OT: Skeeters and Lemon Fresh Joy Dish Detergent

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Yo Melissa,

 

> I can't help but wonder if this kills nothing but male mosquitos...males

> live on flower nectar and such, and therefore might be attracted by the

> lemony odor. It's the females that must drink blood for their eggs to

develop.

 

You are 100% perzackly correct .. it is the female of most species that

normally goes after blood .. and in the case of skeeters it is ONLY the

female who does this.

 

A tiny quote from one of the many URLs on skeeters .. and we can't find

anything anywhere to contradict this ..

 

> One of the first things that adult mosquitoes do is seek a mate, mate and

> then feed.

 

Not much different than humans.

 

> Male mosquitoes have short mouth parts and feed on plant nectar.

 

Except married male homo sapiens rarely get to talk .. and feed on beer.

 

> In contrast, female mosquitoes have a long proboscis that they use to bite

> animals and humans and feed on their blood (the blood provides proteins that

> the females need to lay eggs). After they feed, females lay their eggs (they

> need a blood meal each time they lay eggs). Females continue this cycle and

> live anywhere from many days to weeks (longer over the winter); males usually

> live only a few days after mating. The life cycles of mosquitoes vary with the

> species and environmental conditions.

 

Note the similarities to homo sapiens.

 

> Melissa Bell, mosquito magnet (the little buggers LOVE me!)

 

Probably they are males trying to sniff you cause you're sweet. I read

the other day that Great White Sharks rarely bite lawyers .. and men are

more likely to get bit by skeeters than are wimmens. Reason for both?

Professional Courtesy!

 

> > Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white plate color, or

what,

> > but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the Lemon

Fresh

> > Joy/water mixture, and usually within about 10 feet of the plate.

 

The lesson here is .. don't drink Lemon Fresh Joy.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com