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[jdog2050]

Things I've noticed about them:

1. They seem really picky about where to bite you. Knuckles, joints, thin-skinned areas as opposed to any general body part.

2. At night they seem to be able to wait for the exact moment that your breathing slows and you are more than likely about to sleep.

3. The open-hand swat trick doesn't seem to work on them very well.

4. They are ninja fast.

[VanIslander]

i've noticed they are slower than skeeters from back home

and easier to kill as they land in the middle of white walls and ceilings in plain sight, all ready to be squashed easily, whereas back home they hide in corners, clothes, anywhere but out in the open

i'm also not allergic to them, don't get swelled up marks

and my legs are bite free as they seem unable to navigate leg hair without making themselves noticed and dead

[bluelake]

The anopheles is one to watch out for, as it is a disease-carrier. You can distinguish it, as it tends to lift its back end into the air when it bites.

[crossmr]

[marlow]

Yeah, they look quite different, and there are numerous types.

I'm just immune to bites, basically. After tree planting, it takes a pretty weird insect to make a bite noticeable on me.

[mld]

[Waluigi]

I got one of those wall plug in things and I haven't been bitten in my room since I got it.... so get one of those.

Also, I think they are pretty slow and stupid here. I've killed loads of the little [Mod Edit for filter dodging] in my classrooms using the patented 'timed clap' technique.

[Joe666]

Waluigi: I got one of those wall plug in things and I haven't been bitten in my room since I got it.... so get one of those.

Agree although, as soon as it shuts down, they come back! Mine is timed for 6-8 hours (I believe). I find they are much nastier than in the U.S. They are slower, but when I get bit, it lasts awhile.

[KYC]

I bought one of those blue mosquito plug in things from homeplus. I still woke up with mosquito bites. Maybe I should just rub the fluid in those things all over me...

[tzechuk]

I am allergic to Korean skeeters.. when I first came I was bitten by one and my arm swelled up so much I went to see a doc because I didn't know what it was.

I hate mosquitoes.

[Pwillig]

They have to be different. Back in Alabama, my mosquito bites would swell up to the size of half dollars sometimes. Here I just get a tiny red bump. I must not be drinking enough soju because they're not biting me as much as my friends.

[himynameishowie]

They are definitely different in Korea. I'm from Alabama also (Pwillig, what part are you from?) and I'd just get a tiny bump from the mosquitos. Two weeks ago I decided to wear a skirt to work and ended up with 3 bites on one leg and 4 on the other. They were fine the first day, but by the second day they'd turned into dime-sized blisters with a swollen red area about the size of an orange around the blister.

On day 3 I decided to go to the pharmacy to see if they had some sort of magic cream they could give me, but the pharmacist said they couldn't be mosquitos and to go to the doctor next door immediately. I went to the doctor and I received a shot (I'm guessing it was cortizone), some pills, and cream. I had to go back 2 more times for more shots and pills, and after the blisters broke I had to get gauze bandages for the gaping holes in my legs.

The doctor said I'm allergic to the mosquitos. Now I live with the fear that every time I get bitten I'll have to go to the doctor for more shots in the "hip" and more pills.

In short, yes, Korean mosquitos are much different. I have yet to actually see one, but I've been bitten enough to know they're little jerks.

[Xuanzang]

They swell up like there's no tomorrow and leave scars for me. I think it's different for everyone

[asams]

i got bit on my achilles' tendon and it swelled up and leaked pus for about a week. looked terrible and itched like you know what. i didn't scratch it but somehow it would never clot

[Pwillig]