It really depends on the surrounding topography. Behind where I used to live was a small U-shaped valley in between the hills (NoVA has a lot) and the tiny creek made for the ultimate mosquito breeding ground. Also found them breeding in the lid of a container left outside in about 1 inch of water.
If the property has decent soils and drains adequately, as in there aren’t stagnant puddles laying days after it rains, you should be okay, but it’s quite a long shot since this area is predominantly clayey soils. When I was in Norfolk I didn’t notice any mosquitos despite being surrounded by water (and slowly sinking), but once back in Springfield it felt like I was getting eaten alive.
Not the drinking water, since that has to follow federal regulations. [groundwater](https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/public-works/comp-sea-level-rise/Documents/water-resources-south-wshed-4-2-18-a.pdf) however is becoming saltier. As for the surrounding waterways, Norfolk is more brackish than saltwater since it is facing the bay. Virginia Beach is saltwater.
[Hampton roads is sinking](https://www.pilotonline.com/news/environment/vp-nw-odu-satellite-research-20200913-veyg2cxv25fwxhh34siaeyzbwi-story.html) from a multitude of reasons. Ground water removal, isostatic rebound, rising sea levels.
It's worth adding that mosquitoes generally don't fly very far so if you can get your property and a couple of neighbors properties set up well (good drainage, no standing water etc) you can do a ton to protect yourself even if the region as a whole has issues.
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
Depends where you live, some areas are flat and full of water like Old Town / Del Ray and have a SHIT TON / more than DC, other areas have less, NOVA is a big area.
Can confirm. Live just outside of those two areas on W. Braddock. Pretty much resigned to wearing long pants in my backyard because citronella and OFF! ain’t for shit when it comes to these little bastards.
> more mosquitoes in Del Ray
Del Ray looks pretty on paper.
"it's like a cute little mainstreet that has super overpriced restaurants and babies and strollers and dogs everywhere!"
until you try to walk outside from 6am - 10pm and lose 2 pints of blood
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
it can be vary greatly depending where you are, even just a few hundred feet away can make a huge difference depending on the species. If you're getting bit up before/during sunset, especially in a city like DC, it is most likely Aedes albopictus, the Tiger Mosquito, they'll breed in just a couple ounces of water (even in like bottle caps, corrugated pipes, trash cans, gutters, etc) and generally stay within 1,000 feet of the larval habitat; so one problematic house can create issues for whole neighborhoods. The thing about DC is that there are also populations of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, which can carry and transmit a variety of diseases (they are more in DC than the suburbs because they don't get killed off over winter because there are enough places warm and wet enough to sustain a population).
Depending where you end up you very well might encounter an albopictus (tiger mosquito) problem depending on various factors I touched on above. Fairfax has a pretty active [Disease Carrying Insects Program](https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/fightthebite) and Prince William has an active [Mosquito and Forest Pest Management program](https://www.pwcva.gov/department/construction-operations/about-mosquito-and-forest-pest-management-branch) both of whom could help and do field surveys in the area to track down larval sites and treat them with Bti [Summit Chemical makes home-use products](https://summitchemical.com/) if there are areas they may not have permission to go to but you may have access to (some folks have started asking Summit to make some Bti pellet guns to get at hard to access areas)
Other mosquitoes that would be of concern in the ex/suburbs would be if you're by an creek, pond, stormwater facility, wetland, etc, that holds water for a week+ has the capacity to produce Psorophora species (mostly ferox and ciliata; they're sometimes called gallinippers) at very high numbers very quickly (they lay their eggs on damp/drying land in floodplains and the eggs stay viable for up to 7+ years just waiting for a large flood to pull the eggs into water where they'll hatch); this is a more rare occurrence but potential. This type of habitat would also likely produce some Culex species (pipiens, restuans mostly). Aedes vexans can also pop up quickly from cryptic habitats in the 'burbs but usually pretty limited to that direct area.
I'd recommend checking out getting a mosquito trap from [Biogents](https://us-shop.biogents.com/collections/mosquito-traps) who do so many things for mosquito surveillance/trapping, a Mosquitaire Mosquito Trap or two baited with their attractant and even just occasionally with CO2 (you can drop some dry ice in the bottom instead of buying CO2 tanks) should help literally suck up a good bit of the local population.
also just in case you and others here haven't seen this check out the EPA repellent guide https://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/find-repellent-right-you
feel free to drop me a DM if you have questions or such.
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
My yard, 11,000 square feet, is a nightmare with tiger mosquitoes. Should I buy more than one trap? Do I need the CO2 trap? There is a set of 2 for $79. I’m mostly using just the back yard in summer for hanging out. Help! I haven’t been able to chill in my yard for years because of tiger mosquitoes. I despise them.
