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Mosquitos
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05/06/2021 06:12 PM
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What's the deal on the island with mosquitos? The only downside to our trip so far is the bites my wife receives almost daily. It doesn't matter where she is, inside, outside, at the beach or on the porch, she gets bit. I however do not receive any bites. Ever. Are the mosquitos present everywhere on the island or just near little bay. I know we the swampy water right near the Belair. Does anybody experience this problem in Simpson Bay, Orient Beach. My poor wife gets exasperated and even though she hates it is forced to spray herself with DEET.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/06/2021 07:19 PM
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Mitch,
Are you sure they’re mosquitoes? We often have experienced the dreaded little no-see-ums but usually they are in the late afternoon and early evening.
In any event we use the OFF Deep Woods repellent wipes and had virtually no issues with the mosquitoes our entire trip unless we forgot to use them. We had nothing at BSV but it was very breezy although we did have issues a few evenings when we went to dinner but again, I don’t think they were mosquitoes as the bites were more prevalent and even itchier if you can believe it. There is a distinct difference in the appearances of the no-see-em bites from those of the typical moskie bites.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/06/2021 07:29 PM
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Well to us they look like small mosquitos and we do ''see" them even though they are much smaller than the bird-sized ones we see in Michigan in the summer.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/07/2021 09:04 AM
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I sympathize with your wife, as I am a mosquito magnet also, and Eric never gets bit. Mosquitoes are very much a function of whether there's lots of wind, which keeps them away, and the amount of rain and what the vegetation is like. You didn't say if your unit is on the ground floor, but the closer to the ground floor you are, the more skeeters there will be. And vegetation and swampy water definitely will increase the little buggers. I've never personally tried mosquito milk, but I should. You can buy those mosquito coils in the grocery store. If the mosquitoes are particularly bad, we usually pick up a couple packages of them.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/07/2021 09:22 AM
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Yes, put the coils on the floor. We usually put them on an ash tray or similar, as they kind of make a mess.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/07/2021 10:20 AM
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Aluminum foil is a good idea, if you have it. We don't always buy it, but as much as we cook in, we probably should.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/07/2021 12:11 PM
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What exasperates my wife is that I never, ever get bites. Not just when we are here. The only things that bothers me are the occasional 'no-see-um' and the big horse flies we get up north in the summer. Someone once told us it has something to do with skin types or bacteria. IDK.
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Re: Mosquitos
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05/07/2021 02:45 PM
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We also use Mosquito Milk, in a roll-on, and never have a problem.
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
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