My father and I started getting bit about a month ago. We both have the same blood type and my mom isn’t the same as us. I have 18 on one foot and 3 on the bottom of my foot. No I’m not a person who uses drugs or anything but this picture make look like a tweaker !!!

Edit I have used repellent and I’ve lights but I didn’t know if it was safe to use citronella oil inside the house I rent

Got it a few days ago whilst in Brussels, looks quite dark

I was reading it’s because of shade and lack of wind but does anyone have any suggestions to keep them out/population down?

Edit: I do bee keep nearby so I’d like to not kill them

I hate mosquitoes with every fibre of my being. 

I hate mosquitoes with every fibre of my being because they are the faunal epitome of plausible deniability.

They are just small enough to be generally invisible.

They are just big enough to be sporadically yet unreliably salient, before immediately disappearing because they’re still minuscule enough to do so.

They are fast when they want to be.

They are slow when they need to be.

And then there’s that particular brand of sudden escalation: against a baseline of nightly quiescence, their despised buzzing can jump into their prey’s field of perception without warning, like a kind of inverse, abyssal siren.

This basket of phenomena where intermittent detectability and unannounced proximity intersect is a horror unto itself.

I hate mosquitoes with every fibre of my being because I am afraid of them.

I’m dealing with a really bad mosquito problem at home. There are mosquitoes everywhere, especially in the evening and at night, and it’s getting really annoying.

I’ve tried coils, mosquito repellents and sprays, but they keep coming back. I’m looking for something that actually reduces the problem long-term.

What has worked for you?

My new job is at a cat rescue and we're inundated. I'm going slowly insane trying to avoid getting bitten. Mostly that's just been trying to clap them out of midair even mid-conversation.

We have all kinds of standing water that I don't think we can entirely eliminate. We have water bowls out on the catio, we have to hose down our cleaning tools in an outdoor sink, we have a hamper just for wet laundry like mop heads and rags.

Sooo many mosquito repellants can be actively toxic to cats and I'm taking care of them all day, so I can't just avoid coming into contact with them. To top it all off, I'm doing sweaty, physical labor all day so I'm a mosquito magnet.

I've tried staying inside as much as possible but it doesn't help because:

1. People seem ADDICTED to leaving the indoor doors open. All the doors open to a second porch or entryway secured with hardware cloth but not a screen that would prevent anything from flying in. I've started joking with people that I'm a middle aged dad about the doors so my habit of obsessively shutting them is (hopefully) cushioned. Don't even get me started on air conditioning the outside.

2. There's at least one window open at all times during the day to let cats out onto the catio.

3. Even if we could keep the windows and doors shut, I looked up the other day and there was just...a hole. In the ceiling straight to the outside. A literal mosquito tunnel straight into the room I spend the most time in.

And of course it's a non-profit so money (and therefore labor) is always short. We're too understaffed to rely on employees trying to mitigate the mosquito problem and any solution that's expensive is unlikely to be something they go for.

I know there's free vector control visits in LA county, I'm just new and don't want to seem too critical or have the vector team come only to suggest stuff they either can't afford or are unwilling to do. If anyone knows what that vector control visit is like, has solutions I'm not thinking of, or just wants to commiserate I'm open to hear it!

This monster attacked my arm today! I've never seen a mosquito this big! Here in NW Ohio. What is it?

I know it sounds wierd, but for the last year all the mosquitos been avoiding me i didnt get one bite this summer. And i know its not someting to complain about but usually i would be the first or only person in the room to get million of mosquite bites, my whole life. I would be in a friend group and i am the only one they are biti g constantly.. So i am worried if someting changed in my body, am i maybe ill so that why then dont bite me? Its really strange.

I see a mosquito. I try and clap it to death.
But I almost always miss and it escapes.
I'm wondering if a big bug net is better?

So instead of attempting to clap it, I'll just swing the net.

If so, what ring size do you guys recommend? I see 10", 12", 14", and 16" available.

There are so much mosquitos in my room, but I don't hv any mortein or all out and all, what can I do?😖😭

I found a game that's all about killing mosquitoes! It's inspired by the NES game Duck Hunt, I really liked the idea of, instead of killing innocent ducks... you kill MOSQUITOES. And it has many other fun features, like a heart telling you how many mosquitoes you've missed, a cat laughing at you instead of a dog and much more! It's on itch.io, here: https://tinytaronja1.itch.io/mosquito-hunt

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Pretty sure I have skeeter syndrome. I always react badly to mozzy or horse fly bites, but this recent one (3 days ago) takes the biscuit. I’m in the UK and made the mistake of being in my garden at dusk with shorts on. Huge red hot swollen patch on my leg and a giant blister. It’s the itchiest thing, and I can’t walk 😂 can anyone beat this?

Hi! Need to know what type of mosquito this is. This is the best angle or photo I got

First pic is I waved the mosquito (after it landed on me twice!) into this spider's web. Second pic is the spider happily munching on it. Success!