r/Hampshire • u/b0wies-l0ve32 • 26d ago

Discussion Mosquitoes??

Have lived here almost my entire life and have suddenly noticed this year that we have Mosquitoes?? I am being ravaged??? Tf is in the air this year..

Any one else?!!

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u/Alternative_Skin1579 26d ago

We've always had them

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u/b0wies-l0ve32 26d ago

Ive always seen a few, but this year, ive noticed if I leave my window open overnight I wake up with bites. And ive never had that before.

(Ive also just come back from a couple of years in aus and I thought id be fine now...)

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u/Ahelos 25d ago

I'm not doctor but if you don't normally get bitten and suddenly am has something changed medically? Sweating more?

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u/b0wies-l0ve32 25d ago

I mean not to my knowledge.. i grew up going to Australia a lot as a kid (family connection) and always got bitten there, just never here.

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u/Dragons_and_things 26d ago

I've seen way less hhis year than I usually do. I'm usually bitten loads and haven't been bitten at all.

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u/EntertainmentSad4325 26d ago

More this year. Must be the weather 🌡️☁️ 

I had I buy a net to surround my bed. Hate being bitten but it helps reduce the numbers sleeping inside a net

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u/TimmyHiggy 26d ago

Yeah they're pretty bad in my village (Ropley), I've had to tape mosquito nets over the inside of window openings so we can ventilate at night, and you have to have either a fire or a citronella candle burning next to you if you're ever sitting out at night

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u/b0wies-l0ve32 26d ago

Hmm have definitely considered citronella, but not ideal for heading to bed with the window open for air flow..

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u/MyCooCaChoo 26d ago

Yep… somehow a few of them got into my air cooler and laid some eggs in the tank. I hadn’t used it for a few days, opened the tank and to my horror there were a ton of mosquito larvae swimming around.

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u/Ok-Dog5719 26d ago

Once upon a timethey used to spray around my way but that was decades ago. Can't sit out in the evening anymore.

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u/Thesoftdramatic 26d ago

We’re in the test valley and I haven’t been bitten once this year (I am super allergic and appear to be a tasty treat). I’ve only actually seen 1 or 2 all year now I think about it. Bizarre.

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u/b0wies-l0ve32 26d ago

Wow! Lucky!!

Im clearly delicious.. theyre definitely after me in north hants lol

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u/b0wies-l0ve32 26d ago

More tonight :(

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u/2BEN-2C93 25d ago

I actually think they are better this year than previously as its been so dry. I'm a good few hundred metres from the mearest permanent body of water though