[Sealobo]

I have been fighting a mosquito in the last 2 hours. She has bitten me twice and i tried to clap her down but no luck. What can i do?

she bit my right middle finger and my right elbow.

she just did a fly-by in front of me!!!!!!

[alligator]

When she bites you, pinch the stinger in your arm. Then make it fill up with blood until it pops. I did that once when I was a kid.

[ort888]

Do you own any guns?

[andreas_g4]

Fire?

[Railroader]

Napalm.

[brassplayersrock²]

bananas?

[dzp111]

I live in mosquito land. Best recourse? Dress up! Wear socks, shoes-not sandals, pants-not shorts, long sleeved shirts, and when it's real bad, a hoodie helps. Just gear up.

Also, and this works, have a Bounce sheet in your pocket. The scent repels them for some reason.

Oh, and when in the middle of your sleep and the bug is around? Turn the light on, and if it takes you hours to kill it, then that is so. But you must.

As for your right middle finger and your right elbow bite? It'll go away within a day. Unless you're super allergic, which I've never heard of, except for Malaria, then you're in deep ****. But I'd doubt that.

Good health to you.

[0157988944]

Get a blog®

Really, I'm the first?

[turtle777]

You are cursed. There is no remedy. Sorry.

-t

[AKcrab]

Originally Posted by dzp111 

Also, and this works, have a Bounce sheet in your pocket. The scent repels them for some reason.

Wouldn't it be even MORE effective to use the sheet to "bounce" ALL your clothes in the dryer?
(Alaska mosquitos scoff at your bounce trick..)

[Big Mac]

What is DEET and why is it important? OFF!

[ort888]

Get AIDS and teach that mosquito a lesson.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by AKcrab 

Wouldn't it be even MORE effective to use the sheet to "bounce" ALL your clothes in the dryer?
(Alaska mosquitos scoff at your bounce trick..)

But then all your clothes would stink of carcinogenic chemicals.

Or have they fixed the carcinogenic bit?

[IceEnclosure]

I'm 5 minutes from the Everglades, I've had epic battles with mosquitos that got in the house.

Speaking of the Everglades, there's just something about a deer fly that brings out the juking-sprinter in me.

[Phileas]

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot 

Or have they fixed the carcinogenic bit?

Nope. Not as far as I know.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

What is DEET and why is it important? OFF!

OFF! Deep Woods® Sportsmen Insect Repellent I (pump-spray)
Contains 98.11% DEET
Easy to apply
Convenient-to-carry size
Provides protection for up to 10 hours against mosquitoes

Hmmm... I didn't know they sold stuff this strong. I was told that anything above 30% can be irritating to the skin. I guess it just gets applied to the outer layer of clothing, but still. I could imagine the fumes from 98% DEET on your clothes in damp weather could be irritating to the eyes too.

[AKcrab]

DEET is the only thing that really works. I've never found the fumes or the repellant to be more aggravating than getting eaten by mosquitoes/flies.

[sek929]

Camping in Maine last summer taught me that some mosquitos just don't give a rat's ass about repellant.

Also, most repellant simply masks your odor, mosquitos will still land and bite ya.

[msuper69]

They usually go for thin-ish people.

Are you thin?

If so, I suggest eating until you are fat as a pig.

The mosquitoes will leave you alone then.

[Railroader]

Garlic. My wife doesn't like garlic and she gets bitten 1000X more than I do. Whenever a recipe calls for garlic I add a double amount. I have also eaten whole cloves a couple days before a camping trip. You do smell a little like an Italian restaurant, but it's worth it.

[msuper69]

Originally Posted by sek929 

Camping in Maine last summer taught me that some mosquitos just don't give a rat's ass about repellant.

Also, most repellant simply masks your odor, mosquitos will still land and bite ya.

You need to make sure you always have a hold of something in Maine. Those mosquitoes in Aroostook County are big enough to carry away small dogs and children.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Garlic. My wife doesn't like garlic and she gets bitten 1000X more than I do. Whenever a recipe calls for garlic I add a double amount. I have also eaten whole cloves a couple days before a camping trip. You do smell a little like an Italian restaurant, but it's worth it.

I suspect the garlic is incidental.

My mother was prone to mosquito bites; if you slept in a room with her, you could always be sure she'd be the one drawing all the mosquitos, and you'd come away relatively unscathed regardless of what we'd been eating.

There's just people who smell delectable to mosquitos.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot 

I suspect the garlic is incidental.

You can never have enough reasons / justifications to add more garlic to a meal.

-t

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Railroader 

Garlic. My wife doesn't like garlic and she gets bitten 1000X more than I do. Whenever a recipe calls for garlic I add a double amount. I have also eaten whole cloves a couple days before a camping trip. You do smell a little like an Italian restaurant, but it's worth it.

I bet the mosquitos are thinking, "that's a-spicy meat-a-ball!"

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

You can never have enough reasons / justifications to add more garlic to a meal.

If you need to justify adding more garlic to a meal, you're doing something wrong.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

You can never have enough reasons / justifications to add more garlic to a meal.

-t

[Sealobo]

I turned on my air-conditioning, lowered the temp to 18ºC (~64ºF) and i guess that little bitch is now frozen to death.

[Spheric Harlot]

I'd rather get bitten than pneumonia.

[Goldfinger]

Originally Posted by Eug 

OFF! Deep Woods® Sportsmen Insect Repellent I (pump-spray)
Contains 98.11% DEET
Easy to apply
Convenient-to-carry size
Provides protection for up to 10 hours against mosquitoes

Hmmm... I didn't know they sold stuff this strong. I was told that anything above 30% can be irritating to the skin. I guess it just gets applied to the outer layer of clothing, but still. I could imagine the fumes from 98% DEET on your clothes in damp weather could be irritating to the eyes too.

Didn't know that either. I do have a can with 40% DEET though. And that stuff can irritate your lungs if you spray it on in a small room (like a toilet). But it sure helped me a lot in Thailand 2 weeks ago.
I also heard that DEET-based stuff can damage your clothes and certain plastics so don't just spray it anywhere. Altough I'm not sure if that's 100% true.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot 

I suspect the garlic is incidental.

My mother was prone to mosquito bites; if you slept in a room with her, you could always be sure she'd be the one drawing all the mosquitos, and you'd come away relatively unscathed regardless of what we'd been eating.

There's just people who smell delectable to mosquitos.

Completely agreed. I eat loads of garlic, and mosquitos absolutely adore me. As do midges, as I found out in Ireland last month. When I came to Scotland, I counted the midge bites I’d gotten on the lower half of my legs from wearing shorts at night—I had 28 on my right calf and 23 on my left calf.

I agree with Railroader’s idea for mosquito/midge removal. Napalm is the only way to go.

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

As do midgets, as I found out in Ireland last month.

The leprechauns like you, huh?

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

The leprechauns like you, huh?

Ceratopogonidae, not leprechauns. Racist.