Larvae in my pond

we have an awful lot of mozzies in the garden this year...i honestly don't remember ever seeing one before about 2011! i think we probably always had them in small numbers but now they're everywhere!..global warming or what? my poor brother is like you @Ellen , he's being eaten alive by them whilst the rest of us just get the odd bite...i think i read somewhere they prefer certain blood types or something?

 

I was told (after I was well & truly got overnight in Spain once!) that they prefer sweeter blood. Whether that's true or not... But my husband was untouched, whereas I looked like I'd got the pox!

 

Sorry to disappoint, but its nowt to do with the sweetness of your blood. Mozzies aren't fussy. Its not so much a question of whether or not you get eaten alive, as whether you notice.

Its all down to the chemical the mozzie injects to stop the blood from clotting, to keep it flowing. Some people are allergic to it, some are not. Those who are will come out in big itchy red blotches. Those who are not wont notice a thing as the wound is too tiny to even see.

 

So my husband would have got bitten as well, but his body deals with it better than me? Bloody typical

 

that does make sense Clue as when i find i've been bitten its nothing, more like a tiny hive & gone in no time...but with my bro the whole surrounding area swells up & is very nasty looking indeed...lasts for ages too but (& this worries me!) if im out in the garden most days, often from dawn 'till dusk & very late into the evening too & my brother is guaranteed to be bitten at least once when he briefly pops into the garden...then how many times am i being bitten

 

It does make you wonder @honeybunny! I told my husband what Clueless said, haha, the face he pulled!! He thought he was invincible!! :lol: