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re: Can anybody explain the mosquito swarm happening now??? No rain... No standing water...
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:31 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:31 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Interesting. They’ve been hell up here, too. They are big & slow but there’s no many you just can’t kill them all. Usual mosquito management in our garden and yard isn’t helping this year.
Only good thing about this cold weather right now is there’s no way they survive this.
Only good thing about this cold weather right now is there’s no way they survive this.
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Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:32 am to Tigahs24Seven
A lot of them got blown in from Lake Maurepas
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:35 am to Tigahs24Seven
Rascist against black things migrating???
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:39 am to Tigahs24Seven
I never get bit by mosquitoes because I don’t eat carbs. I feel bad for the mosquitoes around here some of y’all are giving them diabetes
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:41 am to el Gaucho
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:42 am to Tigahs24Seven
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Can anybody explain the mosquito swarm happening now???
Another scenario is mosquito eggs can survive months and potentially over a year dry. I can remember in years' past with droughts having mosquito swarms after the first significant rain.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:43 am to Tigahs24Seven
They are bad in the Houston area as well. They look darker than normal too.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:13 am to Tigahs24Seven
BILL GATES
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:33 am to Korkstand
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worse when it is dry because they are looking for something wet.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:58 am to Weekend Warrior79
I think the drought had the eggs just chilling and that one spurt of rain just released the kraken. If you think they bad at home try taking a walk in the woods.
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 8:59 am
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:12 am to BourreTheDog
quote:
What was his reasoning behind this?
depopulation. He's been on record saying a 15-20% decrease in population would be a good start.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:13 am to Redbone
quote:How do the larva survive?
These are the kind that lay eggs in the dry dirt.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:20 am to Tigahs24Seven
I'm finding them rather aggressive and more prominent right now in Georgia. Not much of an issue for most of summer. Now, as I've been outside messing with halloween decorations, these things are swarming. It's very odd.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:23 am to AlxTgr
quote:mosquito have to be the most resilient pest in the world. We will never control them. I can’t answer how they survive. But if you ever been to Alaska you know there is no hope. Mosquitoes so bad that you can’t open your mouth.
How do the larva survive?
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:27 am to Tigahs24Seven
Fun fact:
Iceland has no mosquitoes
Iceland has no mosquitoes
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:59 am to Tigahs24Seven
They mentioned it on WWL this morning. Salt marsh mosquitoes lay eggs in dry dirt.
The upside is that this species is non disease vectoring.
The upside is that this species is non disease vectoring.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:04 pm to Tigahs24Seven
There’s always at least a handful hanging out at my front door waiting to sneak in. Tomorrow evening I’ll have to set up a fan to one side to push those MFers away
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:47 pm to Tigahs24Seven
We've been attacked by ankle biters the last few summers.
Little no-see-ums that you can't see or feel when they land on you.
Heard a bug guy on the radio say they're from Asia.
Figures.
Their bites itch for sometimes over a week. After Bite barely gives any relief.
Little no-see-ums that you can't see or feel when they land on you.
Heard a bug guy on the radio say they're from Asia.
Figures.
Their bites itch for sometimes over a week. After Bite barely gives any relief.
Posted on 10/30/23 at 12:48 pm to Tigahs24Seven
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No standing water...
In Louisiana?
Posted on 10/30/23 at 1:03 pm to bayouvette
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I think the drought had the eggs just chilling and that one spurt of rain just released the kraken. If you think they bad at home try taking a walk in the woods.
Female mosquitoes, like many other insects/flies (and even amphibians) can store sperm for quite some time before allowing it to fertilize eggs. If conditions aren't right, like during a drought, she will wait to fertilize the eggs. Mosquitoes won't lay eggs in a place not conducive to life just for the purpose of laying eggs. They will wait until they find a place, it doesn't take much water at all, suitable for the eggs to hatch and the larvae to survive. It also means that breeding can happen whenever a suitable mate is found, not just when conditions are right.
It is a rather remarkable evolutionary trait.
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 1:07 pm
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