# Mosquito bite poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893 "2009-07-13T19:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/1 "2009-07-13T19:31:34Z")
How does it take mosquito bites to go away? Where were you born? Where are you now? If different from your birth place, how long have you been there? My own: Thirty minutes Central Arkansas Same place. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/2 "2009-07-13T19:38:53Z")
About a week (I can come back and let you know exactly if this thread is still going I was eaten alive on Saturday and they’re driving me nuts) Central coast of California Four Corners, Colorado about a 1.5 years but I’ve been allergic my whole life ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/3 "2009-07-13T19:40:14Z")
20 minutes Virginia Afghanistan I also am one of those people who just don’t get bit that much. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/4 "2009-07-13T19:40:33Z")
Maybe 3-5 days Iowa Massachusetts, 29 years ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/5 "2009-07-13T19:44:45Z")
Probably about 4-5 days. Ohio. Lived in New York for 25 years, then came back. Are you guys serious that your mosquito bites go away in _minutes?_ ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/6 "2009-07-13T19:46:00Z")
Similarly, 3-5 days Born Birmingham, England, UK Live London, England, UK Very very rarely get a bite if anything in the temperate climate of the UK, but get bitten everywhere else (mediterranean, Caribbean, Thailand etc) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/7 "2009-07-13T19:50:51Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Are you guys serious that your mosquito bites go away in _minutes?_ I’m wondering about that too. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/8 "2009-07-13T19:54:53Z")
I’m rarely bitten, but when I am, it doesn’t itch or swell or sting or anything. It hurts a bit when they actually bite, but afterwards, no problem at all. I wasn’t aware that this was unusual. Born in Southern Maryland Live in Madison, WI. 7 years. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/9 "2009-07-13T19:55:26Z")
2-3 days California Germany/Florida (it changes a lot) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/10 "2009-07-13T20:09:19Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Are you guys serious that your mosquito bites go away in _minutes?_ Yes, and I’m looking for a reason, assuming I’m not a mutant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/11 "2009-07-13T20:27:39Z")
Couple days South Carolina South Carolina They LOVE to eat me. They just love it. (My mom’s the same way.) A few years ago on July 4th I was sitting out in a back yard in a swimsuit and I had mosquitoes biting my back THROUGH the chair webbing. For some reason they welted up like absolute crazy that time. Urgh. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/12 "2009-07-13T20:36:45Z")
About a week, though the worst of the itching is the first couple of days. Metro Detroit for both. Mosquitoes love me and I hate them. ☹ I wore bug spray on Saturday at my friends’ fire pit and still have 35 bites! They itch so bad that I woke up at 4am and couldn’t go back to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/13 "2009-07-13T20:58:50Z")
Around 20 minutes if I can manage to not itch them. Then usually just overnight. My wife scratches them until they bleed, and she suffers for a week. Minnesota. 42 years. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/14 "2009-07-13T21:10:38Z")
What do you mean by “go away”? They leave red marks on me that last for at least two weeks. If you mean the itching: used to be 3-4days, but I’ve discovered that hydrogen peroxide stops the itching in one day. Born in Washington, D. C. and I don’t recall having a problem there. Now in northeast Florida since 2004 and between the skeeters and the heat, I just stay indoors as much as I can. ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/15 "2009-07-14T00:37:19Z")
I was bitten dozens of times by mosquitos when I was a kid, but they don’t bite me anymore. I don’t know why. I was born in southeastern PA. I live in Central Florida now. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/16 "2009-07-14T01:40:49Z")
**How does it take mosquito bites to go away?** Days, maybe a week **Where were you born?** NJ. Although FWIW, I had extensive early exposure to Caribean mosquitos. **Where are you now? If different from your birth place, how long have you been there?** Still NJ. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/17 "2009-07-14T01:48:47Z")
Never been bitten by a mosquito as far as I can tell, or have no reaction. This is weird because I have lots of other skin allergies. Bugs still swarm around me like everyone else when I’m out, but I never have bites. Born in NYC, live in upstate NY. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/18 "2009-07-14T01:50:43Z")
**How long does it take mosquito bites to go away?** Absolutely ages, I still have red marks on my ankles from bites more than a month ago, bites on arms last about two weeks. More areas than that are not exposed during mozzie season. **Where were you born?** Ireland **Where are you now? If different from your birth place, how long have you been there?** Alberta, Canada, most of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/19 "2009-07-14T02:11:27Z")
_How does it take mosquito bites to go away?_ Completely? It generally takes at least a week to ten days before all evidence has disappeared. _Where were you born?_ Australia _Where are you now?_ Australia ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/20 "2009-07-14T10:46:34Z")
With great timing (since I have 35 bites right now), my mom sent me [this interesting article](http://scienceline.org/2007/09/10/ask-knight-mosquitoes/). I have O- blood, so perhaps that explains why I’m such a damn tasty treat to them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893.md?page=2)