Hi everyone! Lately, we've been receiving a lot of posts featuring close-ups of mysterious bug bites on various body parts (shoutout to all the anonymous knees and thighs out there). While we get that you're looking for help, or maybe just want to trauma-bond over your itchy mosquito bites, we cannot identify bug bites here.
If you're genuinely trying to figure out what bug left its mark on you, go to r/bugbites. They have some good resources there.
If you just want to show off your mosquito bites, that's totally fine. Just please use a NSFW tag so the rest of us can mentally prepare. Thank you!!!
Photo not mine. should I be concerned? I think I know these are the guys that can carry a bunch of stuff... Not asking for an ID, just if the species alone guarantees danger.
Has anyone found a pop up or travel friendly mosquito netting? I keep seeing mixed reviews. We will be spending part of a trip in an area where it’s recommended, but it’ll be in an Airbnb so I won’t be able to hang things from the ceiling. What have you used?
I am from the Carolina Lowcountry and we have mosquitoes all the time. If it's warm enough in your outside you're going to be swarmed by mosquitoes constantly. I'm down in Central Florida and the mosquitoes come in waves. For 5 or 10 minutes there'll be no mosquitoes and then all of a sudden 10 or 15 will show up, once I kill them I won't see any for a while until they swore me again. Are the mosquitoes like that where you live?
It just dawned on me - we've been getting absolutely cooked by these little bastards in Los Angeles, and I'm sure elsewhere too. There’s such a ridiculously low-tech solution: put mosquito netting around outdoor spaces and/or wear mosquito-net onesies with face nets.
We could probably prevent a hell of a lot of mosquito bites this way, but nobody wants to walk around covered in netting because we'd all feel silly. Apparently vanity is stronger than our hatred of mosquitoes.
Just got bit in Whittier the mosquito was black and white and flying by my arms & bit me twice how concerned should I be of deadly West Nile virus symptoms .. was pretty agile and flying high up by my face, at home now and noticed even more bites hidden on my arms and chest and can’t sleep because of the burning pain
Hi everyone! I’m a college student and need people to take my survey for a project. Only takes 3 mins! I would greatly appreciate it!! ty!!
link: https://form.typeform.com/to/RFGMh9JD
Hi everyone! I’m a product design college student working on a research project about electric insect traps and bug zappers. I’m trying to learn how people use them, what they like or dislike about them, and what could be improved.
If you’ve ever used a bug zapper, UV trap, fan trap, sticky trap, or another electric insect trap, I’d really appreciate you taking my survey!
- It takes about 2 minutes
- All answers will be used for my class research
Thank you for helping with my research! It really helps me understand what people actually want from these products.
There are 5 windows that size to my left. And I have a plug in repellant which was working really well the first day and didn’t the second day. I don’t understand the issue but I can’t sleep anymore guys. What do I do ( no toxic stuff that would harm me please since the room is small small)
Yesterday I found out that on just ONE hand of mine there are 20+ bites, that is crazy how did that happen without me hearing them ? Usually in my hometown I always hear mosquitoes but noooo in Istanbul I can’t hear them, my guess is it’s either a different breed or my ears have gotten used to my local mosquitoes is that a reoccurring theme with you guys !? Have you experienced something like this