Blue Sky
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MosquitosWhy are there so many of them in France this year?
We normally get the odd one or two when it is really hot but there seems to be hundreds of them about all of a sudden, and it isn't even all that warm.
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gil
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Midge resurgence here the last couple of days 
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Blue Sky
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We got midges too, and flying ants; but it is the mozzies that get into our bedroom and wreak havock over night.
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Treacodactyl
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They're attracted by cast iron radiators.  Seriously, in the UK it was a very mild winter and I assume it was quite mild over there.
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pricey
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It's cos I killed All the Spiders 
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NannyP
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It's a little damp plus mild.
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Blue Sky
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Thanks NannyP
I knew there had to be a sensible answer.
Next question ... What is the best remedy for ridding them?
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Treacodactyl
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Witchcraft.
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alisjs
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| Quote: | It's cos I killed All the Spiders
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get more spiders!
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pricey
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| alisjs wrote: | | Quote: | It's cos I killed All the Spiders
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get more spiders! |
I can post some if you like
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sean
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| Simon wrote: |
Next question ... What is the best remedy for ridding them? |
The 'spirales anti-moustiques' wot they sell in French supermarkets/garden centres seem to work pretty well.
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gingerwelly
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i got attacked by a mozzie in Cardiff train station on sunday night .........7 bites on my legs ...Never been bitten in the UK before.
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Contadino
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For the last fortnight, we've been fending off mozzies the size of spitfires. I've never seen anything like them.
Funnily enough, it all seemed to start the night the wife and I were discussing putting the mozzy net away for the winter. Glad we decided against it.
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dpack
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stuff warming the black flies have taken sherwood 
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madmonk
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| Simon wrote: | Thanks NannyP
I knew there had to be a sensible answer.
Next question ... What is the best remedy for ridding them? |
ME 109s apparently not as good as the spitfire but almost on par to a mosquito
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hardworkinghippy
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We've got goldfish in all our water butts.
They eat the larve and we don't get a lot of mozzies - possibly because of that.
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Contadino
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That sounds like a great idea. Do they need anything to keep them happy, such as oxygenating plants or some such? Do they have to be a specific type of goldfish?
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Green Rosie
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We are inundated too but they do make for good late might antics - 2 slightly drunk ladies, 2 fly swatters and a lot of dead mozzies to clear off the walls in the following morning.
As for getting bitten - OH, myself and older boy only get the very occassional bite - younger boy, bless me, gets massacred every might unlell I smother him in Mozzie Guard. WHY??
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Andrea
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| hardworkinghippy wrote: | | We've got goldfish in all our water butts. |
What an excellent idea. I don't suppose they'd like it much in our greywater tanks though.
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