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Old 10-21-2018, 05:03 PM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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I got more eaten up last night while inspecting the pool of a house we're looking to buy than ever before! I have a good dozen bites on each leg, accumulated in just a few minutes.

What is up with these super-strength mosquitos? Any special steps one can take in the Valley to prevent being found as a well-gnawed skeleton? I'm sure we can get the repellent tiki torches, maybe some electronic device to tell them shoo. Anything else?
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Old 10-21-2018, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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It's been a wet month. Perhaps it's bringing the mosquitos. I've never had a bad problem with them in the decade that I've lived here.
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Old 10-21-2018, 06:59 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Standing water. Check your yards and dump that out people.
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Old 10-21-2018, 10:06 PM
 
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I have them year-round where I live in Chandler.
Tiki torches and other citronella candles are ineffective.

If I'm going to be outside for any length of time I'll spray on repellent.
This one works the best for me and it's fragrance free. https://smile.amazon.com/Cutter-Inse...sect+repellent
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Old 10-22-2018, 09:21 AM
 
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Just moved here in July and mosquitos have been terrible where I’m staying in Tempe. Can get bitten at all times of the day it seems (not just evenings and mornings). Wishfully hoping they will be less of a problem in Scottsdale, but not holding my breath. Will they subside in the winter or is this the “new normal”? Might have to rethink my move, bad enough My kids are trapped inside during the hot summer months, but if we can’t enjoy the outdoors when the weather cools off due to mosquitos this is really going to suck!!!
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Old 10-22-2018, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Will they subside in the winter or is this the “new normal”? Might have to rethink my move, bad enough My kids are trapped inside during the hot summer months, but if we can’t enjoy the outdoors when the weather cools off due to mosquitos this is really going to suck!!!
I'm hearing mosquito season is April - October.

Of all the things you'd thing might be issues... scorpions, spiders, poisonous toads, etc... I never expected mosquitos to make the list in the desert!
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Old 10-22-2018, 09:54 AM
 
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Standing water. Check your yards and dump that out people.
This. Check anything that can collect water. Empty flower pots, etc.

I've rarely seen a mosquito here except for the condo I lived in where the neighbor had 2 big flower posts that just collected rainwater.
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Old 10-22-2018, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Yes, we have mosquitoes. They love standing water to breed and the females need blood to have their babies. Bushes, old flower pots, over watering, anywhere it is damp...they will breed. Cities regularly fog during certain times of the year but with the amount of rainfall we have had recently...they are kind of bad right now.
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Old 10-22-2018, 02:15 PM
 
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Yes, we have mosquitoes. They love standing water to breed and the females need blood to have their babies. Bushes, old flower pots, over watering, anywhere it is damp...they will breed. Cities regularly fog during certain times of the year but with the amount of rainfall we have had recently...they are kind of bad right now.
I've never seen or heard of fogging in any areas I have lived here, thankfully. Where do they do that?
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Old 10-22-2018, 03:15 PM
 
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Every monsoon season, I become lunch as I lay sleeping.
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