[fenniferjest]

Is anyone else around here still getting mosquitoes? Two nights ago I got mosquito bites on my arm while sleeping. And last week when it was warm they totally ate my face. No kidding, I looked like I'd been beaten, with mosq bits on eyelids, lower lip and cheeks. I know lots of people on this message board were complaining about them a month or so ago. Am I the only one still getting bit?

[ProspectPlaceGirl]

jesus. my mosquitos have stopped. but i had them pretty bad in october, which was still a weird time to have them. i hope that they leave you alone soon!
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[vanilla]

http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5763

still have them, too.

[whereisscott]

I had them buzzing around for AGES but never knew why. Closed all my windows and virtually coccooned myself in plastic wrap to not have them eat me alive in the middle of the night. My glorious roommate later discovered that there was a bunch of standing water outside our window with little mosquito babies numbering in the gajillions swimming around. We dumped it and they went away. You may have to do some detective work and see if there isn't some rainwater collecting somewhere.

[Mr. Tips]

We swatted two this week!!!

[Kevin_on_Putnam]

[vanilla]

[LeeHo]

Word. They are huge and still biting. Damn the rain and the warm weather.
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[BigGuy]

[WhyFi]

[laura]

I've also gotten a few bites on my face in the last week.

[Carnivore]

[WhyFi]

[d-miriam]

We also had a resurgence of bites in our household this past week. It was bad in October and then got better once the cold weather set in. Strangely, this summer, we didn't have any mosquito problems. Does anyone know if the city is still spraying for West Nile in the summer months? Perhaps that explains why they weren't a problem then... or perhaps we were just lucky. Or perhaps the mosquito population is adapting to global warming and will continue to arrive in autumn rather than summer?

[doctorj]

To get an idea of where the coastline will be, try this tool.
http://flood.firetree.net/

Some folks on 5th Av will have a nice view out over Gowanus bay. From PH, we should be able to see North to Williamsburg Island and over to the Queens Islands, and look out East over Carrol Gardens Point towards the Jersey City Penis.
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[Carnivore]

[doctorj]

[armchair_warrior]

man i'm screw right now if there are floods. and lol red hook is gone too :p.
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[izisharp]

I killed 5 more last night!... 4 of them in my bedroom throughout the night. Damn this balmy weather!!!

[medialunaz]

my bf and i got bit like crazy last night as well..... anyone else on the block? (classon btwn. lincoln & st. john's)

[RatBoy]

Yeah! I was getting destroyed back in Oct., then it stopped. But, I got two new bites last night! Found the guy in the morning and took care of him. I have no idea how they get in.

[ashlee spears]

i had one buzzing around my ear last night. he must be friends with the cockroach that came in a few days ago. i think they're throwing little global warming parties and laughing at me.

[LeeHo]

There was an article in the Times about a building that was forced to stop construction and there was a hole in the ground from the work stoppage. That article claimed a high increase in vermin and mosquitoes. There are a ton of "holes in the ground" in the neighborhood these days and I'd bet that is the primary source of these skeeters. Also, there is a guy down the block (St. Johns btw. Wash/Classon) from me who owns an above ground pool, but didn't use it at all this summer. Maybe that thing is also semi-full with water and festering these shitty little beasts.

Damn the rain, the weather, the construction and the pools.
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[izisharp]

maybe it's time to contact the Dept of Health, who can spray any suspect sites and breeding ponds. Although if winter ever decides to show up, that should keep the buggerz under control for a few months. I'm already dreading the summer... it's they're bad now, imagine next July. Ugh.

[fenniferjest]

[caaahyoko]

[dailyheights]

Things are tough all over:

Mosquitos Still terrorizing Philadelphians thanks to lack of a hard winter freeze. Better give blood while you have it.

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=13775
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[pensodyssey]

I haven't noticed the mosquitoes (I always found a few bourbons an excellent insect repellent... but only fair to middling as a human repellent) but I have an endless supply of mice.
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[bklynwrtr]

Anyone interested in talking to press about mosquito prob., call Rachel. 718-875-4455.

