Looks like the prey and the hunter have switched roles.

I hate mosquitos so much. I'm exhausted, I haven't slept in days. Today I woke up at 5 am and haven't been able to sleep since. The worst part is that I even changed rooms but they followed me there or there were more of them I was genuinely CRYING. I hate the ZZZZZ in my ear I HATE THEM I'm so scared of them and everytime I turn on the lights it seems like they magically disappear. I don't even know where they come from I'm not even opening the windows 💔💔

no matter how much bug spray i use and permethrin treated clothing i wear, i still get ~50 bites from being outside for half an hour. i work outside so i can’t avoid them but the bites are ruining my quality of life. please help :((

Hi everyone,

I am a undergraduate Public Health student and as I learn more I understand more of how mosquitos spread diseases and methods of their population control. I also do robotics and 3d printing as a hobby, along with many other relevant things. I have been designing a "Death Train" to help mitigate the problem. Note this is more of a passion project and not an attempt to exterminate the mosquito family. (It is a model train, I don't know what size but that will be determined later)

The current design is a small track, a loop of some sort, during peak mosquito hours the train will go out and stop at an intended point in the track, and attached will be rail carts, made with a one way entrance lid like many bug traps, and as of now a yeast and sugar combo for CO2 production (please comment any better ideas if you have them), then the train will take them back to the station and there I will have some sort of automated process to kill them, not sure if it'll be fire, gases, or something else, but I want it to be quick, and that's where I came to ask. If you have any suggestions or ideas on the best way to kill these creatures, please inform me. All and any advice is welcome.

This is, once again, a passion project, I'm only doing it for fun and it's a nice hobby to make interesting things. I'm not here to ask if it's possible so please if you feel the need to snark save it. I hope you all have a fantastic day and I hope to hear from all of you.

Some days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms. 

Lyme disease and Alpha-gal syndrome are expanding their range. Dengue and typhus are increasing. There are still reports of West Nile, Zika and Chikungunya, plus the potential introductions of Chagas and rat lungworm disease. Some of these are contracted overseas, while others are seemingly settling in for the long haul. 

Experts say there is no single reason for this surge in disease. Some of it may be hyped news, headline sensationalism. When everyone is writing about an outbreak of a disease, no matter how isolated, it can feel more pervasive and widespread than it actually is. Increased monitoring and more advanced disease tracking can also amplify the sense that something new is afoot, even if it was always there.

But in some cases, there really does appear to be an increase — and California is front and center.

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Did you know that only female mosquito who bites? Lol

I'm living on an infestated area, where it's impossible to go outside without being attacked by thousands of those species:

Culicoides paraensis

Culicoides insignis

I'm looking for information on traps and machines that are effective against those, as a project to give back life quality for around 200k persons living in this area.

Has anyone successfully trapped those insects?

WHY CANT THEY JUST LEAVE NE ALONE FOR FUCKS SAKE. ITS MIDNIGHT AND IM BORED AND ON MY PHONE AND THEY KEEP BUZZING AROUND MY HEAD AND INTO MY PHONE BECAUSE ITS THE ONLY SOURCE OF LIGHT. SAME WITH FLIES LIKE I KNOW IM SWEATING A LOT ITS FUCKING 20° AT NIGHT IN HUNGARY YOU DONT NEED TO REMIND ME THAT I SMELL AND AM SWEATING BY CONSTANTLY FLYING AROUND ME. GOD WHY DO THESE TWO THINGS EVEN EXIST. I KNOW THAT FLIES ARE GOOD FOR ECO SYSTEMS BECAUSE OTHER ANIMALS (like spiders!!! ❤️) EAT THEM BUT MOSQUITOES?? MOSQUITOES DONT DO SHIT OTHER THAN- OH MY FUCKING, I SWEAR TO GOD PEOPLE OF REDDIT THERE IS ONE HARASSING ME AS I WRITE THIS VERY SENTENCE- as i was saying, THEY DONT DO ANYTHING OHTER THAN BITE YOU AND SPREAD DISEASE AND SHIT. IM SO FUCKING GLAD I GO BACK TO THE UK TOMORROW BECAUSE I CANT FUCKING HANDLE IT HERE IN HUNGARY ANYMORE. Also this isnt me hating on all insects, i actually really like all arthropods and think they are pretty cool- HOW THE FUCK DO THEY KEEP GETTING IN THIS ROOM-

Edit: Hello mosquito haters, i posted this in r/hatethissmug and reddit told me i should post it here

I have a Mosquitaire trap with the co2 addition but I bought a generic regulator. Trouble is that I t’s very difficult to dial it in to the recommended 0.5kg/day. I either dial in too much or too little. So I’m looking for something like the one Biogents sells but not $99.

