Mosquitos

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:24 am

someone uttered "a plague on your house" and the mosquitos arrived.

I just got bit on the shoulder. Right over my collarbone. That's gonna hurt.

DelicateDominatrix · Post by **DelicateDominatrix** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:25 am

I can't stand those rotten things

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:27 am

we need a new method of ridding these things from the sky

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:34 am

I just hate spraying chemicals all over me. Can't figure what's worse, mosquito bites or toxic waste entering my internal organs through my pores.

KB. · Post by **KB.** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:36 am

I have been bitten by a mosquito maybe 3 times in the last dozen years. They can smell the meanness in my blood and they stay away. The ones that did bite me were huge nightmarish insects, and they all dropped dead soon afterwards. I'm not kidding by the way. I don't know what it is, I make my little jokes, but they just don't bite me anymore.

DelicateDominatrix · Post by **DelicateDominatrix** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:36 am

To help get rid of mosquitos,, get bats.They eat thousands of them a night.

DelicateDominatrix · Post by **DelicateDominatrix** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:46 am

I had a bite on my bum omg that drove me flippin nuts :wah:

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:07 am

Don't eat bananas. The potassium in your system attracts them. Honest.

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:17 am

I really love the USA... They keep the mossies all to themselves......:wah:

DelicateDominatrix · Post by **DelicateDominatrix** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:19 pm

I also hate those citronella candles.They are supposed to detract them,butomg they don't and they smell so terrible.

Yuck

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:49 pm

DelicateDominatrix;638884 wrote: I had a bite on my bum omg that drove me flippin nuts :wah:

:wah: Butt scratcher :wah:

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:52 pm

Kathy Ellen;638977 wrote: Hey Hugh, I can send a few over to you:wah:

DD, I just bought an item called "Bug Off" by Stinger in Cost Cutters. It's a wrist band for kids but fits adults (stretchy thing like a bracelet..no deet or toxics. Unfortunately it has citronella in it. But it also has lemongrass.

Hi Kathy, that sounds like a great idea. Being relatively new to USA and still not familiar with some products. Whats wrong with citronella? I heard that deet has been linked with cancer. :-6

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:52 pm

There are few creepy-crawlies that I really detest... I'm fine with snakes, spiders, bees... I try my best to avoid mosquitos, however.

The most effective compound is DEET is N, N-diethyl meta-toluamide and it should be used sparingly and with as little skin contact as possible.

There are a few precautions I take to avoid mosquitos, such as not eating certain foods as Koan suggested ie. bananas, other sweet fruits and nuts... and avoiding certain colours of clothing such as bright colours (especially blue and yellow). Instead, stick to neutral, light colours such as khaki. You should also avoid wearing perfumes, cologne, scented soap and shampoo... I also wear netting (soaked in permethrin) sometimes when it's unavoidable. I've also read that thiamine is disagreeable to pregnant mosquitos. It needs to be in your system for several weeks in order to be effective, however.

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:15 pm

For some reason I started picturing you like Crocodile Dundee

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:18 pm

I'll have to wear my safari gear for you on cam sometime...

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:40 pm

Maliathon.

It will peel the paint on your car and kill the neighbors cat but it works on skeeters.

The mosquito is Minnesotas state bird.

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:21 pm

G-man;639090 wrote: I'll have to wear my safari gear for you on cam sometime...

my msn addy is takeitoffbaby@hotmail.com