Will these frigid temps affect mosquitos in the summer?

[Anonymous]

Will this very long and cold spell have any effect on the bugs - namely, mosquitos in the summer?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately not. I wish! Mosquito eggs are able to withstand such temps easily, and hatch in late spring.

[Anonymous]

Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan has a lot of mosquitos in the summer. The area freezes solid for months, as in you can drive a car across the lakes.

[Anonymous]

someone saw that viral photo - but nope, it won't matter

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Ugh. Will it affect any bug populations? Gnats? Flies? Earwigs? Ants? Roaches?

Hopefully not the pollinators of course... but I would welcome a reduction in the above critter population.

[Anonymous]

A very hard freeze for a long enough period usually will reduce the number of termites that are alive.

This is part of the reason northern states like Vermont or Wisconsin do not have termite issues.

[Anonymous]

This is literally the last thing I care about right now in this icy time. Get rid of the ice, then think about bugs, if you must.

[Anonymous]

I welcome any number of mosquitos if it will melt snow and cause a warmup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is literally the last thing I care about right now in this icy time. Get rid of the ice, then think about bugs, if you must.

You cared enough to enter the thread and respond.

[Anonymous]

What about fleas? I want to get a dog this spring, and I definitely noticed with our old dog that some years were better than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Will it affect any bug populations? Gnats? Flies? Earwigs? Ants? Roaches?

Hopefully not the pollinators of course... but I would welcome a reduction in the above critter population.

I think it will lower the number of ticks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan has a lot of mosquitos in the summer. The area freezes solid for months, as in you can drive a car across the lakes.

+1, it’s hilarious, the people here who insist that a cold winter will reduce mosquitoes.

The buggiest place I’ve EVER been on this planet was northern Saskatchewan, Canada. A place so filled with midges, black flies, no-see-ums, mosquitoes, gnats and other pests that people have to wear nets over their heads to keep the bugs out of their eyes/ears/nose/mouth …. that place is frozen hard as a rock for 8 months a year.

All the bug activity happens in 4-6 weeks, for the whole year. And cold temps in the winter have ZERO effect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Will it affect any bug populations? Gnats? Flies? Earwigs? Ants? Roaches?

Hopefully not the pollinators of course... but I would welcome a reduction in the above critter population.

I think it will lower the number of ticks.

It will do absolutely nothing.


You think there aren’t ticks in places colder than this??!

[Anonymous]

There are always mosquitos and ticks. I think this year will be worse actually.