The Mosquito

Thanks for that information Michael... very timely around here.
We have had 8 and 1/2 inches of rain this past week, and mosquitoes are back with a vengeance!
 

Michael, I live in Florida (mosquito town USA). Most of the ones I see down here are tiger striped. They are called Asian tiger striped mosquitoes. They leave a big, nasty, itchy welt. A portion of our city tax dollars goes towards mosquito control. The city sends out helicopters to drop pesticide. They also drive up & down every street in vehicles that have a pesticide gas blowing out the back end. All these efforts only make a dent in the mosquito population. When we leave the safety of our home, we have to spray ourselves (and our pets). Years ago I saw a similar YouTube video on making a mosquito trap with soda bottles. I made many of them. It really didn't seem to make much difference. Here's a photo of an Asian tiger mosquito.

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I wish I knew the answer for the mosquito problem but I know the powers to be have not a clue. 30 years ago I had a shop and sold tropical fish the Argentine government put out a request for and dealer where they could find a small fish call the Argentine pearl fish because they had a mosquito problem the year before and put oil on all the small ponds and any where there was water it did not stop the mosquitoes it made them worst because it killed off all the fish that ate them. Mosquitoes have natural enemies and when they spray it kills all good and bad.
I live in the Dominican Republic where they have many diseases caused by mosquitoes. I personally went through a bout with dengue and thanks to colloidal silver it was not that bad.
 
i_am_Lois said:
Michael, I live in Florida (mosquito town USA). Most of the ones I see down here are tiger striped. They are called Asian tiger striped mosquitoes. They leave a big, nasty, itchy welt. A portion of our city tax dollars goes towards mosquito control. The city sends out helicopters to drop pesticide. They also drive up & down every street in vehicles that have a pesticide gas blowing out the back end. All these efforts only make a dent in the mosquito population. When we leave the safety of our home, we have to spray ourselves (and our pets). Years ago I saw a similar YouTube video on making a mosquito trap with soda bottles. I made many of them. It really didn't seem to make much difference. Here's a photo of an Asian tiger mosquito.
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wife and i went down there in 94. mosquito's the size of sanitation trucks. that wasn't all. a gator ate a kid and a gal on key west had most of her arm torn off by a Barracuda. we went home
 
KCVet that was SOOOO funny! :) I lived in Miami Beach for about 5 months in 1986 and I thought it was only the cockroaches that were the size of garbage trucks...glad I didn't come across those mosquitoes! Sheesh! :(
 
After reading all those comments I guess living over here in the UK is not so bad after all.
 

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