No Mosquitoes

[outlaw]

Does anyone else find that the mosquito free environment in TV is probably one of the best and most unique benefits living in TV. I have lived in Florida all my adult life and have never thought "no mosquitoes" were possible (except maybe on the beaches/barrier islands), much less have it exist in central Florida. I am a mosquito magnet, and I have yet to suffer a mosquito bite since living in TV. Yet, I can venture off the compound just a couple of miles and be attacked by those creatures. IMO, this is in the top two or three benefits of living in TV.

[redwitch]

I do enjoy not seeing any Mosquitos here but I worry what the cost is to the environment and our health given the amount of chemicals that have to be used to keep them at bay.

[outlaw]

I do enjoy not seeing any Mosquitos here but I worry what the cost is to the environment and our health given the amount of chemicals that have to be used to keep them at bay.

I'll take that risk as opposed to the known risks of mosquito-borne diseases.

[Villager Joyce]

We were told Society Garlic plants keep the mosquitoes away.

[MikeV]

I too am a mosquito magnet. I admit the number of these critters is low in TV my ankles are bit up right now so I don't think TV is totally free of them.

[Sandtrap328]

I too am a mosquito magnet. I admit the number of these critters is low in TV my ankles are bit up right now so I don't think TV is totally free of them.


Mikey,
Chances are the bites on your ankles are actually chiggers and not mosquitoes.

Chigger bites are really itchy and last much longer than mosquito bites. The chiggers are tiny red bugs about the size of a pin head and are in the grass.

Dab ammonia on them or use After-Bite for relief of the itching.

[Chi-Town]

The lack of untreated standing water really helps to keep the mosquito population down.

[Jima64]

Are they spraying at night like the old malathion foggers in the old days in Florida? The ponds with standing water are a natural spot for them to breed and grow.

[MikeV]

Mikey,

Chances are the bites on your ankles are actually chiggers and not mosquitoes.



Chigger bites are really itchy and last much longer than mosquito bites. The chiggers are tiny red bugs about the size of a pin head and are in the grass.



Dab ammonia on them or use After-Bite for relief of the itching.


Thanks I will give that a try.

[Rickg]

Are they spraying at night like the old malathion foggers in the old days in Florida? The ponds with standing water are a natural spot for them to breed and grow.
Yes, they spray.

[bike42]

Spraying is done by the counties. Here's a link to Sumter County's mosquito control website. Spraying | Sumter County, FL - Official Website (http://sumtercountyfl.gov/302/Spraying)
We say thank you. Maryland has tiger mosquitos and they have become unbearable.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Are they spraying at night like the old malathion foggers in the old days in Florida? The ponds with standing water are a natural spot for them to breed and grow.

Coming back from Lopez last Friday, we took a shortcut thru a neighborhood and there was a truck with a fogger on the back of it spraying. There is also a type of fish that is stocked in the ponds that feed on the mosquito larvae. I was told by an ambassador that about $1 million is spent every year on the mosquito eradication.

[Villager Joyce]

Mikey,
Chances are the bites on your ankles are actually chiggers and not mosquitoes.

Chigger bites are really itchy and last much longer than mosquito bites. The chiggers are tiny red bugs about the size of a pin head and are in the grass.

Dab ammonia on them or use After-Bite for relief of the itching.

Put finger nail polish on the chigger bites.

[outlaw]

Spraying is done by the counties. Here's a link to Sumter County's mosquito control website. Spraying | Sumter County, FL - Official Website (http://sumtercountyfl.gov/302/Spraying)
We say thank you. Maryland has tiger mosquitos and they have become unbearable.

Believe me. It's more than just the county spraying. I can go less than a mile off the compound; still well within the county jurisdiction, and it is like being in the middle of the woods. I'll get attacked by mosquitoes in a matter of a couple of minutes. It must be additional measures by TV such as treatments in the lakes, good drainage design, etc. Anyway, whatever is done works!

[Topspinmo]

IMO pass months have been some what dry, now that the rain kicked in wait and see? There are few around up north if you out late evening or early morning. I too was surprised to find few skeeter's around. Hopefully it will stay that way?

[Johnd]

I also applaud whoever is doing the mosquito control job. It has to be more than spraying and pretty all encompassing. I've lived here for over 10 years and can count on one hand the number of mosquitoes I've seen while in the Villages.

I went down to that rodeo site on 466A last year. We were vigorously attacked by mosquitoes and had to leave within an hour. I think this helps prove that the villages are enhancing the county efforts. Keep it up.

[The Buckeyes]

Mikey,
Chances are the bites on your ankles are actually chiggers and not mosquitoes.

Chigger bites are really itchy and last much longer than mosquito bites. The chiggers are tiny red bugs about the size of a pin head and are in the grass.

Dab ammonia on them or use After-Bite for relief of the itching.

Is there something good to use to PREVENT the chigger bites. Got a lot on my ankles last year and they hurt and itch like hell! :cus:

[outlaw]

Is there something good to use to PREVENT the chigger bites. Got a lot on my ankles last year and they hurt and itch like hell! :cus:

When I would go out into the woods, my friend would have a sock filled with sulfer powder, I think. We would slap that against our ankles and that seemed to keep them at bay.