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I lived near London for 12 years and never once encountered a mosquito. First time I encountered them was on holiday in Rochechouart, Limousin, France.
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Originally Posted by Mac15
I can't imagine mosquitos in London either.
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Mosquitos are widely in the UK.
Yes, of course there are mosquitoes in the UK. Portsmouth is very bad for them & they survive year round too, I had to get insect screens for my windows & back door & spray myself with repellent before sitting out in the garden in the evening. I get a very bad reaction to mosquito bites & they are of course much worse out here & we have the Asian Tiger mosquitoes as well, which are very aggressive & actually chase you! They will bite you during the day too, unlike normal mosquitoes that come out after dusk
No doubt there are, I've heard this before. Just was pointing out that I have personally never encountered one in 12 years of living there from 1991 - 2003. Perhaps they have become a more recent issue.
I think mosquitoes are perhaps becoming more widespread due to milder winters over the last 20 or so years, but there have always been mosquitoes native to the UK. Some people just don't get bitten by them though & some that do get bitten don't get a reaction at all, they seem to favour certain people, unfortunately my blood is very attractive to them
I think mosquitoes are perhaps becoming more widespread due to milder winters over the last 20 or so years, but there have always been mosquitoes native to the UK. Some people just don't get bitten by them though & some that do get bitten don't get a reaction at all, they seem to favour certain people, unfortunately my blood is very attractive to them
Are we talking about mosquitoes of the type that you can hear buzzing around your head when you're trying to go to sleep at night in warmer countries (which I've never seen here), or the midges you get around lakes / forests around sunset but which don't really make a sound (which we do get a fair amount of here)? I always thought midges and mosquitoes were two different things.
Haven't recent winters in the UK been colder than usual?
Yes!
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