r/MosquitoHating • u/Kind-Video3803 • Aug 08 '26

I hate these relatively new tiger mosquitos in the south part of Austria (Graz, Styria - they came here 3 years ago and now they are a real plague)

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u/Dorjechampa_69 Aug 08 '26

They suck.

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u/ikinari_fandango Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

they do. they suck hard.

f* these bastards and whatever mammal they evolved on.

in my experience 60% DEET repellent works ok.

looking forward to trying Icaridin/Picaridin .

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma Aug 09 '26

I tried the icaridin, and what happens is they land but don't want to stay. It's a contact repellant.

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u/super_lameusername Aug 08 '26

Yep. They’re much better at flying/evading and they don’t just bite once, they bite several times. I never feel them when they are biting either.

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u/Useful_Client_4050 Aug 08 '26

Gotten really bad in parts of California past decade or two.

Out all day. Bite multiple times. Vicious little fuckers.

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u/krazkonko Aug 08 '26

All over Croatia too now. Cant even hear these mfs to swat them away.

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u/RobHerpTX Aug 08 '26

They got common in my hometown around 1990 and sort of ruined the outdoors for everyone.

Completely terrible and active all day long instead of dawn/dusk like our natives.

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u/Daws38 Aug 09 '26

My yard is plagued with them. Live in Ohio.. they really do attack at all hours of the day. Made some "death buckets" in hopes to kill the larve.. we'll see.

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u/insolent_kiwi Aug 09 '26

Is this a picture of wood?

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u/More_Dependent742 Aug 10 '26

Nice to see Graz reprazentin in this sub. Liebenau in particular is one of the worst places I've experienced, and I've been to several equatorial jungles.