So it was 23 degrees yesterday morning at daylight and a day later I was getting buzzed by mosquitoes this afternoon. Them suckers are tough. How do they survive?
OT- Mississippi Mosquitoes
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Tying this to the Wisconsin thread, on one of our Oshkosh trips a couple of Cajun guys were staying at the house we were at. One day after the air show we were all sitting around in the backyard relaxing with adult beverages and skeeters were everywhere. One of the Cajuns commented to his buddy in an Orgeron accent "I swear the skeeters up here are worse than they are back home". The other one slapped one on his arm and said "Yeah but they sho is slow though"
"Mississippi Mosquitoes"
Before clicking, I thought the OM Klan might have changed their name again.
Before clicking, I thought the OM Klan might have changed their name again.
They have huge mosquitoes in Minnesota. We visited some friends several years ago and we went to their county fair in mid August and they were tearing my arse up. And when they bit it hurt.
Mosquitoes don’t bother me too much but those up there were ready to carry me off n
Mosquitoes don’t bother me too much but those up there were ready to carry me off n
Oshkosh should be on everyones bucket list. I went two years ago. Even if you’re not an aviation buff go just for one of the fireworks shows. Oshkosh fireworks make’s Disney fireworks look small.
As others have alluded to, deep freezes don't kill them. They have them bad way up in Canada, even.
It's been suggested that via malaria, mosquitoes have killed a large percentage of all the humans who have ever lived. https://www.realclearscience.com/bl...y_killed_half_of_everyone_who_ever_lived.html
It's been suggested that via malaria, mosquitoes have killed a large percentage of all the humans who have ever lived. https://www.realclearscience.com/bl...y_killed_half_of_everyone_who_ever_lived.html
Worst bugs I've ever been in was in northern Canada. Not even close. And I grew up in the Delta.
The worst skeeters I was ever bitten by were in interior Alaska, specifically Denali park. It was unreal. Also, the whole state was out of bug spray.
I read the title and thought Miss was getting a G-league team.
Early 1980s, we played at Strider. I swear the mosquitos were so big they bit through shoulder pads. That's my worst experience with them
Fun mosquito facts, in case anyone didnt know-
- only female mosquitos bite/draw blood. They need protein for egg development.
- male mosquitos dont transmit diseases to humans since they arent biting/drawing blood.
- males feed on flower nectar and fruit juices. So do females.
- 50deg or lower is when mosquitos hibernate or die(depending on M or F and other factors). Yes, some can be active under 50deg, it just more so the exception.
- male mosquitos basically die come winter since their life is short, its cold, and they dont get food. Female mosquitos hibernate and stay with eggs thru the winter.
- the longer warm seasons we are experiencing are good for mosquitos and bad for humans since it means more disease transmission, especially in climates that historically werent as hospitable to mosquitos.
- with longer recent warm seasons has come drier seasons in many parts of the US. That has helped keep mosquito populations down, despite the longer active seasons.
I finally used something I learned in college.
- only female mosquitos bite/draw blood. They need protein for egg development.
- male mosquitos dont transmit diseases to humans since they arent biting/drawing blood.
- males feed on flower nectar and fruit juices. So do females.
- 50deg or lower is when mosquitos hibernate or die(depending on M or F and other factors). Yes, some can be active under 50deg, it just more so the exception.
- male mosquitos basically die come winter since their life is short, its cold, and they dont get food. Female mosquitos hibernate and stay with eggs thru the winter.
- the longer warm seasons we are experiencing are good for mosquitos and bad for humans since it means more disease transmission, especially in climates that historically werent as hospitable to mosquitos.
- with longer recent warm seasons has come drier seasons in many parts of the US. That has helped keep mosquito populations down, despite the longer active seasons.
I finally used something I learned in college.
When I needed a few hours one semester I was provided a correspondence course with a bunch of other student-athletes about Vector Borne Diseases and learned a bunch of stuff like that.
Those bastards gave me the West Nile virus several years ago back when it was all the rage. It killed some folks. But the Bulldog gods kept me going so I could suffer through years like this past one.
You’re on the right track. I can see it now.
Double a baseball
the rocket city trash pandas vs the Mississippi Mosquitos. Now we just need somebody to use the mole and the deer as a mascot.
I haven't had a mosquito at my house in years and years.
It's simple. Fog your shrubbery twice a year with Talstar and you won't either.
It's simple. Fog your shrubbery twice a year with Talstar and you won't either.
Heartworms in dogs are spread by mosquitos. And if your wife fails to give her dog preventative medicine regularly you, and your dog, are in for a rough time.
The mosquitos in strider are different for sure. Played there most years in JH and HS.
You are correct on the lack of mosquitoes but the biting flies and some kinda large black gnat have been murder in NE Ms this summer. It got so bad at one time that I would wear a full face shield while mowing the yard just to keep the gnats out of my eyes and mouth.
You know it’s good when you make the Devil belly laugh.
That stuff looks pretty potent and excellent reviews. Do you just use a pump sprayer?
Ironic to this thread, I got tore up last night by 6 Vicious Mosquitoes. Don't think it's West Nile, malaria, or heartworms... But I do have a headache for some reason.
Growing up in the delta you knew 30 minutes before dark you better be ready to head inside. I remember before bed every night my dad would go through the house with a can of Raid because if he didn’t they’d be buzzing your ears in the middle of the night.
Now that I live in Hernando I never see mosquitoes or ones that bother me at least.
No, I use a backpack fogger like this one
That way the product gets into all the nooks and crannies under the leaves of the shrub where those bastards hide.
same in stankin rankin for the most part (and I live on the Rez). Drought had no impact on dragonflies though
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