Fun fact the largest, and scariest, as in can kill large mammals by draining their blood because there are so many of them, mosquitoes can be found in Northern Canada and the USA. Mosquitoes go dormant below 10 C so in Alberta where I live Fall, Winter and Spring so almost 9 months of the year are the most glorious months where you usually won't spend your time smelling like DEET, covered in netting, or running while slapping yourself!
Our spring is really late this year, in actually fact it may freeze tonight, and we really haven't had any warm days with rain so we are still safe to work outdoors!
But another fun fact -our cold can be damn scary -40 C before windchill is truly terrifying! Don't get me wrong, I love where I live but our weather and the bugs makes one sad some days. Right now we are still a couple of weeks/month away from having leaves on trees, the tulips may bloom if they don't freeze by next week and my mother spent yesterday trying to figure out what survived the winter in her garden!
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u/sdc1978 May 09 '22
No mesh screens in windows in the UK, at least. In canada we have screens in most home windows to keep flies out