[rusto]

Oh man,

I created a login just to respond to this! I actually live in manhatten but my wife and I have been PLAGUED by mosquitos for months now. When it gets really cold like this they generally dissapear again, but even so I saw one last night. The weird thing is that we did not have them in the summer at all. Only in the fall and now winter. But hey are terrible, and we have so many. We can easily kill 4 or 5 every night. our walls are all marked up with crushed mosquitos or as I like to call them, little victories. But seriously it is unreal. I am losing so much sleep running around hunting them down at 3am. We are also on the 6th floor. I did not knwo mosquitos flew that high. There is a large patch of staning water below us, but I cant get to it. Other than that I cant find any other source of the problem. I am moving to LA.

[Ho Wong]

I keep gettin bit on my hands.

[izisharp]

[Ho Wong]

They are like welts aren't they? I scratched 2 of them so bad they were bleeding

[yarnart]

I endured the December Mosquitoes. I didn't complain much. I found solace reading this blog and knowing others could relate. As the weather got colder they disappeared from my apartment and my mind.

Seven months and a very rainy week later my apartment is overrun by the buggers. I want them out!!! But how??? Any tips???

[vanilla]

a mosquito was all over my cat this morning!!!!!!!!!!

[apollonia666]

You know where I keep getting eaten alive? The Franklin Avenue shuttle platform. There must be some standing water somewhere near there, because I'm getting completely chomped every day when I wait for the train there.

[vanilla]

i feel like it's about time fore some absurd comment like::: "the reason this is happening in PH is that PS residents complained, the problem was taken care of over there, and now the mosquito monsters have no place to go other than PH".

[alafairnadia]

sweet jesus. I mean, sweet feet. my feet are all bitten after having dinner in the franny's garden. so annoying. they were super nice, tho, and let us move inside once the problem became .. problematic.
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[kgal]

They just showed up in our bedroom this week. They attacked my hands and went for the boyfriend's feet. I'm convinced that the little jerks stowed away in our bags when we went camping a few weeks ago and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

[TuckPendleton]

FWIW, here's the steps we have gone through to fight the mosquitos and no-see'ums in our apartment, which mainly seem to congregate in our bedroom. I'm sure some of this is urban legend, but the overall effect (knock on wood) has been positive (maybe one bite every couple nights):

1. Turned on AC in the bedroom as soon as we got home. Down to 68 or 70.

2. Sprayed the comforter and sheets with OFF. (Not right before bed; give it time to soak in and so you're not inhaling it. Couple hours or so.) We only did this once 3 weeks ago -- not every night.

3. This might sound crazy, but I read on several other boards that Bounce dryer sheets keep them away -- something about the smell -- so I have hung these on the walls, the nightstand and by the windows.

4. Hung those sticky bug-attracting tapes all over the place.

5. Been taking Vitamin B complex every night. (Supposedly makes your blood unappealing to them.)

6. Picked up a "Nosquito" machine. I got mine at the J&R near Wall Street.

http://www.airdelights.com/MA06.html?id=3KcNUHxH

7. Burned vanilla scented candles.

8. Turn on a fan at high speed near the bed.

And when you do get bites, there is something called "Afterbite" a roll on stick -- that is the most effective thing I've found in stopping the itching.

[yarnart]

Thank you everyone for replying. I felt like I was going crazy. No, my imaginary dog doesn’t have fleas. I have f-ing mosquitoes!

The thought of putting on bug spray before getting in bed disgusts me. I hung fly ribbon because I had no idea what to do and it felt proactive. The air delights sounds fantastic, I need to get me one. Why vanilla? Why not citronella?

Does anyone think it’s caused by the demolition for the stadium? Rainwater’s sitting therefore mosquitoes are breeding??? Any thoughts?
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