to think that mosquitos should not be a thing in the UK?

[DonMosquiote]

I've lived in England for many, many years and may have the odd midge bite. This year for the first time ever, there have been mosquitos - yes actual fuck off mosquitos with the high pitched wine and everythign - in the garden and as it turns out in the house.

This is why I am posting. One of the bastards got in my bedroom unnoticed and had some kind of major banquet on my upper hip when I was sleeping without a sheet. I don't know if it's a pile of bites or a bite on a bite on a bite - but it's a bad scene. It's so itchy and the centre (which is massive) is virtually hard with the multiple hive reaction. The sporners would wet themselves with excitement to see it.

How did this happen?

I've never known mosquitos in the UK. certainly not in suburbs.

As a realted qu - how can I find the culprit? I've tried a light on a night to lure it out but no joy. Where would it hide in a bed room

Thanks OP because I hate the bastard things, am allergic to them and thanks to this thread had an extra hunt around and found one on the ceiling just above my pillow. You saved me.

We live on the cliffs and have a pond which we aren't allowed to do anything about because of newts, who need to pull their webby little fingers out. We have rabbits in the garden who have their own mosquito net.

We get them too. Last year I had 5 in a row one night dive bombing me everytime I turned the light off. Kept getting up, swatting one, laying down and buzz, along came another one. We even got rid of our pond hoping that would get rid of them but no joy.

I’ve had too much wine and read your post as the “odd minge bite.” Here for it.

Yes. But I have noticed that my only extreme reactions have been in the UK. I did get bitten a fair amount on holiday (med) and ended up with sizeable bites, but nothing like my photo upthread. However, the mosquitos in the med were also immune to the scent of Jungle, whilst the mosquitos in the UK leave me alone when I cover myself and the bed in that stuff.

I was bitten so much more at home in the UK than I did on safari in Kenya and that was 15 years ago!

I'm a ta in a school yesterday a pupil asked me if there are mosquitos in the UK I wasn't sure so asked goggle and there is apparently over 30 species native to the UK!

You see swarms of them here in East Anglia, above the dykes.

Lumperoo is my new favourite word.

We've got a stream at the bottom of our garden so I'm expecting the horde to arrive any day now.

I find this baffling! How do adults not know if there are mosquitos in the UK? Is education that poor?

There are only two places in the world without mosquitos: Antarctica and Iceland.

I used to live in the South East, always had proper grown up mosquitos in the summer. Perhaps climate change has extended their habitat further north.

That pattern of bites sounds more as if you have picked up a cat flea

I grew up in the 60's and 70's and remembe mosquitos getting into my bedroom in South East England and biting me. They are definitely something that has been around for ages. In the US we had bug screens on all the windows so we could open them without half the outdoor insect population joining us in the night. I wish we had them here.

Same here, we have a river near by and drainage ditches along the roads and no street lights so loads of them come in if we have windows open after dark and any lights even light from TV on in house.
3 of us react badly to bites too just to make it worse.

We never leave doors open, because of mice and mosquitoes.

I remember them arriving in 1997! I clearly remember thinking wtf was this bite in the U.K?

Today 2 fuckers have bitten me. One on my knee and one on my arse. I don’t know how the bastard got through my big granny pants. But it did.

Just reading this thread has starting me itching! 😂I've just closed all the windows in my flat to be on the safe side. I'd rather be hot than bitten.

Did you get the job ?

Feels like I've stepped into an alternate timeline I could've sworn they didn't exist in the UK

In the north never encountered them

I thought there was but she said her mum said there wasn't and I started doubting myself so looked it up, I don't remember ever talking about it in school or in the 10 years I've been a ta

They started coming over during one hot summer years ago. And they are definitely here. I’ve heard that bastard zzzzzz noise. And I’ve been bitten today and many other days. And I’m in the North too. Never got mozzie bites in U.K. until mid 90’s.

Now I’m just a mozzie snack shack

With global warming we'll all have to get used to mosquitos!

Biting mozzies exist in U.K. < bitter experience>

https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/13/get-mosquitoes-uk-why-bite-people-13123610/

Last night I had the first neeee of the season. I bought some insect repellent wipes and used them I'm pretty sure that the mozzie said six this and disappeared.
We get them as we're close to the Somerset levels, as the mosquito flies

Need a mosquito net over your bed if you want your windows open.

That's interesting, I always thought it was down to some people's pheromones being more attractive to them than others.

I've always been bitten. One camping trip I got eaten alive, we counted over 60 bites all over my body and DH had about five.

Growing up in East Anglia we would get mozzie larvae in any standing water left in the garden so I'm very paranoid about not leaving buckets etc upright in the garden now.

Anyway, you've reminded me why I should shut the window that DH opened. I'd rather be hot than food.