There is a war going on every day in America homes. A war in which one side battered, slaughtered and coated with chemical weapons and the other is... well bitten incessantly! There have been three causalities in my little war against the mosquitoes that have somehow managed to get into my house. It's hard to say if that will be the end of it. I have bites all over my back, on my EYEBROW on my knuckle! I really feel no qualms in killing them all. Please, let me release them onto the next stage of existence. They have been good mosquitoes, now please die! I look like I have pocks! It's ridiculous.

I wish I were more sensitive to insects, I really do. Every day, millions of species of insects are being lost with the loss of the Rain Forest (in fact, they account for the vast majority of species lost), however, it seems that their cousins (the cockroaches, the flies, the moths, the earwigs, the mosquitoes) are all doing JUST FINE. In fact, if we count ants in the same barrel, ants are the dominate species of the planet. Insects are the dominate species type. There are more insects than there are any other type of creature. In fact, insects may account for more species of animal than all the other species combined. Insects are doing just fine. Still, it would be nice if they would just STAY OUTSIDE. I mean, what other thing had you instantly grabbing whatever heavy object is nearest to you and flinging it randomly through the air? I have thrown shoes, rolled up newspapers... and you should see me with a fly swatter. I turn into a freaking olympic fencer. Paw, paw, paw.

So, I'm hoping I've killed enough of them. I swear, I'll go back up to my room and see another one LURKING, but what can you do. They are tiny and bitey and- nothing, you can't do anything. Oh well.

I'm not particularly worried about mosquitoes going extinct. None of the bugs that actually bother us are in danger as a species (sadly?). >_>
» randomjunk on 2013-09-04 06:24:45

I think there is some kind of technology that keeps bugs out. Aside from gapless walls and windows, I believe I've heard about some kind of electric or magnetic barrier that repels most insects. It's probably very expensive.

A couple weeks ago, I was standing outdoors having a conversation, and I suddenly realized I was being bit on my left elbow. I raised my arm to see, and sure enough, there was a little black mosquito just sitting there sucking away on the tip of my elbow. I swatted it. But then I realized that there were five bites in a row, just centimeters apart, leading up to where I saw the mosquito. He was just crawling along and feasting! They sort of swelled up into one big bite area for a while.
» le_battement on 2013-09-04 08:24:06

What is your Twitter, by the way? If you actually use it.
» le_battement on 2013-09-04 08:24:41

What is your Twitter, by the way? If you actually use it.
» le_battement on 2013-09-04 09:57:04

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