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

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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 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 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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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