[pct-l] blood sucking mosquitoes

[Danny Wormington]

In the early season you can sometimes walk through mosquito swarms and they completely ignore you.  I think it is because they are just in their mating mode.  The females don't seem to be interested in blood sucking until they are fertile.

Danny Wormington



On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:38 AM,<aslive at charter.net>  wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone else has had this experience.  Several times
> while camped in my Gatewood Cape, Mosquitos would enter.  They did not
> bite me or even brother me.  They all flew up to the top of my shelter
> and landed on the inside of the shelter walls where they appeared to be
> content to just hang out.  Perhaps they were attracted to the defused
> light through the walls?  I find it a good place to sleep, maybe they do
> too.  Does anyone who knows what this behavior is all about want to fill
> me?  Thanks.
>
> Shepherd