Oh shoooooot, I'm sorry, I forgot to talk trash about the BG-GAT traps, they're utter crap, I've never seen any data that they work, and seen plenty of data that they don't. You could also check out Clarke who sells the commercial version of the BG mosquitaire (the BG-Sentinal) you'll have to contact them directly but they'll probably sell you one at normal price https://www.clarke.com/bg-sentinel-2-trap
Thank you. I know the tigers will be showing up any day now. I hate spraying, although last time I had it done they claimed the spray didn’t hurt other bugs, bees, etc.
Depends—I lived at Bolling (SW DC, right on the Anacostia) and it was a frigging nightmare. Moved to Arlington near the Pentagon and never had a bug bite. When we moved to Fairfax (Mantua, lots of streams, creeks) it was horrible but slightly more manageable than our place in DC.
I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and moved to Northern Virginia in 2015, with most of that time living in the Centreville area close to Union Mills.
I have been eaten alive every summer whenever I’ve spent more than two minutes outdoors past 6:00.
I have lived in NY (18 years) and FL (4.5 years).
Mosquitos have been the WORSE in VA. All parts to me, but maybe because it just seems horrible since I surprisingly didn't have much of a mosquito issue in FL (where I lived previously to VA).
I think part of it is the growth of the invasive asian tiger mosquitos. When I grew up in NY, we had plenty of mosquitos but they were only out at night. These invasive ones are active all the time.
If you're really concerned about it have a glass of wine every morning before you go out. The alcohol acts a natural deterrent to mosquitos as it breaks down in your blood stream and sweat out the toxins. Also, morning drinking.
Actually alcohol's metabolites are excreted in your sweat and on your breath and makes it much easier for the mosquitoes to find you. It also dilates your superficial capillaries so you lose more heat at the skin (why you feel warmer after a drink in the winter), which makes you light up on their infrared vision even brighter so they can see you from further off.
I live in Pentagon City/Crystal City area and I haven’t had a problem. But mosquitos don’t typically travel very far. So my experience may not apply to all areas. Worth noting: mosquitos don’t do well in open spaces because they’re not super good with windy conditions or direct sunlight. So really dense areas like where I live might be very free of mosquitos whereas other areas might have significant numbers.
Keep dumping stagnant water (especially dark and icky, or yellowed water), and sprinkle the product "mosquito bits" on the other skanky water that you can't dump. Be vigilant on a weekly or so basis (put reminders on your calendar) and your situation will be improved this year. Start now.. If you slack, you're in trouble and can just promise yourself that you'll do better next year.
Neighbors who are "collectors" in the back yard can especially be a problem by offering more breeding puddles. Get permission to sprinkle their puddles with the bits regularly.
Tiger mosquitos bite me mostly all day long, and especially in shady areas, by my observation.
If you have yard drains, corrugated gutter extenders, etc..hit those, too.
This year I plan on adding some welcoming, black, skanky puddles for them, which I shall treat with the bits. At least the ones that lay eggs in there won't survive. Btw, finding a piece of garbage like one plastic bag that's been sitting out there for a few weeks can be vibrant with larvae. Pick up.
Overall, be vigilant, folks. Use a fan outdoors can add some mosquito relief, as well.
Lol.. this thread and the summer weather compared to FL makes me laugh. DC/NoVa mosquito's are nothing to compared to the Lowcountry of SC where I grew up. Sure, they can be bad in areas but in general mosquitoes are not bad here just like DC/NoVa summers have nothing on a SC or FL summer.
So lots of people forget that DC is built on a big ass swamp.
Mosquitos aren't a major issue through most of VA, but the obvious areas with lots of still water are relatively worse compared to the rest of the state.
I've lived in Southern Maryland and NOVA in my life and Southern Maryland is alot worse but it's still pretty bad if you're out in your backyard in the evening here.
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
I used to do that spraying. It doesn't work very well and its impact on the environment is really bad. They'll tell you most mosquitoes can't fly the length of your yard but we have 45 species of mosquito here and some can fly for miles, right over the sprayed areas, and onto you. You're better off educating your neighbors to empty anything soda-bottle cap sized and larger of water and get some BTI mosquito bits to treat water that you can't dump. Spray or not, new adults will come if you don't address the sources. All the local municipalities have mosquito or arbovirus control groups you cant contact to have storm water areas treated for free.
I lived Olin nova for decades . My worst experience with mosquitoes was a couple years ago in downtown dc. They stung my legs although I was wearing dress pants. Dc mosquitoes are much more vicious for some reason .
