Beware Mosquitoes in the UK!!!

Okay fokes, due to the wet warm weather we now have mozzies in the uk, Just as nasty as the ones in all those lovely sunny destinations I often get bitten in - I have fallen prey to one of these nasty little critters and now have a canckle which is being treated with anibiotics because it swelled up so much and went a nasty red colour from anckle to knee!!!! I have a wonderful weekend planned with a lovely frock.....somebody hates me up there!!!

fingers crossed I've never been bitten by one, even when i was camping in Scotland, some people do seem to attract tehm more than others

Oh no! I've had enough problems with wasps over the past two days...now I've got mozzies to worry about too! Does Raid work on them???

Sorry to hear about your weekend.

I do, not matter how much garlic I eat they still like my blood!!!



I haven't found anything that works apart from wearing burka and tights when I go out on holidays with my socks tucked into my knee length boots...but it gets quite warm :)

Im still going out honey!

I think you might start a new trend here though... :)



Good, enjoy yourself! :)

Fear not - the Koreans have an answer. Most bizarre solution I've ever hear of mind you.

Korea's SK Telecom yesterday unveiled a service to turn the cellphone into a mobile mosquito repellent. For 3,000 won (£1.54), users can download a sound file that is inaudible to the human ear but helps ward off mosquitoes within a one-metre radius, the firm said. However, this "silent" melody consumes as much power a normal ringtone so customers will need to employ it sparingly.

After reading that, I think I'll just have to invent Mega Raid Mozzie Killer!

Hahah me and afew freinds went down our recreation ground to play some football othernight and came under mass attack, there were literally hundreds of the little buggers flying over our heads and they would actually hunt you and stay with you at running speed, we kinda forgot about the football and were running away jus to avoid getting bitten flailing limbs and all, bet we looked like the cool kids who just got off the shortbus.

Just watch out for the mosquitos that carry Bot fly eggs :) Then you're dealing with a nasty outcome :) The larvae grows under your skin and you have to pull the maggot looking thing out...yuk :)

Yeah, feeling so much better after that one!!! :))

Mega Raid Mozzie and Bot Killer - it's patent pending... :)

never go to australia then, they are absolutely ravenous during summer.

Our initial assessment is there are no Mosquitoes in UK!

lol - like it! I haven't seen that picture in a while but it did me chuckle so when I originally saw it.

I've been bitten for the fourth time in two weeks. grrrr. :(

dont put on any after shave, or perfume, the midges that is what thay are named, will bit you to peaces, if you smoke then smoke alot they do not like smoking, gives them a cough, lol

MARMITE...........Aparently tests have shown that they don't like blood with traces of marmite in it.............I don't like marmite either....

they are supposed to hate garlic as well but no matter how much of that I eat I still get bitten.



Poor boy, I feel for ya :( Well Ive not been bitten since, but I did get six or seven bites at once so hopefully thats it.

I've never been bitten by a mosquito, should I start to take this personally? even the mosquitos hate me now

They don't like me either, don'y know why my wife thinks i'm good enough to eat :o)

too much information

Mosquitos rarley ever bite me either :) now we have these tree bite mites and they

bit me 4 times. Its itches like crazy for days!

Do you have these nasty little buggers in the UK?

not unless they go under a different name, I've never heard of them

isn't supposed to be something to do with your blood group, whether you attract mosquitos or not?

Mossies are not that bad. It's horse flies I hate. Nasty liitle biters they are.

that's interesting !! what's your blood group then daisy if you don't get bitten ? Cos I once got bitten dreadfully in Italy.....I haven't seen any mosquitoes in the NW yet !!

It's the wasps that keep trying to kill me, I tried to sit outside yesterday, not one wasp about . Five minutes later there were ten surrounding me. Am getting really scared of them lol.....

:)

I don't know if it's true, I just thought I'd heard it mentioned once. I'm A negative, that's my blood group not my brain condition.

they don't get near me, cos I run screaming with a can of Raid in my hand

I'm AB RhNeg .

Is that why wasps want to kill me off ?


:)

Possibly, I dont know why but I havent received a mosquite bit since I was a kid

I`m glad about that too!



Yeah those hurt!

I've been stung twice by wasps.

Trust me they're about LIR!!! Cheshire is possibly too posh for the little blighters to go to!!! <grin>