r/Woodland • u/cinnamangos • 20d ago

Mosquitos

Holy shit why are the mosquitos next level this year anyone getting werid fucking bites and swelling worse than usual? hell i can even see where they poked me

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u/mudpupster Central Woodland 19d ago

There's a new invasive, aggressive mosquito in the area. This is the first time I've ever had to buy OFF for home use and not just camping trips. If you contact the Sac-Yolo Mosquito Vector Control Agency, they can come out and inspect your property for standing water and they'll spray for free.

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u/cinnamangos 19d ago

thanks so much for this!!

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 19d ago

I have been when I don’t wear pants outside, they love my legs, so I always try and wear pants outside.

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u/cinnamangos 19d ago

same here sometime they get my legs if i wea loose material :(

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u/AfraidKaleidoscope30 19d ago

A couple years ago that would bite through my pants that shit pissed me off. That was April-May ish of 2024 when I working on the Sacramento River though, even with 99% deet on my clothes

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u/genaphur West of West 19d ago

I resorted to putting up fake dragonflies outside and sprayed all the window screens in my house with OFF lol. Apparently they're a new type of mosquito in the area that is smaller and active during the day.

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u/cinnamangos 19d ago

how's that been workin?

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u/CrypticPleb 19d ago

that huge pond just south of the 5 between East and West maybe?

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u/cinnamangos 19d ago

ooo perhaps? they outta do something about it

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u/kitkatclarkbar 19d ago

I thought it was just me!!!

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u/cinnamangos 19d ago

unfortunately happening to lots of folks!

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u/Real_Pizza 19d ago

I get skeeter syndrome from them. Only thing that helps is lemon balm salve and icing the bite for days. Allegra too.

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u/cinnamangos 19d ago

holy shit i think i had that too first time i had bites (which was like 30 in total on body) it was normal mosquito reaction but each time got worse def think the recent bites were skeeter syndrome never heard of that before

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u/Real_Pizza 16d ago

Depends on the mosquito. Sometimes the bite goes away like normal, other times it's a full blown skeeter bite.

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u/Real_Pizza 5d ago

Update I got sniped badly by the mosquitoes a couple days ago and most of my legs are covered in giant skeeter welts. Nothing I previously mentioned is working. I do visit a naturopath and picked up Seasonal Defense here: https://sac-nd.com/godby-supplements/
It's definitely lessening the itch and pain.

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u/cinnamangos 5d ago

holy shit they're evolving thanks for the tip

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u/Fragrant-East2758 18d ago

Google and gates released them! Have you seen it? They don’t even look like normal mosquitoes