r/MosquitoHating

Might be against rule no.4 but promise I'm not the one who did this. Also, what could be the reason 😭

As an island girl from the Philippines, one would think I won’t have this kind of reaction to mosquito bites.

But nah, this is the 2nd time during summer that I get this type of reaction. 🥹🤦‍♀️

I wonder why??

45+ mosquito bites on both legs……. Looks like a disease 😭😭 itchy asf, please give me recs to heal them faster!!

Pretty much what the title says. I developed skeeter syndrome at about 16 when I visited my grandparents down in Texas. Back then I had so many bites that I was in agony, even the slightest touch set the surrounding area on fire. The welts were so bad they were huge bruises basically. Benadryl and an oatmeal bath didnt even help.

Ever since I've had to be extremely careful when it comes to bug bites, and I've tried everything to prevent the pain that comes with them. The shitty suction device, the ceramic burner to destroy enzymes, even the extra strong cortisone doesn't work. I feel like I've tried everything to stop the pain even just a little bit. There was one rare occasion, of desperation I rubbed witch hazel and ​​zit cream on a bite and it straight up disappeared. But it's not working on the latest ones I've gotten. I straight up want to set these bites on fire sometimes.

End of the rant I guess​

This is about 3 weeks. It only has the Sweetscent attractant (no CO2). I'm tempted to pour out the kills on a white posterboard to count the kills after 1 month.

To kill the live ones (without squishing them), I was planning on spraying them with rubbing alcohol. If there is a better way, please share.

I was inspired to share this video because I asked another redditor to make a video of their zap trap (zapper over a bucket of water with dunks).

I hope this bring joy to you fellow mosquito haters!

So I live in NC, USA and last summer was bad for skitters in my yard. I started doing dunks and that probably reduced the population by about 80%, but a few still show up on a daily basis. Problem is that on my street the homes are very close to each other so if they are in their yards I can imagine they can easily reproduce there and fly here to bite me. So I asked myself how do I kill those instantly when they get here? I decided to buy a couple of bug zappers and place them directly on top of my dunks water buckets. I figure 2 kill methods are better than one: dunks kill the larvae laid by the few that get through the zappers and the rest are killed instantly by the zapper. When I go out to the yard now every 10 minutes or so I will hear a loud zapp and most of those were mosquitoes being killed. Now I am down to maybe 1 or 2 at the most in the yard judging by how many fly near me when I am watering my plants.

Mosquito dunks aren't realistic to me as I live next to a protected wetland. Just wanted to show off my catch after running the mosquito magnet for 5 days in central MN.

I have the trap set up away from my yard area as a protective barrier between my house and the wetland. Definitely a noticeable difference between having and not having the trap.

I had issues with mosquitoes hanging out by my back door, likely due to the shaded porch and higher carbon dioxide concentration leaking from the house (my theory). I bought some cheap mosquito netting from Amazon, attached with duct tape,.and placed a bucket of water behind it. It's been running for about a week and I'm very impressed with it's effectiveness. Now I let the dog out at night and I don't find myself paranoid waiting to be swarmed.