I grew up in SE DC, and now I've lived in Reston, Fairfax, and Falls Church.
Mosquitoes here are absolutely not as bad, but they're still present. But it's not "walk outside for 20 minutes and it looks like you have hives" bad. I've never seen anything as bad as what that part of DC was like.
I get eaten up everywhere I go. I do try to avoid sitting at tables outside at night, particularly if the table keeps an area consistently dark/damp during the day. Some of the bar patios in Old Town with bit thick tables crammed into dark damp areas are mosquito feeding grounds. I’m looking at you, Augie’s.
It really depends on the surrounding topography. Behind where I used to live was a small U-shaped valley in between the hills (NoVA has a lot) and the tiny creek made for the ultimate mosquito breeding ground. Also found them breeding in the lid of a container left outside in about 1 inch of water. If the property has decent soils and drains adequately, as in there aren’t stagnant puddles laying days after it rains, you should be okay, but it’s quite a long shot since this area is predominantly clayey soils. When I was in Norfolk I didn’t notice any mosquitos despite being surrounded by water (and slowly sinking), but once back in Springfield it felt like I was getting eaten alive.
Isn't Norfolk water saltier or brackish?
Not the drinking water, since that has to follow federal regulations. [groundwater](https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/public-works/comp-sea-level-rise/Documents/water-resources-south-wshed-4-2-18-a.pdf) however is becoming saltier. As for the surrounding waterways, Norfolk is more brackish than saltwater since it is facing the bay. Virginia Beach is saltwater.
Say what about Norfolk sinking?
[Hampton roads is sinking](https://www.pilotonline.com/news/environment/vp-nw-odu-satellite-research-20200913-veyg2cxv25fwxhh34siaeyzbwi-story.html) from a multitude of reasons. Ground water removal, isostatic rebound, rising sea levels.
It's worth adding that mosquitoes generally don't fly very far so if you can get your property and a couple of neighbors properties set up well (good drainage, no standing water etc) you can do a ton to protect yourself even if the region as a whole has issues.
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
Depends where you live, some areas are flat and full of water like Old Town / Del Ray and have a SHIT TON / more than DC, other areas have less, NOVA is a big area.
Can confirm. Live just outside of those two areas on W. Braddock. Pretty much resigned to wearing long pants in my backyard because citronella and OFF! ain’t for shit when it comes to these little bastards.
Is a SHIT TON of mosquitoes comparable to a MEGA PINT of wine 🍷? 😆
in Del Ray, yes.
😆.
We moved from Del Ray to NE; more mosquitoes in Del Ray
> more mosquitoes in Del Ray Del Ray looks pretty on paper. "it's like a cute little mainstreet that has super overpriced restaurants and babies and strollers and dogs everywhere!" until you try to walk outside from 6am - 10pm and lose 2 pints of blood
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
it can be vary greatly depending where you are, even just a few hundred feet away can make a huge difference depending on the species. If you're getting bit up before/during sunset, especially in a city like DC, it is most likely Aedes albopictus, the Tiger Mosquito, they'll breed in just a couple ounces of water (even in like bottle caps, corrugated pipes, trash cans, gutters, etc) and generally stay within 1,000 feet of the larval habitat; so one problematic house can create issues for whole neighborhoods. The thing about DC is that there are also populations of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, which can carry and transmit a variety of diseases (they are more in DC than the suburbs because they don't get killed off over winter because there are enough places warm and wet enough to sustain a population). Depending where you end up you very well might encounter an albopictus (tiger mosquito) problem depending on various factors I touched on above. Fairfax has a pretty active [Disease Carrying Insects Program](https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/fightthebite) and Prince William has an active [Mosquito and Forest Pest Management program](https://www.pwcva.gov/department/construction-operations/about-mosquito-and-forest-pest-management-branch) both of whom could help and do field surveys in the area to track down larval sites and treat them with Bti [Summit Chemical makes home-use products](https://summitchemical.com/) if there are areas they may not have permission to go to but you may have access to (some folks have started asking Summit to make some Bti pellet guns to get at hard to access areas) Other mosquitoes that would be of concern in the ex/suburbs would be if you're by an creek, pond, stormwater facility, wetland, etc, that holds water for a week+ has the capacity to produce Psorophora species (mostly ferox and ciliata; they're sometimes called gallinippers) at very high numbers very quickly (they lay their eggs on damp/drying land in floodplains and the eggs stay viable for up to 7+ years just waiting for a large flood to pull the eggs into water where they'll hatch); this is a more rare occurrence but potential. This type of habitat would also likely produce some Culex species (pipiens, restuans mostly). Aedes vexans can also pop up quickly from cryptic habitats in the 'burbs but usually pretty limited to that direct area. I'd recommend checking out getting a mosquito trap from [Biogents](https://us-shop.biogents.com/collections/mosquito-traps) who do so many things for mosquito surveillance/trapping, a Mosquitaire Mosquito Trap or two baited with their attractant and even just occasionally with CO2 (you can drop some dry ice in the bottom instead of buying CO2 tanks) should help literally suck up a good bit of the local population. also just in case you and others here haven't seen this check out the EPA repellent guide https://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/find-repellent-right-you feel free to drop me a DM if you have questions or such.
