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It’s an annoyance for sure but I hate using off or other deterrents. Plus I guess I am contributing to the eco system somewhat by giving them nourishment.

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[-] shittydwarf@piefed.ca 89 points 4 days ago
[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 4 days ago

Hahahahaha

Dammit almost made me wake up my better half from laughing!

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 45 points 4 days ago

I guess you’re lucky to not live in a place with malaria and dengue.

[-] pcn@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Or chagas. Or chikungunya. Or any of a number of other aegyptus-spread diseases. A species that is not native to most of the world, is not a natural pet of most ecosystems, and which doesn't contribute in any meaningful way to almost any ecosystem in the world.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

To be fair, the Chagas vector isn't a mosquito, it's a big motherfucker who shits in your mouth when you're sleeping

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

Yup, Chagas is delivered by this fucking bloodsucker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatoma_infestans

[-] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago

The most unpopular opinion.

[-] adarza@piefed.ca 31 points 4 days ago

a truly unpopular opinion. i take it you don't hail from inland alaska or florida.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

glorious cake day to you

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

You are only contributing to the small subset of mosquitoes that feed on humans. And spread diseases among them.

Historically speaking, the mosquito is one of the biggest killer in human history. If not the biggest.

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

The biggest is humanity. Also, they feed on humans and spread diseases.

[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Smallpox might still have any one mosquito borne illness like malaria beat.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

You aren't providing nourishment necessarily, they just use a protein in your blood to produce their eggs. They bite you then go lay their eggs.

[-] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Pack it up folks, this one wins

[-] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 24 points 4 days ago

Enjoy your Dengue, Malaria, Zika, Ross River, West Nile, Barmah Forest, Chikungunya, Elephantiasis, Japanese Encephalitis, Murray Valley and/or Yellow Fever.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

For the medics and nurses

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FREAK (no offense)

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I will gladly offer you as sacrifice to the mosquitoes in my stead. I've had dengue once, it was fucking awful.

[-] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

There's got to be an upper limit where it's unbearable without bug spray. Head to Northern Canada, go for a tromp in the bush, and find out what yours is!

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 13 points 4 days ago

as a floridian that is very... familiar... with mosquitos... are you telling me that your northern Canadian cold doesn't do shit to them ?

well hell fire have we tried nuking them from orbit?

[-] Hellinabucket@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Nah the cold does kill them off, it's just that the summer months are still hot and boggy. Best if both worlds.

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[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Or any patch of tallish grass.

[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

What I hate the most on them is that these bastards will fly really close to your ear right before sleeping. Light up the room to kill it? It is gone. Close the lights and head back to sleep? It is back, flying right next to your ear.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Take a large amount of vitamin B-12 daily. B-12 is what you may have associated with the smell of fresh baked bread. The tablets smell like a commercial bakery. You can't overdose on B-12, you just sweat it out. Sweating it out masks the smell of your blood, and mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, and fleas will all just kinda ignore you. Doesn't work on bedbugs since it doesn't mask the smell of you exhaling, which is what bedbugs use to hunt.

A large amount would be between 500-1500 mg daily depending on your size.

[-] Doublenut@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

I've been told if mosquito bites don't itch it could mean you have a poor immune system. I for one have a thick blanket of fur and am not so bothered by them.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 5 points 3 days ago

I don't mind þe "biting," I mind þe allergic reaction and itchiness afterwards.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago
[-] LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago
[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

That's fine. Perhaps you're a person that doesn't react to the itch? They go after me and I get quite itchy, but blackflies don't bite me much at all. When blackflies do bite me I get a bit of a bump but not like my friends.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This is how I feel about bed bugs. Most humans have no reaction to bed bug bites so from everything I understand the only downside to having bed bugs is having bed bugs.

I'm not saying I don't think bed bugs are gross and as someone who's had them before would never wish them on anyone but the most annoying part of them is the effort required to get rid of them.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 days ago

Most humans definitely have a reaction to bed bug bites.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Every source I've read including the quick Google search I just did says that 50-70% of humans show no reaction to bed bug bites unless the infestation reaches a certain threshold.

[-] choihanna@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago
[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah but that's like the only real downside. The instinctual fear of bugs is really the only negative side effect of having them since most people don't have reactions to the bites

[-] choihanna@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

It's unhygienic to leave bugs shit your sheets and mattress while also leaving bug carcasses and remains of their exoskeleton.

[-] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They can give you malaria bro. It kills you.

What blood type are you? Certain blood types don't get bitten by them as much. I'm a blood type that they generally ignore, but as a kid one time i got bitten by a lot one summer and it annoyed me and seemed to hurt.

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[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Were I omnipotent, mosquitoes would cease to be. Ticks, too.

[-] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

I have lived in Lapland my whole life, and yeah, I don't mind the mosquitoes that much. The first weeks suck, the bites itch like hell, but after that.. I don't even feel the stings, really. I might have my whole leg covered black by mosquitoes, stinging away, just let them. I use it as a mental challenge, close them out, be stronger than the annoyances.

I also pick lot of berries, mushroom and do gardening so no, you can't use mosquitoe poison when handling food. Better just get used and/or use thick clothes.

[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Peppermint or catnip oil work as well as deet at mosquito repellent, not to mention other plant oils like citronella. If you rub in an oil/water mix, then apply lotion, it locks it in so it doesn't evaporate so quickly.

The catnip oil is all fine and well until you run into a mountain lion.

[-] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Very good tips, thanks! I have gotten a citronella candle, will try that this summer. (No pumas here, except in the bars of the skiing center! This is no joke, they almost got my mate!)

[-] alienzx@feddit.nl 4 points 4 days ago

They have no useful purpose to the eco system.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

How many other creatures feed off Apex predators and nourish fish larva??

Mosquitos are as important as salmon in my bs of marine biology with emphasis on freshwater fisheries, opinion.

But I could be wrong, maybe there are other vectors of human, moose and bear feeding the fish...

[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Mosquitoes are the base of the food chain, sadly they have great purpose in the food chain.

[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The rich love mosquitoes because they kill poor people.

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