reads90 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 mmmm anyone seen this and thought the same as me Tiger Mosquito came from malaysia to Europe in a load of Tyres. And now in Portmouth (well not a bad thing there then , sorry Tonk , but far too close to Southampton though) tiger Mosquito The are Black and yellow, little buggers, mmm simex colours too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cols110 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Ali, mozzies, you better start getting used to em, when you do your trip around OZ, your gunna get eaten alive in some parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exmoor Beast Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Hell! I thought the whopping Horse Flies all over Exmoor last week were bad. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 sorry Tonk , u will be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chugger Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Don't worry reads90 you normally get our cast offs sooner or later ! Good to hear of someone else in the area though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Don't pay too much attention to fear-mongering articles like this one. we have heaps of these little blighters down in Australia. They only really appear after or during a bit of a wet spell (i know, 99% of the time in UK ), and they are less efficient at carrying diseases than these sorts of articles would have you first think. They're just a pain in the arse because their bites itch for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 You'll be able to explain what an Aussie salute is them Timbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Morgan Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Besides, the Ross River Fever Mozzie would kill it. The 'Aussie Salute' is mainly reserved for Bush Flies only, Niall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 That'll be why waving my "Walker" at the mossies doesn't work, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landi41 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 You can keep the Tigers over there........... We are having an unusually mosquito free summer in my part of New Brunswick.......... Normally the bastids would carry you off Then again we have the "West Nile " virus carrying kind of mosquito...... BIG SCARE over that one.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 Don't worry reads90 you normally get our cast offs sooner or later ! Good to hear of someone else in the area though hey i have not even started on football and harry yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I alway said the football pitches were a waste of good building land and I was write they built some lovely flats on the Del site and the area went up in value too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 That particular mosquito is also reponsible for Dengue fever which can lead to a severe haemorhagic and potentially fatal outcome. My best advice is kill 'em all, the only good mosquito is a dead mosquito I remember reading some article on jungle trekking years ago and about the advrese effect fo burning mosquito coils due to toxic fumes. At the end of the article it said something like "If you are worried about the toxicity of these chemicals, read the chapter on Malaria and other mosquito borne diseases again" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Morgan Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 My best advice is kill 'em all, the only good mosquito is a dead mosquito But what will the Greenies say? Ok, him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I've found that the best way to control the b##tards is to build yourself a little pond with freshwater fish that like to feed on insects that hit the surface. ie mosquitoes trying to lay eggs. The ones we have in our pond eat the eggs too, so mrs mosquito will either fly off happy that shes laid her eggs, or get eaten in the process. The fish are only tiny little b#ggers too. about an inch long on average. This is the little fella. You can pick them up in most creeks around Brisbane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrycol Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 In Aust - the mozzies are not what you have to worry about - it is the Drop Bears - the little buggers drop out of the trees and go for the throat - mean little critters. Gazzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Geeez, to think I was only worried about the Taxi drivers in Melbourne Bandits (In mediterranean accent) "Yeah wanna gow were mate? Westin, westin what? Westin Hotel, nevereard of it mate, d'ya know were it ees?" I kid you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Morgan Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Melbourne? He'd have to be a Greek. Say no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landi41 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Taxi drivers........In Montreal Hatian emigrees, in Toronto "far eastern gentle men" Sadly those corkscrewers could'nt drive FA................... Are there any white taxi men left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niall_CSK Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 in Toronto "far eastern gentle men" Ever polite & courteous you Canadians. Sadly those corkscrewers could'nt drive FA................... On second thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dottythe90 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Sadly those corkscrewers could'nt drive FA................... I've just spent a week in Moscow - and the driving there is.........well - creative We came to some traffic lights at red on a 2 lane dual carriageway. Cars start undertaking down the hard shoulder. When that filled up, more cars started undertaking those on the hard shoulder via the grass !! At another snarled up junction there was a wide pavement up a slope beside the road. Anyone with a 4X4 was climbing the sideslope, driving round the corner on the pavement, and avoiding the traffic lights to turn right Lots of Range Rovers and quite a few Disco's, but only saw one Defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 4 years of non-smoking, sat in a Russian swamp, ran out of 100% deet, 400 fags in the back of the car to keep the traffic cops happy, mossie net on head, sleeping bag over the the top of that and Im still getting bitten and going mental from the noise of sitting in what sounded like a bee hive..... back on the fags I hate mossies big ones little crappy ones loud ones quiet sneeky ones KILL THEM, KILL THEM ALL!........................................ I need my pills now nurse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman Dan Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 So I guessing that Mossies survive negative temperatures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 doesnt seem to bother them at all, grrrrrr DIE DIE DIE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Send your other half pig shooting out bush for a week or two, the little "darlings" follow him,leaving me bite free! works every time!! he comes back scratching and swearing for weeks!! LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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