How long does a mosquito live?

[Ni-Neith]

For several days in a row, as soon as evening comes, a mosquito starts attacking. A very persistent mosquito, I can’t kill it.
There are nets on the windows.
When will it leave me alone?

[Steve]

That's not a mosquito. It's a demon. Somebody must have put a curse on you. Have you pissed off any witches or warlocks lately?

[AustrAlien2010]

A few weeks.

[vkobe]

few weeks

born bang drink your blood and lay eggs after they can do that again if they dont die before

[kbiz]

You must learn the ways of the Mosquito Hunter. Only then will evenings be pleasant.

[TGC> The Games Collector]

I got one of those electric swatters, they're very effective... well, depending on your dex stat...

[Ni-Neith]

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

I got one of those electric swatters, they're very effective... well, depending on your dex stat...

A mosquito flies near a monitor. A stun gun can damage the monitor.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by TGC> The Games Collector:

I got one of those electric swatters, they're very effective... well, depending on your dex stat...

Cool. I want to see the rest of your kit.

For flies, I whip a towel. For mosquitoes, I use the one-clap-one-kill method.

[Moogal™]

Originally posted by vkobe:

few weeks

born bang drink your blood and lay eggs after they can do that again if they dont die before

Really?

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Moogal™:

Originally posted by vkobe:

few weeks

born bang drink your blood and lay eggs after they can do that again if they dont die before

Really?

they only exist to drink your blood to made babies mosquitoes, after they can die in peace

[Andros]

I’ve got my house rigged with tear gas, mosquitos going down me with.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by BlackBloodRum:

Originally posted by kbiz:

Cool. I want to see the rest of your kit.

For flies, I whip a towel. For mosquitoes, I use the one-clap-one-kill method.

That was an amusing misread. I misread that as one-clip-one-kill method 😂🤣

HAHA! Thanks for the imagery.

*blows the smoke from the end of the pistol*

Mosquitoes are my nemesis. If I see one in my house, I stop everything and kill it. Because if even one of those things get inside then you can kiss your blood goodbye.

[Auckes]

It's not the same mosquito. But its offspring. Proof: It gets progressively more difficult to squat it. It starts hiding, it starts flying only when the light's off, it makes more complex maneuvers...

It is not the initial one.

With each next generation, they become more intelligent and more able to survive. The most annoying thing, is when they casually chill at your ceiling. You can see them, but you cannot reach them. And even if you could, no tool can hit around the corners; some of their most beloved spots.

One sneaked inside, drank some of your blood, laid its eggs. Initial dies, the next bunch take over and chain-reaction goes like that. I advise you carefully look behind your bed, end table, desk. On your walls, on your door surface, on the ceiling. If the latter are white, you can easily spot. If you have strong light source, all the better; switch it on and look well.

Once, i found out a very good quality fly-squatter. Mosquitos near my place are bigger than elsewhere (due to running bodies of water nearby, dirty ones at that), so i can use it. Another method, is a small, not too heavy but with some weight item, like a small textbook or a comics magazine; you can use it as a thrown weapon, aiming at them on your ceiling. And the big guns; lighter + perfume which contains lots of alcohol (strong ones that their aroma lingers for many hours). If they are being caught in the short-lived cone of fire when you spray once or twice in quick succession, it will end their carreers.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by BlackBloodRum:

Originally posted by kbiz:

HAHA! Thanks for the imagery.

*blows the smoke from the end of the pistol*

Mosquitoes are my nemesis. If I see one in my house, I stop everything and kill it. Because if even one of those things get inside then you can kiss your blood goodbye.

We'll have a bunch of drunk mosquitoes if they try drinking mine. 😂

But you bought that booze. And the mosquitoes are stealing it from you. That's uncool. And thus requires reciprocity.

I live on the East Coast of the United States and if it's dawn or dusk and if you're outside near any trees then you will be feasted upon. And feasted upon - til you go crazy.

[Uncle Sam]

Originally posted by PC director:

For several days in a row, as soon as evening comes, a mosquito starts attacking. A very persistent mosquito, I can’t kill it.
There are nets on the windows.
When will it leave me alone?

Well tell the mosquito in a diplomatic manner to buzz off, else go the human history route of problem solving.

Note: The female mosquito (the ones which drink human blood) live a few weeks up to a month AFAIK.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by Auckes:

With each next generation, they become more intelligent and more able to survive.

That's true. If you only kill the fat stupid ones, the fast intelligent ones reproduce and reproduce until you're dealing with a swarm of hyper-intelligent, hyper-aggressive, hyper-sneaky mosquitoes. Then you're screwed. Then it's too late.