That's how many species of mosquitoes call Ohio home. Each species has its own life cycle and season. I believe I have identified 3 of them.
Coquillettidia dullardii: Spring into Early Summer. It takes the Dullards a full 10 minutes to discover there's fresh blood for the taking. Take advantage of this short window to enjoy the great outdoors.
Aedes efficientsis: Mid-Summer. The Efficients hover 'round the door in great numbers and attack as soon as one exits. Going outside at this point is pretty much out of the question.
Psorophora surreptitiii: Late Summer. Our first cool day arrived this week, with low humidity and clean, [dare I say?] crisp air. Ahhh....
I blissfully worked in the garden in a t-shirt and jeans for a full half hour or more, amazed, astounded, and astonished that I wasn't being bitten. The next day, I discovered a dozen dime-sized, angry, swollen, itchy, red welts on my back.
So. Things seem to be getting worse as the season progresses. What will Early Autumn bring?
64 days till the first frost.
5 comments:
HI Jain...How dare you mention frost lol
Amazingly the Mosquitoes have not been bad right where I am, but they are here, and in some places they are vicious...I have a rain barrel to water plants with, and today I notice the buggers swimming about getting ready to hit the air ! grrr
Good info I didn't realize there was more than just "the Mosquitoe"
Jokingly here in Maine we call it the Maine State Bird ; }}
Grammie G should put some mosquito "dunks" in her rain barrel water garden. I have an old spring house on the property here. Usually it's dry, but this year it's held water. Imagine my intense disgust when I found it a soup of swimmers! Out came the dunks. It hasn't seemed to help much, though.
Gee, somehow I feel better now. We only have 35 species in the whole state of Alaska. Certainly not all of them can reside in Fairbanks.
I still got bit last night though and will continue to until there is snow on the ground!
...and I think I've been bitten by all of the this summer! :-) I had no idea there were so many species in Ohio!
Me, too! There's an especially hungry species out right now. I really can't go outside at all. And when I do, they follow me indoors. Enough, already!
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