How many Mosquito Bites ya got?

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681
    I count 6, but one of them is on my ear. My EAR!! :x :fp:
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    Lol, my kid had a couple the size of a baseball, no joke. Must have been munching on him for about 10 minutes. :lol:
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  • MaxGoldenrod
    MaxGoldenrod Posts: 1,341
    None, but I just got rid of a nasty case of poison ivy
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  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    rearviewross wrote:
    Lol, my kid had a couple the size of a baseball, no joke. Must have been munching on him for about 10 minutes. :lol:
    You know that can be a frightening thing. Both my boys have had massive reactions to mosquito bites when they were younger. My older boy got a bite on the ankle that swelled so much he had difficulty walking. The bites he got that year were like 5 inches of red, hot, swollen, painful reaction. Over time they have gotten less and less and now are more like normal mosquito bites. The younger boy got it on his forehead one year. I saw the mosquito on him. 24 hours later, the swelling nearly closed his eyes. The bridge of his nose was massive and you could almost see the swelling spreading down to the tip of his nose. They had to put him on prednisone. He can still get a 2-3 inch spot from a mosquito bite but nothing like the first time. I saw the pictures a few weeks ago and it still kind of takes my breath away. :shock:
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  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    oceaninmyeyes wrote:
    rearviewross wrote:
    Lol, my kid had a couple the size of a baseball, no joke. Must have been munching on him for about 10 minutes. :lol:
    You know that can be a frightening thing. Both my boys have had massive reactions to mosquito bites when they were younger. My older boy got a bite on the ankle that swelled so much he had difficulty walking. The bites he got that year were like 5 inches of red, hot, swollen, painful reaction. Over time they have gotten less and less and now are more like normal mosquito bites. The younger boy got it on his forehead one year. I saw the mosquito on him. 24 hours later, the swelling nearly closed his eyes. The bridge of his nose was massive and you could almost see the swelling spreading down to the tip of his nose. They had to put him on prednisone. He can still get a 2-3 inch spot from a mosquito bite but nothing like the first time. I saw the pictures a few weeks ago and it still kind of takes my breath away. :shock:

    Its crazy. My kids reactions are not as bad as yours but he had a huge egg on his forehead from a bite. Luckily he is disciplined by nature and doesn't scratch them much. Still a little freaky to see them swell up so much.
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  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    Well apparently the mosquitoes are so bad, and the threat of W Nile is so high that they have a city of 150 K trapped indoors while they spray pesticides all over town. I even brought my chickens inside the garage because the pesticide could make them sick. :fp:
    And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I went to Cabela's and found:

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    all natural, was outside for a good 8 hours, and I didn't get a bite! Feel better that I'm not spraying myself with a chemical that they aren't sure what the long term effects are.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681
    oceaninmyeyes wrote:
    Well apparently the mosquitoes are so bad, and the threat of W Nile is so high that they have a city of 150 K trapped indoors while they spray pesticides all over town. I even brought my chickens inside the garage because the pesticide could make them sick. :fp:
    :? Where do you live so I can be sure to never go there?
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  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    In a town that was ranked #6 in 2010 in Money Magazine's Best Places to Live. It is ordinarily just lovely, a high desert and is usually very arid. Last year we had a massive wildfire. But it has been wet this summer, and the mosquitoes have gone crazy. And apparently so have the powers that be. According to the county health department website's West Nile virus page, so far this summer:

    Human cases: 18
    Human WNV risk: EXTREMELY HIGH
    WNV-positive mosquito pools: 162
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  • guitar59
    guitar59 Posts: 1,221
    4...all from Tuesday night!
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    I haven't gotten any this summer!
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    I haven't gotten any this summer!

    thats what she said? really?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    I haven't gotten any this summer!

    thats what she said? really?
    :lol:
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  • SD48277
    SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    I just got a whole bunch more while I was weeding the garden this afternoon.
    I'll need an abacus to count up how many I got. :fp:
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,222
    2 or 3 on my stomach. one on my arm, not sure how many on my legs. The ones on my stomach itch like hell. I think i got that the other night when i was sleeping.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    One on my elbow, two on my ankle.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,681
    edited July 2015
    They are basically gone now, but last week I was the main meal while I was sleeping. I had 15 on my lower legs, ankles, and feet (I sleep with my feet sticking out from under the covers). It was fairly torturous. I felt rage. I don't think there is any living creature that I hate more than mosquitoes. Those fuckers.
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I texted a pic of my latest bite to some degenerates...they can post pics if they feel so inclined.
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    one
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    RKCNDY said:

    I texted a pic of my latest bite to some degenerates...they can post pics if they feel so inclined.

    Was that the giant bite that looked like it was trying to take over Chicago? While it is no longer in my phone, I assure you that it was GIANT!

    As for me, I think that I'm only at one this year. It was on my ankle. Jewel weed helps!
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