Am I the only one getting eaten alive by mosquitoes?

[Anonymous]

Where are you from?

When I go out in the early evening around here in summertime, I need to douse myself with mosquito repellent. I'd also check around your house to see if there are any pools of stagnant water big/small. Those accordion type drainage pipes also help breed the mosquito population.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I do have some standing water near my windows on occasion - I live on the third floor of my condo building and my tier juts out from the front of the building, so there is a flat roof above me (I'm the top floor of the tier that juts out). So water collects there after a rain to drain... also my windows are right at tree-leaf level, and mosquitoes hide underneath tree leaves during the day...

[Anonymous]

Although we live in a swamp and all have tiny, water-logged yards, DC does not spray for mosquitoes. Perhaps this year they are worse because of all the late-summer rain?

[Anonymous]

My poor boys are getting eaten alive....live in FFX county

[Anonymous]

We're being eaten alive (live in Falls Church) and it limits how much we go outside. We would spend SOOOO much more time outside if not for this. I guess bug repellent is the lesser of the two evils but even it doesn't work 100% and my toddler gets bitten regardless.

[Anonymous]

UGH. I live in Michigan park (near brookland) and yes, yes, yes. We're getting killed. Seems way worse than any other year. We have no standing water, our gutters are clean, our neighbors keep up their homes well, no idea what's causing it but it's pissing me off. I don't get bitten much but my one year old is being eaten alive. During the day even -- like, not talking about evening at all. It's so bad he gets four or five bites as we walk to the car! Every time we get in the car a f****** mosquito flies in behind us and then feasts on my son while he is strapped into his carseat, helpless. DH or I have taken to sitting back there so that we can try to kill them to defend our son.

Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Funny. I'm in Mt. Rainier, and this has been the mildest summer for mosquitos in the several years we've lived here. I assumed that the super hot, dry weather we had early in the summer kept the population down.

[Anonymous]

Ivy attracts them - it really depends on your ground cover, but its's beena pretty bad year here.

I use Boiron's Calendula ointment to stop the itch. You can get it at Whole Foods or a health store. Discovered it years ago when we lived in SE Asia. I too am a mosquito magnet.

[Anonymous]

I've admitted to doing this here before, but I'll say it again: buy the BT mosquito disk dunks. "Bacillus Thurengensis" You can get them at any garden center. I live in AU Park. At night I throw these disks into the nearby sewers. It is a COMPLETELY ORGANIC way to disrupt the life cycle of the mosquito larvae in the sewer! You must do it every 2 weeks. I hit all four street corners surrounding our house. I do it at night to avoid squirrely neighbors, they would think it weird. IT WORKS. The city should be doing this.

Our mosquito population was greatly reduced this year so far.

Also try the clip on OFF fan. It is $$$ only last 12 hours--but is better than icky spray. I used to douse myself and children with DEET. Still have to in some situations. I hate to think of what the long range health effects might be. BT is a naturally occurring substance with no ill effects on the ecosystem.

Try it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny. I'm in Mt. Rainier, and this has been the mildest summer for mosquitos in the several years we've lived here. I assumed that the super hot, dry weather we had early in the summer kept the population down.

that's interesting. (Mich Park here).

My friend told me that she learned from a friend at the CDC that the mosquito population is especially high in this area this year because the bat that eats them is suffering from a fungus. So the natural predators are down and the mosquitos are up. FWIW, we burned some sandalwood at our event today and it seemed to help some.