Mosquito Holes

[BareFtGrl]

This whole thread is making me very itchy!!

[DeepFrz]

When my girls were small we went on a camping trip in the North West Territories and one day they went swimming. Later my wife called me to come to the tent. My oldest daughter was bitten by black flies so bad you could see the outline of her bathing suit on her back and shoulders. My youngest daughter had one or two bites. They had been playing together the whole time.

[BareFtGrl]

Ah ha!! That must be it!! I'm the oldest daughter too!

LoL!

[zeehag]

is it oldest that gets to be dinner??me too iffn that is case..i am so bit i look like an undone dinner for flying teeth.....

[sabray]

Originally Posted by zeehag

is it oldest that gets to be dinner??me too iffn that is case..i am so bit i look like an undone dinner for flying teeth.....

Mosquito need water . You must get rid of all water around your home. They can survive in the smallest cap full. I have heard that vicks vapor rub works. Never tried it though. I recall my mom putting this stuff on me if I complained of a cold.. I learned to never complain .

[BareFtGrl]

Originally Posted by zeehag

i am so bit i look like an undone dinner for flying teeth.....

LoL! I must look like the appetizer...

[zeehag]

sabray--would be impossible to leave the water--i live on a formosa which is at present in brackish water and have a contract to hide from hurrycames here. now, tell me how i am to rid meself of this brackish water??i donot have any standing fresh water inside my boat. the mullet eat skeeters but they arent doing a good job.. they are not gonna get fired as they are needed. the geckos arent doing their jobs either-- too many skeeters on the water of late.....

gurl--you da appetizer and i am da dessert......

[GordMay]

Feel for DeepFrz, who lives in Winnipeg, one of the mosquito capitals of the world.

[zeehag]

winnipeg must be second after mazatlan........then fla is 3rd.....

[DeepFrz]

Gord, if things keep going the way they have been in the last few years we will have to give up that title. Amazing what they have done with the mosquito abatement program. I don't even think they have had to spray this year and yet its the year of the flood.

Mosquito trap count for the 24th: City wide daily average = 1.
That is absolutely awesome...

[BillKov]

Here in Ga and in the Florida Gulf, Avon makes a product called "Skin So Soft" It's at a premium during bug season but is effective in keeping the little buggers under control. . . Also, spray bites with WD-40 to take the itch and sting out. . .

Best advice we ever had on flying biters was from a Fla Fish & Game officer - We asked what he did when the bugs were specially fierce - he said "I just don't go outside". . . sage advice if you can manage it. . .

[sck5]

skin so soft works well on black flies. not as well for mosquitos

[capttman]

Originally Posted by zeehag

that is because the mexicans are not exporting the dang things--they are alll here to drink all my blood--- sheeesh.
i hope the magical fly powder i am getting monday or tuesday will help....is flies and skeeters--i dont get that in anchorages, just in marinas. who sed marinas are good things...if the magic powder works i will post the name and where to find it

Hmmmmm majic powder will make ya smile....

[sabray]

Im so prepped for my next leg and the black fly battle. Taking notes from the piracy threads. I am armed with bear spray, have electrified the lifelines, loaded my flare gun, taped the Sunday times onto my fish club, I have several cans of yard bug bombs. I can make the boat vanish in a self made toxic fog. I have grates across the companionways. Anyone want to form an armada down the jersey shore.

[beneteau-500]

i all ways use a mixture of tee tree oil and vinegar and never will bother you again