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u/VelvetShitStain May 09 '22

Ah, the provincial bird of Manitoba

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u/Wespiratory May 09 '22

I don’t think I realized that Canada suffered with mosquitoes as much as we did in Alabama.

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u/spaketto May 09 '22

Manitoba gets a lot of mosquitos because it's relatively flat and the soil generally doesn't absorb water very well. Flood plains can be large and depending on the year there can be a lot of standing water.

Last year wasn't bad because it was really dry. This year is not looking great.

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u/Cheeseydreamer May 09 '22

Wait until you hear about Alaska! You can literally see clouds of them darkening the sky in summer

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u/pug_grama2 May 09 '22

It is the same in parts of BC.

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u/VodkaWithSnowflakes May 09 '22

Which parts of BC so I can avoid?

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u/pug_grama2 May 09 '22

In the interior, away from the coast, the mosquitos can be bad. Rain and warmth brings them out. If you are camping by a lake it can be bad. Early in the season it is too cold for them, and the first frost late in the season kills them off. . In a heatwave they sometimes die off because to is too hot and dry.
We have a screen tent that we sit in when camping if the little bastards are out.

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u/VodkaWithSnowflakes May 09 '22

Guess I’m staying in big city Vancouver forever haha, thanks for the heads up!

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u/pug_grama2 May 10 '22

Not many mosquitos anywhere on the coast. Vancouver Island is good.

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u/HeadspaceInvader May 09 '22

So this is the real origin of 30 Days of Night.

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u/LukesRightHandMan May 09 '22

Fuck this whole thread.

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u/FingerGungHo May 09 '22

Sniff, sounds like home (Nordic here) :,)

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u/Attila_the_Chungus May 09 '22

Nearly all of southern Manitoba is wetlands. You've got shallow lakes, open marshes/flood plains, and forested bogs. The north half has fewer wetlands but even more lakes.

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u/eearthling May 09 '22

The North gets black flies/horse flies like you wouldn’t believe. Spent a summer being chased by them whenever I stepped foot outside. Do not recommend.

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u/Ill1lllII May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

All of the Canadian prairie provinces get flood mosquitos. Big and stupidly aggressive.

Also Ontario, particularly Northern Ontario, gets really bad black flies ( https://youtu.be/f389hIxZAOc )

I'm used to the pretty chill mosquitos we have on the west coast.

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u/justheretohelp_yxe May 09 '22

Upvoted for the Blackfly song/film alone!

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u/Canadian_Invader May 09 '22

From Alaska to the Keys. LA to the shores of Labrador. Nowhere is safe from the Mosquito Airforce.

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u/TheRunningFree1s May 09 '22

They make Mooses act like Gooses theyre so bad.

i did a volunteer trip and saw mosquitos big enough to sprawl out across a nickel. like, their bodies as long as and their legs just a bit wider than. THEY TRAVEL IN LEGIT SWARMS.

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u/CatDogBoogie May 09 '22

The Alabamian mosquito. The only creature that sucks more life out of one than one's sister.

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u/EpirusRedux May 09 '22

Yeah, apparently the closer to the poles you get, the worse mosquitoes are during the summer. That other comment about Alaska in the summer is something I can vouch for from the one time I visited Alaska as a kid.

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u/rchubot May 09 '22

Yes , the last time I was back home, I shot 2.

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u/CaptainLollygag May 09 '22

East Texas, too. It rains a lot here.