I don't really mind mosquitoes biting me
10d 3h ago by lemmy.world/u/Lifecoach5000 in unpopularopinion
It’s an annoyance for sure but I hate using off or other deterrents. Plus I guess I am contributing to the eco system somewhat by giving them nourishment.
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Dammit almost made me wake up my better half from laughing!
You'd feel differently, if you lived somewhere malaria was common.
Most people get malaria from the bite of an infective mosquito, also called a vector.
Most cases of malaria diagnosed in the U.S. are in people who have traveled to or from other countries where malaria is widespread. We call this imported malaria.
Locally acquired, mosquito-transmitted malaria is a rare event in the U.S.
They also might not have the enzyme or whatever it is that makes mosquito bites itch.
Washington DC is a malarial swamp.
The most unpopular opinion.
I guess you’re lucky to not live in a place with malaria and dengue.
Or chagas. Or chikungunya. Or any of a number of other aegyptus-spread diseases. A species that is not native to most of the world, is not a natural pet of most ecosystems, and which doesn't contribute in any meaningful way to almost any ecosystem in the world.
To be fair, the Chagas vector isn't a mosquito, it's a big motherfucker who shits in your mouth when you're sleeping
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Yup, Chagas is delivered by this fucking bloodsucker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatoma_infestans
a truly unpopular opinion. i take it you don't hail from inland alaska or florida.
never been there, have ya?
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2013/08/01/mosquito-swarms-alaska/
glorious cake day to you
Enjoy your Dengue, Malaria, Zika, Ross River, West Nile, Barmah Forest, Chikungunya, Elephantiasis, Japanese Encephalitis, Murray Valley and/or Yellow Fever.
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It does, a comic character as a good example of what not to do.
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You are only contributing to the small subset of mosquitoes that feed on humans. And spread diseases among them.
Historically speaking, the mosquito is one of the biggest killer in human history. If not the biggest.
Smallpox might still have any one mosquito borne illness like malaria beat.
The biggest is humanity. Also, they feed on humans and spread diseases.
There's got to be an upper limit where it's unbearable without bug spray. Head to Northern Canada, go for a tromp in the bush, and find out what yours is!
as a floridian that is very... familiar... with mosquitos... are you telling me that your northern Canadian cold doesn't do shit to them ?
well hell fire have we tried nuking them from orbit?
Nah the cold does kill them off, it's just that the summer months are still hot and boggy. Best if both worlds.
that is one of the perks of living 'up north'.. no bugs outside in the winter.
Mosquitoes are hell in the north too. But the winter kills the sub species of mosquitoes that carry the diseases, except for maybe west nile but that's not a huge deal. Oh yeah, and eastern equine encephalitis but that is super rare.
Or any patch of tallish grass.
What I hate the most on them is that these bastards will fly really close to your ear right before sleeping. Light up the room to kill it? It is gone. Close the lights and head back to sleep? It is back, flying right next to your ear.
That's fine. Perhaps you're a person that doesn't react to the itch? They go after me and I get quite itchy, but blackflies don't bite me much at all. When blackflies do bite me I get a bit of a bump but not like my friends.
Pack it up folks, this one wins
FREAK (no offense)
Take a large amount of vitamin B-12 daily. B-12 is what you may have associated with the smell of fresh baked bread. The tablets smell like a commercial bakery. You can't overdose on B-12, you just sweat it out. Sweating it out masks the smell of your blood, and mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, and fleas will all just kinda ignore you. Doesn't work on bedbugs since it doesn't mask the smell of you exhaling, which is what bedbugs use to hunt.
A large amount would be between 500-1500 mg daily depending on your size.
They can give you malaria bro. It kills you.
What blood type are you? Certain blood types don't get bitten by them as much. I'm a blood type that they generally ignore, but as a kid one time i got bitten by a lot one summer and it annoyed me and seemed to hurt.
Oh and apparently new ones released in america by people on ourpose can cause you to get allergic to red meat (Lyme's disease)
Before any vegan says 'great!'- read:
Lyme's disease also gives you huge red warts that is long-term to permanent, and red meat is very important for raising peoples B12 and iron and Ferritin levels, which are all things that fight fatigue and organ failure. Please don't fucking take the choice of eating meat away from people. There's no good in a society of people who only avoid meat because they're forced to by the law, you'd want them to actually care about the animals.
Firstly, it’s not Lyme that causes the red meat allergy, it’s a different disease. Second, that’s ticks, not mosquitoes. Third, is there actually a source for this? I read a fearmongering article suggesting the same based on some theoretical ethics paper, but there was absolutely no evidence to suggest it’s been done.
The red meat allergy from one of the tick diseases is real. I've never heard of it from mosquitoes.
Sorry, I should’ve been more clear. I was asking for evidence regarding the claim people had been releasing these disease-carrying ticks.
Were I omnipotent, mosquitoes would cease to be. Ticks, too.
You're cooked
I have lived in Lapland my whole life, and yeah, I don't mind the mosquitoes that much. The first weeks suck, the bites itch like hell, but after that.. I don't even feel the stings, really. I might have my whole leg covered black by mosquitoes, stinging away, just let them. I use it as a mental challenge, close them out, be stronger than the annoyances.
I also pick lot of berries, mushroom and do gardening so no, you can't use mosquitoe poison when handling food. Better just get used and/or use thick clothes.
Peppermint or catnip oil work as well as deet at mosquito repellent, not to mention other plant oils like citronella. If you rub in an oil/water mix, then apply lotion, it locks it in so it doesn't evaporate so quickly.
The catnip oil is all fine and well until you run into a mountain lion.
Very good tips, thanks! I have gotten a citronella candle, will try that this summer. (No pumas here, except in the bars of the skiing center! This is no joke, they almost got my mate!)
I've been told if mosquito bites don't itch it could mean you have a poor immune system. I for one have a thick blanket of fur and am not so bothered by them.
I don't mind þe "biting," I mind þe allergic reaction and itchiness afterwards.
im one of those people who they seem to preferentially go for and the bites are so itchy. I can't upvote except I do because I upvote everything unrelated to voting which I think are dumb. ironically not for this sub though that actually uses the voting. anyway I can't see someone having an opinion about how much you yourself mind things. yeah so im going to downvote.
This is how I feel about bed bugs. Most humans have no reaction to bed bug bites so from everything I understand the only downside to having bed bugs is having bed bugs.
I'm not saying I don't think bed bugs are gross and as someone who's had them before would never wish them on anyone but the most annoying part of them is the effort required to get rid of them.
Most humans definitely have a reaction to bed bug bites.
Every source I've read including the quick Google search I just did says that 50-70% of humans show no reaction to bed bug bites unless the infestation reaches a certain threshold.
They're gross
Yeah but that's like the only real downside. The instinctual fear of bugs is really the only negative side effect of having them since most people don't have reactions to the bites
It's unhygienic to leave bugs shit your sheets and mattress while also leaving bug carcasses and remains of their exoskeleton.
You aren't providing nourishment necessarily, they just use a protein in your blood to produce their eggs. They bite you then go lay their eggs.
I will gladly offer you as sacrifice to the mosquitoes in my stead. I've had dengue once, it was fucking awful.
You.....re gonna die with that mindset. They are parasites.
They have no useful purpose to the eco system.
How many other creatures feed off Apex predators and nourish fish larva??
Mosquitos are as important as salmon in my bs of marine biology with emphasis on freshwater fisheries, opinion.
But I could be wrong, maybe there are other vectors of human, moose and bear feeding the fish...
Mosquitoes are the base of the food chain, sadly they have great purpose in the food chain.
The rich love mosquitoes because they kill poor people.