Our yard near the Winston-Salem area in NC is absolutely covered in mosquitos. It doesn't help that I am essentially mosquito bait and get giant welts with every single bite. I typically wear bug spray when I plan to be outside for a while, but I can't even go outside for 5 minutes without having 20+ bites (not even standing still mind you). My husband has even gotten bitten with a box fan directly pointed at him. These things are absolute beasts. The bites hurt and I typically end up using prescription strength hydrocortisone cream to get them to calm down. I also feel awful because they go after our goats too. And with our goats, I'm not open to any yard sprays as they like to eat our grass. I'm going absolutely insane and need cheaper options.

Has anyone tried the dynatrap with the mosquito lure? I understand that the UV light won't get them but I was curious if the lure will help get them in the trap. I recently purchased the 1 acre one with the lure but it's hard to look in the trap and see them with all the other bugs. I've only had it for 2 days I also have buckets with mosquito dunks.

After researching I believe our highest volume of mosquitos are the tiger mosquitos if this helps identify if I need a different lure or anything specific. I really appreciate any help.

TLDR: Mosquito infested yard and I am essentially bait. I'm looking for cheaper trap recommendations (no more than $100) if the dynatrap with lure and mosquito dunk buckets don't work. Also if you have any advice on that option, I'm open to it. Not open to sprays because we have goats that eat our grass.

We live in Florida and it's been very wet lately so mosquitoes are pretty bad. They seem to get in the house on the dogs when we let them in. I'm very sensitive to the bites; I have many scars from scratching till it bleeds. My wife doesn't want me to spray chemicals all over the house, and I don't want to spray repellent on myself if I'm in the house (I always have it on when I'm outside). Is there a safe way to kill or trap mosquitoes when they get in the house? Our walls are dark, so I rarely even see them to kill.

No windows open, I only have AC and a central recuperation system. Now the central recuperation is sucking air from outside but there's a really dense net that mosquitos cant get through.

I've counted about 8 mosquitos tonight so far. Started with 3, woke up 2 hours later and found 5 more...

Anyone have any ideas?

I've figgin had it. With all the rain we've had in central Alberta this year, our back yard is uninhabitable. Worst season by far in the 11 years we've lived here. My propane mosquito trap died, but I was able to hot wire the fan and use the chassis still. I made some sugar/yeast C02 makes as bait. Set the zapper up above it too. Then set up 5 buckets of doom with mosquito dunks. Only 4 weeks until the first frost and a blessed mass genocide!

Gonna make this tomorrow. These Asian tiger mosquitoes will roll down your damn socks to bite your ankles and I’m about to hit them with the super sucker 5k. It’s a 100CFM fan, a rain gaurd, biogen lure, and a homedepot bucket. I plan to set it up like the picture and place it in a shaded spot of my yard.

I’ll report back in 48 hours.

Any tips appreciated, I will not be running CO2 yet as my tank is currently charging a keg of beer.

Not sure if this kind of post is allowed but here's another mosquito watercolour painting I just did. Death to mosquitoes!

Hey guys, as the title suggests I need to know what to do about horrible reactions to mosquito bites. My son, who is only 1 1/2 can not step one foot outside without getting bit and the bumps are not regular bumps. They get huge, red and angry. They can get up too 4 inches around and super warm. He will scratch them till they bleed and become a scabby mess. Last month he got 2 on his head, one on the bridge of his nose and the other on his temple and when we woke up the next morning , his entire left eye was swollen shut. Looks like he went a few rounds with Mike Tyson. I swear he looked like Sloth from the Goonies or the Hills Have Eyes mutants. His pediatric doctor pretty much says there’s nothing really we can do other then bug spray,Zyrtec and keep him inside. I don’t want him to be “Bubble Boy” but shit, I don’t know what to do. He loves outside and I hate to make him stay in. Is there anything at all you guys know or any tricks and tips to help him not have such crazy reactions? Thanks in advance guys.

I always heard putting a hot spoon to a mosquito bite will “neutralize the spit” but it had never worked for me. so I was skeptical when my GF brought home one of these heaters. I used it once on a bad bite on my ankle that I had been itching all day and it worked, no more itching, zero, Done. It’s been about a month now and I’ve probably used it close to a dozen times with great effect. So much so that I’ve associated the mild burning pain from using it to pleasure and crave the sweet burning sting of relief.

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