# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/41 "2009-07-15T19:06:07Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I’m rarely bitten, but when I am, it doesn’t itch or swell or sting or anything. This is me as well. Lived around Chicago most of my life except for college downstate. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/42 "2009-07-15T19:12:35Z")
I get big, white, raised welts which itch intensely, but if I can manage not to scratch them they mostly fade out in about 20-30 minutes. However the site sometimes remains reactive for a day or two, such that if I go back and scratch a lingering itch, they’ll sometimes flare up. If I give in and scratch in that first period, they’ll pester me a for a couple of days. I’ve been the CA Bay Area for a little under 30 years now. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/43 "2009-07-15T23:49:25Z")
_How does it take mosquito bites to go away?_ Four to six weeks if they ulcerate, two if they don’t - I’m allergic. Good for me, huh? _Where were you born?_ Sydney _Where are you now?_ Still in Sydney ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/44 "2009-07-16T16:22:57Z")
Several hours From Indiana LIve in Florida ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/45 "2009-07-16T16:45:11Z")
If I went to the moon, mosquitoes would still find me. Classic example of how they seek me out: me and two brothers in the same tent for a weekend of camping. I count 95 mosquito bites on me. They count about 15 between the two of them. At Yellowstone last month, I got out of the car to get a picture as the sun was setting. By the time I got back in the car, I had 12 mosquitoes on me. The length of time the bite lasts depends on how deep/long the bite was. 3 days minimum, 2 weeks or so maximum. The bites don’t all itch at once; if I get bit a lot, the smaller ones don’t start itching until after a day or so. I was born in California and now live in Washington. I have been bitten by mosquitoes everywhere I have been, including most states in the Western US, Canada and Mexico. (In Mexico, I was the only person in a group of 30 to be bit, but I saw and killed actual mosquitoes, so I know it wasn’t something else). I think Las Vegas is the only place I’ve visited without being bitten. ---
**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 16, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893/46 "2009-07-16T17:04:37Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I count 95 mosquito bites on me. For how many days during the year are you bitten? SOunds like you’re blowing my [other theory](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=524653) here. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-bite-poll/502893.md?page=2)