Mosquitos, moths, flying insects other pests

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:33 am

Last evening as I was sitting on my patio with a nice glass of chilled white wine I was thinking how fortunate I was to not be continually swatting different insects or having ants creep up my legs. I have lived in parts of the U.S. where sitting outside on a warm summer evening was a endurance test with insects eventually winning.

What's it like in your neck of the woods?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:13 am

Up in PA they have lots of fireflies, lovely little critters and so pretty.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:22 am

Fireflies are neat little bugs and are not pesty.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:26 am

mosquitoes are really bad this year due to so much rain last spring.

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:59 pm

much nicer where I now live, compared to my last residence. We have fairly dry air and mosquitoes are not nearly as bad as in the South.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:04 pm

we have midges. anything that can be kept out by a net isn't that bad.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:08 pm

gmc;1363515 wrote: we have midges. anything that can be kept out by a net isn't that bad.
'We have midges' is an understatement.

Not sure which Loch I spent the night beside under canvas, but if there is a hell, I hope they don't have midges there.

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:09 pm

gmc;1363515 wrote: we have midges. anything that can be kept out by a net isn't that bad.

OH, yeah.

I remember those little $%^$%#^'s

It was the one thing I really hated about New England and the Maritime Provinces.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:45 pm

Jokes have been made about the MOSQUITO'S in the state of MINNESOTA. Of course, with their TEN THOUSAND LAKES what can you expect. Some have suggested making the MOSQUITO the STATE BIRD.

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Scrat · Post by **Scrat** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:02 pm

Having recently relocated to the poorer side of this place it seems we have more mosquitoes than on the ritzy side with the view. We have a lot of humming birds and dragon and crane flies this time of year so that may help. I do miss PAs fire flies, they're something else but I don't miss the midge swarms along the Susquahanna. Don't even try to drive when they're out.

French Grapes · Post by **French Grapes** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:49 pm

Being Texas, we used to have the biggest mosquitos but since the cities have started spraying and being diligent about removing standing water where mosquitos breed, our mosquito populations have seriously decreased and they aren't near as big anymore.

With it being too hot to hang around outside for very long, they could be out there breeding and growing without my knowing it, though.