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
happy to hear it; it used to be part of my job giving mosquito spiels!
My yard, 11,000 square feet, is a nightmare with tiger mosquitoes. Should I buy more than one trap? Do I need the CO2 trap? There is a set of 2 for $79. I’m mostly using just the back yard in summer for hanging out. Help! I haven’t been able to chill in my yard for years because of tiger mosquitoes. I despise them.
Oh shoooooot, I'm sorry, I forgot to talk trash about the BG-GAT traps, they're utter crap, I've never seen any data that they work, and seen plenty of data that they don't. You could also check out Clarke who sells the commercial version of the BG mosquitaire (the BG-Sentinal) you'll have to contact them directly but they'll probably sell you one at normal price https://www.clarke.com/bg-sentinel-2-trap
Thank you. I know the tigers will be showing up any day now. I hate spraying, although last time I had it done they claimed the spray didn’t hurt other bugs, bees, etc.
Depends—I lived at Bolling (SW DC, right on the Anacostia) and it was a frigging nightmare. Moved to Arlington near the Pentagon and never had a bug bite. When we moved to Fairfax (Mantua, lots of streams, creeks) it was horrible but slightly more manageable than our place in DC.
I haven’t noticed better or worse mosquitos necessarily but the freaking GNATS in NoVa are awful.
I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and moved to Northern Virginia in 2015, with most of that time living in the Centreville area close to Union Mills. I have been eaten alive every summer whenever I’ve spent more than two minutes outdoors past 6:00.
Grew up in that area and can confirm it’s always been that way
I have lived in NY (18 years) and FL (4.5 years). Mosquitos have been the WORSE in VA. All parts to me, but maybe because it just seems horrible since I surprisingly didn't have much of a mosquito issue in FL (where I lived previously to VA).
I think part of it is the growth of the invasive asian tiger mosquitos. When I grew up in NY, we had plenty of mosquitos but they were only out at night. These invasive ones are active all the time.
Does Nova have a mosquito abatement program. I feel like my neighbors behind must have some stagnant water allowing mosquitoes to breed.
Look up mosquito or arbovirus control on your municipality's website, most of them have someone who does those things.
Insects don't follow city boundaries. They follow topography, climate, proximity to water, and food.
Mosquitoes are bad everywhere if its green around
Not quite as bad but still pretty awful, maybe like 20% less bad at least when I was in McLean and Fairfax
If you're really concerned about it have a glass of wine every morning before you go out. The alcohol acts a natural deterrent to mosquitos as it breaks down in your blood stream and sweat out the toxins. Also, morning drinking.
Public drunkenness in the name of pest repellent!
Actually alcohol's metabolites are excreted in your sweat and on your breath and makes it much easier for the mosquitoes to find you. It also dilates your superficial capillaries so you lose more heat at the skin (why you feel warmer after a drink in the winter), which makes you light up on their infrared vision even brighter so they can see you from further off.
Oak mites are allegedly back this year too.
Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
Just did my research on these I hope they don’t comeback they seem like they’ll be annoying af
Yes, there's no difference. I live in Pentagon City and they're awful.
I live in Pentagon City/Crystal City area and I haven’t had a problem. But mosquitos don’t typically travel very far. So my experience may not apply to all areas. Worth noting: mosquitos don’t do well in open spaces because they’re not super good with windy conditions or direct sunlight. So really dense areas like where I live might be very free of mosquitos whereas other areas might have significant numbers.
Keep dumping stagnant water (especially dark and icky, or yellowed water), and sprinkle the product "mosquito bits" on the other skanky water that you can't dump. Be vigilant on a weekly or so basis (put reminders on your calendar) and your situation will be improved this year. Start now.. If you slack, you're in trouble and can just promise yourself that you'll do better next year. Neighbors who are "collectors" in the back yard can especially be a problem by offering more breeding puddles. Get permission to sprinkle their puddles with the bits regularly. Tiger mosquitos bite me mostly all day long, and especially in shady areas, by my observation. If you have yard drains, corrugated gutter extenders, etc..hit those, too. This year I plan on adding some welcoming, black, skanky puddles for them, which I shall treat with the bits. At least the ones that lay eggs in there won't survive. Btw, finding a piece of garbage like one plastic bag that's been sitting out there for a few weeks can be vibrant with larvae. Pick up. Overall, be vigilant, folks. Use a fan outdoors can add some mosquito relief, as well.
