There will be more mosquitoes in this autumn?

[akikot]

Whenever I walk my dog during summer, I am bitten by mosquitoes even I spray an insect repellent on my arms and legs. Some people seem to be liked by mosquitoes. I donft know why I always be a victim of those nasty insects when I am with my companions in a park.

Some say if your temperature is higher than others, you are easily to be bitten by mosquitoes. Others say that it has something to do with whether your blood is acid or alkali.

According to Asahi Newspaper, people did not seem to suffer itchiness from mosquitoes bite in August this year. It was because we had consecutive violent heat days last month. Those mosquitoes canft live longer under the condition of over 30 degrees Celsius. Addition to that, we didnft have much rain this summer. They need puddles of water to lay eggs after rain.

However, the specialists say that the number of mosquitoes will be the same as usual in September, so people might think there are much more mosquitoes in autumn than in summer. No, thanks.

Does anyone know a good way that might prevent mosquitoes from biting my skin? Anyway, I donft want to be bitten anymore.

akiko

[David S]

I too hate mosquitoes Akiko. Unfortunately I also hate the smell and feel of insect repellents. So I always have to risk a few bites here and there. Usually I don't get hit too badly.

That is not true for my father. In my family he is the mosquito magnet. Mosquitoes prefer him to anyone else in my family. He always has double or triple the number of bites the rest of us have! As far as I know mosquitoes choose there targets from sensing carbon dioxide and a chemical in sweat. So it makes sense that different people will be targeted more often since those two things will be in different compositions in different people.

Paul uses a device that seems to either confuse or perturb them. It seems to work very well. It's not portable unfortunately as it is corded and requires power from an outlet. My advice for avoiding mosquitoes while walking your dog? Get your husband to do it!

[akikot]

Thank you for the good advice, David. Ifll definitely try to get my husband to walk my dog. Itfs also a good idea for him to lose his weight. A mosquito magnetcWhat an interesting expression it is! Even if he is the mosquito magnet, I donft care how many bites he has. He will get in good shape and I can avoid mosquitoes! Thanks a lot.