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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream
I liked that answer. This mosquito issue has been intriguing me for months now, maybe cause I live in a milieu rich with them. I never kill an insect if I'm outside in the woods, cause I'm a coward and prefer the animals, non-vengeful. However, I do kill the mosquitoes at home if they got me angry enough to make me chase them, but if I'm tired I just sleep with whole body under the sheet (I feel asphyxiated at first, at least I'm not hearing mosquitoes panning from ear to ear).
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It sounds like your attitude toward mosquitoes is similar to mine. The sound of a mosquito's buzzing as you lie in the bed in the dark, knowing you are stalked, is always annoying. You can hear it getting closer and closer...and for me this usually leads to a bright-light, middle-of-the-night pursuit of the mosquito, which usually hides as soon as I turn the lights on.
I suppose in Lebanon with the warmth and water you would get a lot of mosquitoes. Iowa is this way in summer; Minnesota even worse--there people say the mosquito is the state bird!
How we deal with animals people may see as nuisances is something I've thought about, too, Number9. For example, deer and ants. I'll talk about ants. A couple years ago in an old home I noticed some ants coming in under a door. Such cute little ants! I escorted them outside and tried to block the hole.
Well, when the next morning, around 1000 ants were crawling all over the kitchen floor. When 10 are cute, 1000 starts to feel scary...like an invasion. I don't fault them for searching for water or sweet things. But I also don't want them in my home.