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How Many Mosquito Bites Would It Take to Kill You
Outdoors or something or other ^ | July 1 2014 | Matt Heid

Posted on 06/03/2021 6:22:38 PM PDT by SamAdams76

I spent my morning walking the dog and serving as an all-you-can-eat brunch buffet for my local mosquito population. It got me thinking about the little buzzers and prompted several crucial questions in my head. I now have the answers.

Death by mosquito draining?

For an average person, losing two liters of blood becomes life-threatening. The average mosquito bite drains 0.01 to 0.001 milliliters of blood. Thus it would take somewhere between 200,000 and 2 million mosquito bites to kill you from blood loss. For the average adult male (a.k.a. me), that works out to between 68 and 680 bites for every square inch of skin. (Converted from average body surface area of adult male: 1.9 square meters.)

Optimal temperature for mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes are happiest and most active when the temperature hovers around 80 degrees. They become sluggish once temperatures dip to 60 degrees and most species cease activity entirely somewhere in the mid-fifties.

Largest mosquito in the world?

The so-called “elephant mosquito” (toxorhynchites speciosus) can grow up 1.5 inches in length and lives in coastal Australia. If it drank blood, it might take fewer than 200,000 bites to drain you dead. But it doesn’t — it feeds on plant juices and nectar.

Number of mosquito species?

There are approximately 3,500 species of mosquitoes worldwide. Approximately 175 have been found in the United States, but the numbers are fewer in Northeast states, including Massachusetts (~50 species), New York (~70), and Maryland (~60).

Do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?

Yes, for a variety of reasons, including your blood type, temperature, clothing color, alcohol consumption, and more.


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To: b4me

Know anything that works for those $*@&#*$&# black flies aka punkies, that are out now?


21 posted on 06/03/2021 6:44:06 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SamAdams76

Mansquito


22 posted on 06/03/2021 6:45:36 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: SamAdams76

Eat more garlic! Spray on deep woods OFF, tie dryer softener sheets in your belt loops.


23 posted on 06/03/2021 6:47:07 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: SamAdams76

Just one if the mosquito has some weird disease spread by it’s bite. Yellow Fever is just one of them.


24 posted on 06/03/2021 6:50:07 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: SamAdams76

All i know is more than a couple bites would make me wish i was dead


25 posted on 06/03/2021 6:50:31 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: SamAdams76; All
My dad was stationed in the military in Alaska back when I was a young tyke.

He said he and some of the guys he worked with, saw adult moose who were killed by mosquitoes by smothering them.

Big mosquitoes and thousands of them.

26 posted on 06/03/2021 6:50:34 PM PDT by HotHunt
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To: hole_n_one

Now post the honey bees


27 posted on 06/03/2021 6:51:02 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: SamAdams76

Tabasco won’t stop them from biting but, according to this commercial, it will take care of them afterwards.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XZubL4mZ5n0


28 posted on 06/03/2021 6:57:35 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Keyhopper

“Skin-So-Soft” by Avon works great.


29 posted on 06/03/2021 6:57:43 PM PDT by SanchoP
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To: SamAdams76

The Mosquito is the Alaska State Bird - although no-see-ums and white socks can be more annoying, then there are the horseflies who will chase your boat just for a bite.


30 posted on 06/03/2021 7:03:24 PM PDT by dainbramaged ( Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I make your head into a canoe.)
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To: SamAdams76

Are they carrying West Nile Virus?


31 posted on 06/03/2021 7:05:41 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: jy8z

From the Google

On the one hand, scientists have found that today’s gin & tonic contains too little quinine to have a truly effective result. ... The smell and taste of juniper is known to be preserved in a modern gin & tonic and the local mosquitoes don’t like it any more than their malaria spreading cousins in the tropics.Jun 21, 2019


32 posted on 06/03/2021 7:08:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: SamAdams76

Psychologically? One, near my ear.

😉


33 posted on 06/03/2021 7:11:40 PM PDT by MonicaG (Stunned... in 2021)
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To: SamAdams76

Mosquitos must be Dimocrats.


34 posted on 06/03/2021 7:13:50 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: rstrahan

Several years ago, I saw photos of cattle being bled to death by mosquitoes.

I think in the swamp areas of Louisiana.


35 posted on 06/03/2021 7:17:30 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: SamAdams76

When I spent a year in Alaska, I found out from a local that the bugs didn’t like certain scents. One of them was lavender. I ordered some lavender oil and covered myself with it. I, also, found out the local ladies loved it, too. Got a lot of drinks bought for me at the club and the lone bar downtown. But the mosquitoes left me alone a lot more.

wy69


36 posted on 06/03/2021 7:30:44 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: SamAdams76

When I was a kid, mosquito bites were a common feature of every summer, but I don’t think I’ve had more than one or two in twenty years. Do mosquitos discriminate against old people?


37 posted on 06/03/2021 7:37:06 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: SamAdams76

Just one mosquito will kill you if it has the right diseases.


38 posted on 06/03/2021 7:42:17 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: SamAdams76

I haven’t had a mosquito reaction since I was a child despite being bitten, although that too seems rare. Just as I’ve developed allergies as life goes on.. These little buggers don’t like me anymore for some reason.
Thankfully.


39 posted on 06/03/2021 7:56:21 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Well, Caveman (Ringo Star) had a huge one that squashed real nice (if I remember correctly)..

;^)


40 posted on 06/03/2021 7:57:15 PM PDT by Bikkuri (If you're conservative, you're an "extremist." If you're liberal, you're an "activist.")
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