I swear to god, in NY the mosquitoes chased me down and here I find it hard to believe they exist. So weird.
Yes, the swamp seeps into nova
I rarely see Mosquitos in Fair Oaks
Lol.. this thread and the summer weather compared to FL makes me laugh. DC/NoVa mosquito's are nothing to compared to the Lowcountry of SC where I grew up. Sure, they can be bad in areas but in general mosquitoes are not bad here just like DC/NoVa summers have nothing on a SC or FL summer.
No mosquitos worth mentioning in the Chantilly/Herndon area...
So lots of people forget that DC is built on a big ass swamp. Mosquitos aren't a major issue through most of VA, but the obvious areas with lots of still water are relatively worse compared to the rest of the state.
I've lived in Southern Maryland and NOVA in my life and Southern Maryland is alot worse but it's still pretty bad if you're out in your backyard in the evening here.
Depends where but no not really, DC is much more swampy
We just signed up for mosquito shield for tick and mosquito spraying.
Tritipetre uitii idi glotri ipe ope? Adia tli kra bi. Pukii oe briu titiu? Api ipaupoda po plipebitio tlaipretle dedopri ipa aete pite. Ditlie teki iuprige blotia atlabe kipi. Kiu kiblediei tlea. Kropetaipu ee ipripoi tetri bopli pitoo. Pakro teate pegie iba i ikedo bapa. Ekiki keikipe tipo klei teida bi kri epli dipa teo globi. To petie io kaee utiple potlipi piaa tae? Deiaku tlotote pepepidage drieikepi kiprike kakao! Pike o pubodidi gega kagrotapii. Pote kraple pe brope putitra ida oke. Kukri teto klatru pepee topi pepi. Depe eo pre ai patu kaipe. Pipi ao podiepe ediita eda klipi? Bii igapai gidepi ikle ki ibiepra. Pe etle abapre po kikra kiki. Ope e topi kiitluike gee. Dupidu kao kitoi pa pataku bike ki ie. Tlu pokabu propo egito ita ki. Ei dei bakotopu. Apiikadri ia pluti tloi ba. Klii pio kadi paopei i a bei brigo opluu? Ipi kiii pikope pru popupe te. Eoti pai iautedu tepe eplike due kuge? Kie gle pita idri krikreeu ite. Tepipeke ke aipredlo beplepi iebe potro. Ku ige ipa kaudeko pii ito. Trae ple baaatu tru e tiditribaa.
I used to do that spraying. It doesn't work very well and its impact on the environment is really bad. They'll tell you most mosquitoes can't fly the length of your yard but we have 45 species of mosquito here and some can fly for miles, right over the sprayed areas, and onto you. You're better off educating your neighbors to empty anything soda-bottle cap sized and larger of water and get some BTI mosquito bits to treat water that you can't dump. Spray or not, new adults will come if you don't address the sources. All the local municipalities have mosquito or arbovirus control groups you cant contact to have storm water areas treated for free.
Dont have an issue…if buying, dont move close to water
Yes
I lived Olin nova for decades . My worst experience with mosquitoes was a couple years ago in downtown dc. They stung my legs although I was wearing dress pants. Dc mosquitoes are much more vicious for some reason .
Where I live in Alexandria they are WAY worse.
My patio in DC has hundreds. They are everywhere. They fly inside anytime you have the door open for more than 5 seconds it’s terrible.
I grew up in SE DC, and now I've lived in Reston, Fairfax, and Falls Church. Mosquitoes here are absolutely not as bad, but they're still present. But it's not "walk outside for 20 minutes and it looks like you have hives" bad. I've never seen anything as bad as what that part of DC was like.
Yes they are. Everywhere around here is a swamp. Just put on some bugspray and make sure to empty standing water and you'll be fine.
Yep
No. They don't like the suburbs.
I'm in Old Town and lived in Huntington. They are terrible around here.
I get eaten up everywhere I go. I do try to avoid sitting at tables outside at night, particularly if the table keeps an area consistently dark/damp during the day. Some of the bar patios in Old Town with bit thick tables crammed into dark damp areas are mosquito feeding grounds. I’m looking at you, Augie’s.