# Graah!, i just killed my first mosquito, it's going to be a loooonnng summer..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585 "2006-04-13T21:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/1 "2006-04-13T21:55:41Z")
Stupid annoying biting insect, you go squish now! seconds ago, i just killed my first mosquito of the season, it’s only April and the 'skeeters are starting to hatch, i frelling _HATE_ mosquitos… hopefully the ticks won’t be too bad this year, we hafe an old dog who _insists_ on coming home with at least 2 or 3 embedded in her every week, the cats aren’t as bad, but Hannah (our dog) seems to have a magnetic attraction for ticks or something… ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Mrs\_O\_Malley\_s\_Cow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_O_Malley_s_Cow)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/2 "2006-04-13T21:58:19Z")
I got attacked by a wasp today. It _is_ going to be a long summer. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/3 "2006-04-13T21:59:35Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > seconds ago, i just killed my first mosquito of the season Poor thing. ☹ Damn it, I think I’m getting too soft-hearted in my old age… ---
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/4 "2006-04-13T22:00:39Z")
I wore a sleeveless shirt this past Monday and went for a walk to and from a friend’s apartment. (It was about 4 blocks total) When I got home I realized that I had 6 HUGE mosquito bites all along my left arm. It’s been cold and raining the past few weeks and yet the mosquitoes are out already. I’m so mosquito food this spring. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/5 "2006-04-13T22:06:16Z")
> [@Peak Banana](#): > > Poor thing. ☹ > > Damn it, I think I’m getting too soft-hearted in my old age… well then, why not a nice trip to Maine this year, go outside for about 5 minutes in a rural area and become an inadvertent and unwilling blood donor to mosquitos, black flies (which even though they’re smaller than mosquitos, hurt _more_ when they bite you) deerflies and horseflies, then try to feel sorry for the little bastards… (or should i actually say _bitches_, as it’s the female mosquito that drinks blood, males do not feed on blood) ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/6 "2006-04-13T22:37:17Z")
Heck, kill 'em all. I’m allergic to mosquitoes and of course they’re attracted to me like cats to tuna. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/7 "2006-04-13T23:09:03Z")
> [@Penchan](#): > > I wore a sleeveless shirt this past Monday and went for a walk to and from a friend’s apartment. (It was about 4 blocks total) When I got home I realized that I had 6 HUGE mosquito bites all along my left arm. It’s been cold and raining the past few weeks and yet the mosquitoes are out already. I’m so mosquito food this spring. ☹ With all the rain we’ve had in the bay area, it’s going to be skeeter heaven soon. I’m sure we’re going to have long-lived puddles in places where we didn’t know we had places. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graah-i-just-killed-my-first-mosquito-its-going-to-be-a-loooonnng-summer/352585/8 "2006-04-14T00:44:58Z")
I closed the freezer on a mosquito yesterday. Much more satisfying that swatting her! I also went into Lake Michigan for the first time yesterday. Up to my knees. No mosquitos on the beach! No feeling in my feet for a while either.