That’s just Austin, I believe. Go down to Houston/Galveston sometime between April and October and hang around outside around dusk. They have the anopheles and the tiger mosquitoes down there in abundance, especially the closer you get to the coast. My grandparents’ houses in La Marque were the worst places ever for mosquitoes I’ve ever been.
Coastal Texas has lots of mosquitoes, and big ones too!
Mea culpa, bump, you’re absolutely right. I was indeed just talking about Austin. I’ve only been in Houston twice, and stayed inside 99.9% of the time I was there.
YEP, thanks; I would love to see alcohol-attracts cite you mention. It occurs to me to wonder whether my beers of choice Shiner Bock, Redhook ESB, and, when feeling rich, Boddingtons) have elevated levels of B vitamins in them. Anyone know?
Also, YEP, I have read articles that question the accepted local wisdom that mexican free-tailed bats eat gobs of mosquitoes. But my personal experience has been that when I’m in downtown Austin, near or up-bat-stream of the Congress Ave bat bridge, I just don’t get bitten. I also don’t get bitten when strolling through the Eastside Café’s gardens, which have six or eight big, well-populated purple-martin condos. I’ve seen it asserted that the martins go to sleep while the mosquitoes are still active in evening – but I guess I’ve gone inside by then too.
Sorry, but I could not find an online source:
Shirai, Y… (2002) Alcohol Ingestion Stimulates Mosquito Attraction, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 18, 2, June, 91-96
The alcoholic beverage was 5.5% beer, it did not specify what type of beer. I’m up for testing, how about it. I’ll start in 2 hours and report tomorrow. First subject…Bud Lite.
Sorry I’m curt, but it’s work time.
How brave of you, YEP; the Bud Lite group is all yours. I’ll recruit a Shiner test pool this weekend. Anyone up for being a control?
Thanks for the cite!
You mean being sober and letting the skeeters make a meal out of me? I’ll pass. 
Study #1- Bud Lite and its effects on mosquito attraction.
Entry one- time 1900- Study has not started as well as planned. After consulting with spouse and describing course of action I have been locked out of house and told to “get a life.” Lucky, for me, a spare key prevented me from walking the five minute to the store to purchase materials. Unlucky, for me is that my local convience store does not give discounts in the name of science.
Entry two- time 2315- As the little scientist in me has taken over, curiosity has led me to a local saloon. I fear that my study should be renamed “Study #1 Bud Lite, Jager, and Rum and its effects on mosquito attraction.” As of yet, I have seen no signs of mosquitoes, but that pesky little bitch at the end of the bar needs to shut her mouth.
Entry three- time 2330- I am beginning to sense my study has gone awry. As it turns out the “pesky bitch” was my wife coming to take me home. With a fresh day, tomorrow I will reorganize and arrange the next study.
Entry four- time 2345- Anatomy study cut short due to irate subject.