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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 20:24:00 » |
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I'm just glad we don't get Tsetse flies here, but it's probably only a matter of time.
isn't everything? |
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 20:25:07 » |
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isn't everything?
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 20:42:16 » |
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I can confirm that I do like marmite so shoot your theory!
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 20:43:42 » |
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i didn't think we got them in britain? are they becoming more frequent due to global warming?
Jeez do you live in a bunker? Must admit their season years ago would be late summer, certainly up here though we get them june until around November |
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« Reply #19 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 20:47:37 » |
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Jeez do you live in a bunker? Must admit their season years ago would be late summer, certainly up here though we get them june until around November
i've never seen one. |
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« Reply #20 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:01:18 » |
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Dont think ive seen one either.
Sure we arent talking about midges?
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« Reply #21 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:03:53 » |
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i have read about the risk of them becoming common here as the planet warms up.but i had no idea they had arrived already?
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« Reply #22 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:05:07 » |
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Well they were mosquito looking and the bite hurt. In the words of Basil Fawlty "Amphibious landing crafts"  |
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« Reply #23 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:07:07 » |
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Latin name: Culex Pipiens
Size: Approximately 8mm long
Distribution: Found throughout the UK.
Months seen: All year. Most frequently from June to October
Habitat: Always near water, including ponds, ditches and water butts.
Food: Larvae feed on tiny organic particles in the water. Adults will feed on animal blood.
Special features: There are over thirty different species of mosquito found in the UK, and they can easily be confused with similar non-biting insects. The main features to look out for are the long pointed proboscis, and the wings, which are held folded and flat when at rest. The males have bushy antennae.
The females need a blood meal before they can lay their eggs, which is why they bite humans. They will also take the blood of frogs and birds.
The eggs of the mosquito are laid in still water in batches of up to 350. Each female can lay up to six batches in one season.
The larvae are aquatic, and float just below the surface of the water, allowing their breathing tube to draw in oxygen.
There are two main groups of mosquitoes; the Anophelines, and the Culicines. The larvae of Anophelines float horizontally just under the surface of the water, while the larvae of Culicines hang vertically just below the surface.
After about seven to ten days the larvae pupate into little comma-shaped creatures. They hang tail down below the surface of the water and breathe through two tubes on the top of the thorax. After about five days the adult mosquito emerges.
Did you Know?
The mosquito is the most dangerous animal on the planet to mankind. It has around half of all the humans who have ever lived. In warmer countries they can transmit malaria, parasitic worms, yellow fever and other diseases.
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« Reply #24 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:08:03 » |
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Hey are you pregnant Lady?
Apperently they prefer pregnant women,something to do with the breathing.
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« Reply #25 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:08:50 » |
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i have read about the risk of them becoming common here as the planet warms up.but i had no idea they had arrived already?
Mosquitoes have always been here, just not the species that spread malaria yellow fever etc. |
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« Reply #26 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:11:37 » |
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Mosquitoes have always been here, just not the species that spread malaria yellow fever etc.
there is a lake about 150-200 metres from my house.guess i'll be a victim of them sooner or later. |
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« Reply #27 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:12:52 » |
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Hey are you pregnant Lady?
Apperently they prefer pregnant women,something to do with the breathing.
I can confirm there is absolutely no way that is possible I didn't have myself down as a heavy breather! |
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« Reply #28 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:40:18 » |
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What you need for mossies apart from a net to sleep under, are mossie coils.
These resemble the rings on an electric cooker, and you burn them a bit like incense.
I always take a couple of packs when I go camping, just in case you find a dodgy spot.
There's an ace place I know in N Wales...where a fella owns a large chunk of the Mawddach estuary near Barmouth, and uses it as a campsite....it's just a bit wild, and mosquito laden. The coils come into their own.
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« Reply #29 on: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 21:48:20 » |
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get a repellant with DEET in it.superdrug own label worked in Skiathos this year for me and the missus.............Bot flies....now when they start flying through Old Town run for the hills!
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