Mosquitoes

mozzie

Mosquitoes are, without doubt, a right pain here in Australia. Well, not just Australia, mosquitoes irritate people in many countries so we are not alone with that. Fortunately, our mosquitoes carry far fewer diseases than they do in some regions, so at least we can be thankful of that. I’ve written quite a bit about [...]

No-see-ums: Those Pesky Biting Midges Are Back! thumbnail

My wife says I have ugly feet. Normally I’d disagree, but not today. Because today my feet are ugly, and painful, and itchy and, well, they look like this… Let’s take a closer look… Unhappy feet. This, as many of you will know, is the work of Ceratopogonidae. Or, as they are more commonly known, [...]

Aerosols

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking about the biggest and baddest Australian bad things that I have encountered, namely the mozzies and the sandflies. The funny thing is when I came to Australia I thought the biggest baddest thing would probably be snakes or if not, possibly spiders. I was never really [...]

midge

In last weeks post we talked about the world’s worst insect, the mosquito. At the foot of that post I mentioned that this week I would introduce you to the mozzies irritating little brother. Technically I am not sure if they are related, but they are both ‘orrible little bloodsuckers. First, a picture of this [...]

Mosquito

In England, it was called a plain and simple gnat. Every now and then, you’d get a gnat bite. DANG! But in hotter countries, where the tabloid press does not lead with the headline “Phew, What a Scorcher!” as soon as the temperature hits 80°F, they become MOSQUITOES. Forget spiders, crocodiles, alligators, lions, kangaroos breaking [...]