them up in butter for some extra protein.

Kay

[BAAMbi7]

we just heard about cat liter?? for real? I mean if it works, I'll be making little bags full hanging on strings for around our necks!!

[MaxTow]

Super bad year for mosquitos in eastern Ontario. It's been very wet - great for the lawn - good for bug breeding.

We've done many trips into the backcountry over the years (Algonquin park especially). There have been years where one does not just swat the mosquitos on your arms/legs, but kill via a smearing action - like spreading jam. This is one of those years.

We always found that the first day was the worst in the bush - but once we humans smelled less like soap and shampoo the bugs ignored us more.

[cwf]

When back in Louisiana you would have swarms even during early duck hunting season! St. Mary Parish area.

Anywho, when I would go out I could hear them pesky guys buzzin. "Hey hey hey, it's a buffet!"

When I got out the DEET, they howled, "hey guys, it's a KEGGER!"

Always "attracted " them and there are few things I detest in this life, but mosquito always receive my primary attention and I will hunt them down at almost all costs.

I don't like being "angry"....they won't like me when I am angry...they bring that out in me to a scary level.

[jimbob79]

My wife has type O blood and mosquitoes love her. When we visit Mississippi where I grew up she swears they cast shadows as large as a pterodactyl would ...in fact she thinks they are one and the same.

[masseyfarm]

So is this new cat litter or used???????

Dave

Originally Posted by BAAMbi7

we just heard about cat liter?? for real? I mean if it works, I'll be making little bags full hanging on strings for around our necks!!

[Lily&Me]

Hmmmm. I am O Positive. Maybe that explains the inordinate fascination all biting insects have with my exposed skin.

We bought Off Deep Woods yesterday. Hate to use the DEET, but hate those skeeters worse.

We are hearing that it is bad year for mosquitoes. Yeaayy! Also that they are actually the Minnesota state bird.


Maggie

[richinny]

it must be a good year to be a bat!

[Reganzo]

Originally Posted by richinny

it must be a good year to be a bat!

Growing up in Michigan I was told by an old Scout Leader that you only needed to worry about the skeeters when they stopped swarming, and started pulling from one side, because they could carry you off, wedge you into a tree and drain you at their leisure .


Regards,

Reganzo

[dznf0g]

well, I'm O+ as well....and they stay away from me for the most part. Must be a good reason to keep the cigar habit!

[dznf0g]

Back in the day when kids could run free without fear of being nabbed or whatever, my dad got me to come home when the streetlights came on by saying that the skeeters would carry me off down to the gravel pit and keep me in their "cupboard" to snack on whenever they wanted. Worked till I was about 6.

[SteveSueMac]

Originally Posted by dznf0g

well, I'm O+ as well....and they stay away from me for the most part. Must be a good reason to keep the cigar habit!

I hate to admit it, but stogies seem to really do the trick ...

Can't be right but there it is... :-)

[dznf0g]

Even my non-smoking buddies like one lit in the evening up north. It works every bit as well as the mosquito coils.

[Drathaar]

Another vote for Plaquemines Parrish, but the high Cascades in Oregon can be just as nasty. It's not that they are eating you alive, but they're so thick you literally inhale them.

[Minno]

Yes, we Minnesotans do say that mosquitos are the state bird (officially it's the Cardinal, but what does the gov't know?). I am NOT starting a smoking habit just to fend them off, though. Campfires work just as well....

Kay

[dkottum]

Originally Posted by Minno

Yes, we Minnesotans do say that mosquitos are the state bird (officially it's the Cardinal, but what does the gov't know?). I am NOT starting a smoking habit just to fend them off, though. Campfires work just as well....

Kay

It's the Loon.

doug k

[CanoeStream]

Originally Posted by 247stream

Other researchers estimate about 15 percent of the population, based on their genes, don’t emit chemical markers of their blood type through their skin and saliva, so something else has to be calling the mosquitoes to them.

That's me! I'm a selfish AB (the 'universal acceptor') and everybody wants me as bug bait to keep skeets off them.

I'm thinking CO2 emissions and body temperature make up for what I lack in pregnancy and odorant markers.

[Lily&Me]

Originally Posted by dkottum

It's the Loon.

doug k

And a lovely bird they are.

Do they eat mosquitoes?


Maggie