Posted on 08/02/2016 11:13:19 AM PDT by John Conlin
Northeast Minnesota checking in...
The mosquito swarms require fog lamps to drive at night.
The swarms are not retreating as reported in this post.
Volunteers have set up emergency windshield washing stations at every milepost for a minimal fee.
Accuweather.com is forecasting very high to severe mosquito activity for tonight (FACT!)
I live east of Dallas and trust me when I say they are doing fine at Lake Ray Hubbard.
Back in the day, I went to a summer camp up in Ely. I’ll never forget the. First time I saw a black cloud move across the lake headed straight for us. We were rapping up dinner and dusk was coming.
We made it into the tents just in time. Man that’s a lot of skeets.
No mosquitoes here in North Texas. Not in August, where the ground is dry and parched, no standing water for those vermin to breed in.
That is a good thing!
We visited my aunt and uncle in Plaistow as a kid and I remember the mosquitoes very well. Terrifying. They were huge and there were a lot of the buggers. What made it bad was that we spent a lot of time in the back forest. Great memories in spite of the bugs.
No bugs here in Colorado. The dry and the cold winters take care of them.
We have very few this year (just north of San Francisco). My husband and I have commented on this several times. During the summer, we usually get dive bombed at night. Not this year. And I can water out in the yard without getting eaten.
I live in Florida.
Lots of the nasty things want my blood.
Count your blessings. :) Isn’t CA in a drought. Maybe that is the reason.
Here in Mid-Nebraska we had a very warm March then a cold snap and lots of snow. Killed them off. But we had a lot of rain so we thought we would have a bad skeeter year. Then it got really hot.
So far we have enjoyed a virtually mosquito free summer. We assume it was the cold snap and snow storm after the warm spring which killed them off. But who knows.
They will be back next year, I am sure.
I’m in North Dallas, and ours suck. Literally. We used to have a couple, not too bad. Then my roommate bought a Dynatrap thing and now our backyard is well stocked with the damn things. For every one it might kill, in attracts 3-4more to the yard :(
Zapped four of them with one of these. The other one got away.
Have noticed a lot more geckos around. A family of them moved into the patio at my brother's placed down the road, and one moved into the patio at my apartment.
Geckos munch mosquitos, flies, ants, wasps, and just about any other bug. Love 'em!
Really? I’m in Frisco and have seen VERY few per my earlier post.
Where are you?
eastern PA north of philly near Neshaminy Creek and Delaware River. NO skeeters. None. They don’t normally like me anyway, but I don’t even hear them.
We have butterflies, not many lightnin’ bugs this year and, AND, more honey bees than the last 10 years. Not many, but still more.
Do you have an epipen handy? If you don’t, please get one. Requires a prescription (not hard to get), but could save a life.
Reminds me: mine is old, need a new one.
If you don’t, a VERY cold shower and caffeine can help. Been there, done that. (Allergic to NutraSweet, friend gave me a drink with NutraSweet in it, didn’t check, chugged it, and then felt my throat swelling shut — anaphylaxis. Took an ice cold shower and drank a Monster. Survived, obviously.)
Suburban St.Paul, MN here.
In my backyard mosquitoes are fewer than in years past. But the mosquito control helicopter has been dive bombing the creek and swamp behind the house every other week.
Fewer still means about 10 bites/hour.
We have plenty mosquito’s, flea’s, roaches, palmetto bugs, etc. in northeast Florida.
If you seem to be suffering from a deficit of these critters, drop us a line. I’m sure we can hook you up.
Hardly any firelies either which was a bummer. I like fireflies.
Plenty of deer flies though. That's those flies that buzz around your head. I hate those flies and wish they would all die.
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