mosquitoes

De Bellem · 08-07-2013 08:16PM #1

The weather is fantastic now but come the night those mossies seem to
lurk around every darkened corner, come in every open window and with
so much stealth find me. I do get some but it just isnt fair so many of them

Are you on their hit list too or do they avoid you? Whats your story, your remedy.

kneemos · 08-07-2013 08:18PM

Ireland?Mosquitoes?

123 LC · 08-07-2013 08:18PM

there's mosquitoes in Ireland?

wretcheddomain · 08-07-2013 08:20PM

We have a special species of Mosquito in this country, called Lucindae Cretinae, which lurks around Dublin trying to infect others. I'm sure you didn't encounter it, I just hope you didn't end up contributing to its reproduction.

AnonoBoy · 08-07-2013 08:21PM

De Bellem wrote: »

The weather is fantastic now but come the night those mossies seem to
lurk around every darkened corner, come in every open window and with
so much stealth find me.

There was a lad Mossie from down my way who got done for burglary.

Are you having a go at him?

De Bellem · 08-07-2013 08:28PM

Mossie / Mozzie probably a fever is affecting me

My name is URL · 08-07-2013 09:12PM

kneemos wrote: »

Ireland?Mosquitoes?

123 LC wrote: »

there's mosquitoes in Ireland?

There's dozens of species of mosquito in Ireland. Why do people not know this?!

gurramok · 08-07-2013 09:13PM

Think you mean midges OP. Mosquitos found here would be national headlines and you'd find all those scantily clad people quickly covering up in the heat

skimpydoo · 08-07-2013 09:13PM

I must be lucky they don't go near me. I spent time in South America, America, Mexico, Bahrain & Egypt and I never got bit once.

Mint Sauce · 08-07-2013 09:15PM

De Bellem wrote: »

The weather is fantastic now but come the night those mossies seem to
lurk around every darkened corner, come in every open window and with
so much stealth find me. I do get some but it just isnt fair so many of them

Are you on their hit list too or do they avoid you? Whats your story, your remedy.

I just sleep.

ziggy23 · 08-07-2013 09:15PM

I am destroyed with bites today. Is it definitely mosquitoes that do the biting in Ireland or midges? If I go abroad I get big huge bites so have to take anti-histamines before I go. My blood must taste like orange juice:(

scoobydoobie · 08-07-2013 09:17PM

There was a report last year, they are found mostly in the south of the country were it is generally much warmer, thank fook.

kneemos · 08-07-2013 09:22PM

Wouldn't know a mosquito if it bit me.

bgrizzley · 08-07-2013 09:23PM

there are small mozzies here, but they are fine. Its the fcuking midges will drive you nuts...

Grayditch · 08-07-2013 09:25PM

Indeed.

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056774021/3/#post85406907

sheesh · 08-07-2013 09:42PM

we have mosquitoes in ireland but not the ones that transmit malaria.

go us!

Irish Guitarist · 08-07-2013 09:44PM

I go for a walk around a forest park and there's loads of mosquitoes during the summer. I find the best way to avoid them is to keep walking quickly. They tend not to bite as much then. As soon as I stand in one spot fifteen or twenty of them start sucking the blood from my arms and neck.

I rarely see them anywhere else though. The one exception was last winter when there was loads of them around my house. Not one of them bit me though. I don't know if they was because they were a species that don't bite or if it was because they were mostly males.

The most painful bite I've ever received was from a horsefly biting my hand. It felt like someone had cut me with a pliers. I ended up with a red lump that lasted for almost two months.

TheLastMohican · 08-07-2013 09:50PM

There are mosquitos in Ireland. Have been bitten a few times. The first about 10 years ago. Blown across the Channel from the Continent I imagine. Maybe using Britain as a land-bridge.

But definitely mozzies.

dan dan · 08-07-2013 09:55PM

Yes we have mosquitos in Ireland. Actually it was an IRISH mossie that infected Cromwell with malaria and killed him. There really is a God.

Chancer3001 · 08-07-2013 09:56PM

Just back from Canada.

They actually take chunks out of you over there.

must be the lesser-known-buck-teethed-mosquito or something.

lau1247 · 08-07-2013 10:00PM

was at glendalough on saturday for picnic, got bit..

The biting part is fine, it is the bloody itchiness days after the bite that is the pain in the hole

My name is URL · 08-07-2013 10:02PM

sheesh wrote: »

we have mosquitoes in ireland but not the ones that transmit malaria.

go us!

They're here.. they're just waiting =p

Dr. Elizabeth Cullen tells us this: 'All that is necessary is a return of regularly recurring hotter summers over a definite period of years, and the malaria–carrying Anopheles will inevitably re-establish themselves and infect a certain proportion of the community... Given suitable breeding conditions, malaria becomes inevitable.'

Dr. Cullen goes on to tell us that malaria was rife in Cork in the mid 1880s, when a succession of warmer summers enabled the heat-loving insects to survive. The other essential elements for a high population of Anopheles are lots of wet, marshy ground and plenty of food.

http://www.con-telegraph.ie/living/2673-mosquitoes-along-the-lakeshore

Today Ireland has 18 species of mosquitoes of which four are Anopheles (including Anopheles Claviger (Meigen)) the potential carriers of malaria.

http://charles-mount.ie/wp/?p=883

ted1 · 08-07-2013 10:05PM

lau1247 wrote: »

was at glendalough on saturday for picnic, got bit..

The biting part is fine, it is the bloody itchiness days after the bite that is the pain in the hole

Plenty of horse flies and midges up there doing the biting. I wouldn't be to quick to blame the mozzies

stefan idiot jones · 08-07-2013 10:11PM

I live in Brisbane where they are plentiful and the best advice I was given (which works), is to rub a little deep heat onto the bite and it stops the itching straight away.

As for not getting bitten in the first place, a million theories but none that really work apart from dousing yourself in army strength repellent.

Username exists · 08-07-2013 10:12PM

lau1247 wrote: »

was at glendalough on saturday for picnic, got bit..

The biting part is fine, it is the bloody itchiness days after the bite that is the pain in the hole

I go to Spain every year and get destroyed by mozzies. Tried everything but the only thing that works for me now is taking vitamin b complex tablets and a spray called Incognito,this can be bought in a health food shop.

Wattle · 08-07-2013 10:19PM

Got bitten to shreds in Jamaica. I was at this reggae bar wearing shorts. I'd been indulging in the local herb so I didn't notice till the morning. Spent the next few days itching like crazy.

shaka · 08-07-2013 10:35PM

We have always had Mozzies just not the malaria. Midges are type of Mozzie. Was at cousins in delvin a few years ago and got destroyed by the backstards , locals were calling them nads or something like that.

Seaneh · 08-07-2013 10:40PM

I woke up on a beach in Ecuador one morning with 42 bites on my neck, ears, shoulders and legs, girl beside me had 2, the little bastards bloody love me.

Seaneh · 08-07-2013 10:42PM

And I've also been bitten in Ireland in the last few years.

Irish Guitarist · 08-07-2013 10:56PM

Someone in Carlow ended up in hospital last year after being badly bitten by mosquitoes.

http://www.independent.ie/regionals/carlowpeople/news/dont-let-the-bad-bugs-bite-28908489.html

Naid23 · 08-07-2013 11:14PM

Spent the last 3 months in asia getting eaten alive by mossies- absolutely hate them.

Had one day ziplinning in Dublin- was loads of midges around.. Again eaten alive and now itchy as fck. They just seem to like me.

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