Rain means mosquitoes (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe: houses, moving to, eat)

[chaparrito]

Mosquitos have a 3 mile range. Good luck.

[PhureeKeeper]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

... Get those bites while you are young and can develop an immunity.

I've never heard of that line of thinking for West Nile? WHO | West Nile virus

[hopsonkl]

We spent 4 weeks in North Scottsdale last summer and never saw a mosquito. We are moving to Phoenix from Michigan in September. I will cry if there are mosquitoes to contend with in Arizona. Ours are about the size of sparrows and make summers miserable. I would think in the Phoenix area, places with grass (sprinklers) would attract Mosquitos.

[cactusland]

I've already got ten bites on my legs. It has already begun.

[TempeAZnative]

Originally Posted by BIG CATS

Ive been seeing skeeters in the house since February already. This year is gonna SUCK if our monsoon storms are bad like they were last year. We didnt stop seeing mosquitos until almost December last year, after the last two monsoon storms. Ive been chewed up last week, sitting outside on our patio at night.

The last 2 storms were not monsoon storms. The monsoon is the seasonal change in winds and you need 3 days of 55 degree dew points for it to be official(old school), and that won't happen til July.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by hopsonkl

We spent 4 weeks in North Scottsdale last summer and never saw a mosquito. We are moving to Phoenix from Michigan in September. I will cry if there are mosquitoes to contend with in Arizona. Ours are about the size of sparrows and make summers miserable. I would think in the Phoenix area, places with grass (sprinklers) would attract Mosquitos.

I've spent 40 years here and have had about 1 bite a year or less. They seem to like certain people more, but even so, I get bit up good when I visit Michigan. Mosquitoes are so bad they drive you indoors in the evening. It is hard to sit by the campfire without being doused in enough DEET that you are flammable.

That is just not the case here, for the most part. So, I just don't get threads like this one. My experience has been that there are some around for a few weeks in July and August - at dusk and dawn - and it depends a lot on just where you live. We had late summer flooding rains this year and so there were more and longer than usual. But even then it is NOT Michigan. Maybe people have never been to a place where they really do have mosquitoes bad or they have just forgotten what it is like to be harassed by bugs including biting flies and gnats every time you go outside. The OP's description, too, does not sound like mosquito bites. He's got mites or ants or something.

[locolobo13]

Originally Posted by More Rock

I had exterminators out three times. They only ruled out bedbugs and guessed maybe it was mites or spider mites, but found no evidence of crawling bugs. I figured finally out it had to be mosquitoes. Bites on the ankles, legs, wrists and neck. This year I drop the A/C down, and wear bed clothing that covers arms and legs, plus use Cutter spray!

Don't forget fleas.

[Wally Sconce]

Mosquitoes and snow in Phoenix are two things you rarely see.

[PoppySead]

It depends where you live like most things in the valley. Some areas have more mosquitoes than others depending on canals, washes, man made lakes, ponds, neighbors, etc. Just like other pest we have, some will swear they never see them and some will be swimming in them.
The only thing we've ever agreed on is the heat, but even then a hot day to one is a cool day to another. lol

Do what you can to clear your own yard of water, rub yourself down with lemon eucalyptus leaves and put a fan on your patio(they can't fly into wind). If they get you while you sleep put a fan pointing over you and they can't land on you. It's a natural solution.
Good luck!

[PoppySead]

Originally Posted by locolobo13

Don't forget fleas.

We don't have fleas in Phoenix. lol