Seriously—where can I move to not deal with mosquitos?

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Anonymous wrote:Grew up in humid Deep South and mosquitos were terrible. As were fire ants, yellow jackets, chiggers etc. Lived in dc for 2 years and it was much better than the south. I think the spraying makes a big difference - I left alabama/Georgia before west Nile was a thing and my areas never sprayed. Southeast Asia was the absolute worst I’ve ever experienced. I still have scars on my legs. Wait until the Asian tiger mosquitos take over here.

Now I’m in park city, ut and there are very few mosquitos. There are mosquitos if you go on hikes up to the lakes, but in park city itself, very few. We’ve been eating outside almost every day this summer and no one had gotten a bite. We accidentally left a door to the patio open a few nights ago and woke up to a chilly house, but no mosquitos. No bugs at all actually. I know they spray and they anticipated more mosquitos due the wet winter/spring. Ticks and wasps are less of an issue here. I don’t check my kids for ticks after they play outside. But as pp said, mosquitos and ticks are spreading.

Aren't they already in DC?

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Anonymous wrote:What regions of the U.S. are the least likely to have mosquitos in backyards? What type of site? I don’t care about anything else.

New York City
the Southwest
Places with lots of spiders, snakes and frogs

But I've been and lived all over the country and DC has the worst mosquitos of anywhere outside of Alaska.

You’ve obviously never lived in florida or the Deep South then. Much worse than DC.

I was born and raised in the DC area, lived there most of my adult life as well, but have now also lived in two different areas of Florida, east coast for six years and SW Gulf coast for three years.

There are mosquitos in Florida but they are much worse in the DC area than anything I have experienced in Florida.

This. Florida has tons of lizards and frogs to keep insects in check.

No it’s not lizards. It’s heavy truck and helicopter spraying.

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Anonymous wrote:Grew up in humid Deep South and mosquitos were terrible. As were fire ants, yellow jackets, chiggers etc. Lived in dc for 2 years and it was much better than the south. I think the spraying makes a big difference - I left alabama/Georgia before west Nile was a thing and my areas never sprayed. Southeast Asia was the absolute worst I’ve ever experienced. I still have scars on my legs. Wait until the Asian tiger mosquitos take over here.

Now I’m in park city, ut and there are very few mosquitos. There are mosquitos if you go on hikes up to the lakes, but in park city itself, very few. We’ve been eating outside almost every day this summer and no one had gotten a bite. We accidentally left a door to the patio open a few nights ago and woke up to a chilly house, but no mosquitos. No bugs at all actually. I know they spray and they anticipated more mosquitos due the wet winter/spring. Ticks and wasps are less of an issue here. I don’t check my kids for ticks after they play outside. But as pp said, mosquitos and ticks are spreading.

Aren't they already in DC?

Yup. I don't even see any other kind.

[Anonymous]

we have sprays every 2 weeks and screen porch

[Anonymous]

This area needs to install more bat houses. People also need to dump out stagnant water.

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Anonymous wrote:California.

CA has mosquitos just not a lot. I'm originally from CA, and when I first moved to the DC area, I got eaten alive by the mosquitos. We Californians are not used to mosquitos much.

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Anonymous wrote:Maui! It’s the only place I’ve been in ages where i could actually sit outside and enjoy myself! Particularly around wailea/Kihei which has very low rainfall…

Hawaii has flying cockroaches--and they are large and aggressive.

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Anywhere that it gets cold at night or is very dry.

I'd rather just use bug spray or a fan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This area needs to install more bat houses. People also need to dump out stagnant water.

Bats help, but not nearly enough to make a noticeable difference. This is a nice tale people tell themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Grew up in humid Deep South and mosquitos were terrible. As were fire ants, yellow jackets, chiggers etc. Lived in dc for 2 years and it was much better than the south. I think the spraying makes a big difference - I left alabama/Georgia before west Nile was a thing and my areas never sprayed. Southeast Asia was the absolute worst I’ve ever experienced. I still have scars on my legs. Wait until the Asian tiger mosquitos take over here.

Now I’m in park city, ut and there are very few mosquitos. There are mosquitos if you go on hikes up to the lakes, but in park city itself, very few. We’ve been eating outside almost every day this summer and no one had gotten a bite. We accidentally left a door to the patio open a few nights ago and woke up to a chilly house, but no mosquitos. No bugs at all actually. I know they spray and they anticipated more mosquitos due the wet winter/spring. Ticks and wasps are less of an issue here. I don’t check my kids for ticks after they play outside. But as pp said, mosquitos and ticks are spreading.

Aren't they already in DC?

Yes. We're in Arlington and have ton of the tiger mosquitos. They are slower and bigger, so you can really see them trying to eat you. But I don't find their bite to be that bad. It itches more quickly but then dissipates quickly too. Unlike the smaller, local mosquitos. They are still plenty annoying though.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Southern California and never remember dealing with mosquitos as a kid. The only place you dealt with mosquitoes was high up in the mountains after the snows melted.

When I go home to visit, they now have mosquitos. Just nowhere near as much as DC. But there's definitely been a change with more mosquitoes. Likely it was the introduction of new invasive species from elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:What regions of the U.S. are the least likely to have mosquitos in backyards? What type of site? I don’t care about anything else.

New York City
the Southwest
Places with lots of spiders, snakes and frogs

But I've been and lived all over the country and DC has the worst mosquitos of anywhere outside of Alaska.

New York City area has plenty of mosquitos, lol. Why wouldn’t we?

OP mosquitos breed in water. Humid climates. Find a dry climate to avoid them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Southwest. But we have scorpions. It’s a trade off.

Santa Fe -- no mosquitos unless you let water sit (I put dunks in flower pot saucers).

Very few scorpions.

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Anonymous wrote:Maui! It’s the only place I’ve been in ages where i could actually sit outside and enjoy myself! Particularly around wailea/Kihei which has very low rainfall…

Hawaii has flying cockroaches--and they are large and aggressive.

Do they bite?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maui! It’s the only place I’ve been in ages where i could actually sit outside and enjoy myself! Particularly around wailea/Kihei which has very low rainfall…

Hawaii has flying cockroaches--and they are large and aggressive.

Do they bite?

As I sit here in Oahu, I have yet to see these mysterious "flying cockroaches" you speak of. Last two years I went to Maui, never saw any.