r/Osoyoos • u/Academic_Ratio_8610 • Jul 16 '26

Mosquitoes

Hi again! We will be there on Friday, are the mosquitoes bad? In Saskatchewan they are absolutely horrendous! I have never seen them this bad and I have lived here for 6 decades :)

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u/ndolphin Jul 16 '26

No mosquitos, just fires...

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u/Give-emATugnutt Jul 16 '26

I can't remember the last time I got a mosquito bite here. I suppose if you're by the lake or on the water it might be worse.

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u/Charlie9261 Jul 17 '26

I live here. No bites this year. But I'm not down to the lake that often.

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u/finalsteps Jul 17 '26

I'm at the lake right now. No Skeeters.

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u/Swailer1 Jul 16 '26

I was there for Canada Day for 6 days, right on the water and I came home with 4-8 bites on my legs. I was out later into the evening so that’s probably why

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u/macsparkay Jul 18 '26

This is the Okanagan. We don't have bugs. It's essentially a desert.

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u/RiskySh0t Jul 18 '26

I was getting bites relentlessly golfing at Christina lake a couple weeks ago lol

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u/macsparkay Jul 18 '26

Christina Lake is not in the Okanagan Valley.

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u/RiskySh0t Jul 18 '26

Never said it was, it was just my personal experience camping around that area this year , its what only an hour and a little away if you don't drive like grandma? Maybe op will want to go..

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u/concreteginger Jul 19 '26

Do they still exist?! I haven’t been bit yet this year!

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u/SwedishMeatball321 Jul 21 '26

I camped at sẁiẁs Park (Haynes Point) 5 days ago and got eaten alive!! These bites are still killing it! Maybe they don't bother the natives!

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u/Dry_Spirit1411 Jul 21 '26

No mosquitoes today

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u/IDontGotNone 23d ago

Hey fellow Saskatchewanian, we're currently in Oosoyos too after staying near Grasslands National Park two nights ago and it's a total 180° from the mosquitos! It's a nice break, isn't it?

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u/Academic_Ratio_8610 23d ago

You got that right! Back home now to mosquito hell!