Just a PSA, I guess. One of our local TV shows had a mosquito expert on the other day. One of the bits of info that he let drop, with video of experiments to back him up, was that mosquitoes will happily land (and bite) black cloth, while they will avoid white cloth. He asserted that the spectrum in between had a similar response, although he didn't show us anything. But it was impressive to see an arm in black cloth go into a glass box full of mosquitoes, and watch them cluster all over it, while the same arm, in white, did not have a single mosquito land! Convinced me that I am going to wear white when I am outside in mosquito season (which we are in here). I don't thInk he recommended a particular brand of repellant, though.
Oh, one thing he showed us -- swat them before landing, or let them drink and leave on their own and then swat them. But don't swat them while they are drinking. Two problems. Probiscus -- long sucker! In your skin. Plus, apparently they inject a little juice, which they suck out when they are done. Those two are the reason for the itching. He said if you let them finish, they don't itch (as much, anyway). And he had video of a volunteer letting the little bugger finish up and pull out. That probiscus was almost as long as the mosquito! I don't want that in my skin!
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Date: 2017-07-20 10:06 am (UTC)Oh, one thing he showed us -- swat them before landing, or let them drink and leave on their own and then swat them. But don't swat them while they are drinking. Two problems. Probiscus -- long sucker! In your skin. Plus, apparently they inject a little juice, which they suck out when they are done. Those two are the reason for the itching. He said if you let them finish, they don't itch (as much, anyway). And he had video of a volunteer letting the little bugger finish up and pull out. That probiscus was almost as long as the mosquito! I don't want that in my skin!