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seoulman1 · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil

Is anyone else being eaten to death by mosquitos at night? I bought one of those deadly taser like electrified tennis racquets which kills about 20 per night but when the lights are out all I hear are the death calls of those little bastards.

jdog2050 · Joined: 17 Dec 2006

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Korean mosquitos don't bite me. I think they're racist. Now I know how blacks felt in America before equal rights.

Dome Vans · Guest

For june, july, august and september. I was ready for them and only got bitten 5 times. I'm getting slack now, little shits, been bitten 10 times in ten days. Thought they should have gone by now.

sojourner1 · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject:

Yea, I was getting at least one a night up until 2 nights ago. I think that when they are small, they can pop through your window screen due to being attracted to you. They love to bite feet, ankles, and legs which makes you itch while you lose sleep. I noticed these mosquitoes are very good at evading your swat attacks, because they are capable of taking evasive action to avoid death and then one single mosquito can seem like many of them as it bites you through the night.

Little annoying things made me lose lots of sleep this past Summer as they like to bite you as soon you turn off the light and especially if you are watching a movie at night in the dark.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Last year tons of skeets here at Everland...this year not a one... Very Happy

Dome Vans · Guest

I've been using those curly, smokey things for the whole summer while I'm sleeping. Have no idea how good they are for you. Embarassed

My room in the morning always looked like a bunker in Nam. Can't see sheet!

MissSeoul · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Location: Somewhere in America

Korean mosquitos are not bad compare with American mosquitos, American mosquitos have sent me emergency room twice, my hand has swelled like a pumpkin. It happened within 6 months in America, however it seem not bad now.

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

This is the best news I've heard in weeks as I thought that I was the only one getting attacked by the little b******s on a regular basis.

I too use those curly smoky things, which seem to do the trick in my apartment. However, I got bitten about 12 times in one night last Sunday after spending the night at a friends pad. My arms, legs and back are covered in large red marks. They itch like hell too.

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

i have two windows. they're both the small 3ft wide 2 ft high deals. one has a screen, one doesn't. (building regulation they say - my ass).

so i have a choice: one window open and suffer a really stuffy apartment, or two open, slightly less stuffy, plus tons of mosquitos.

i've been choosing stuffiness...might be better to just keep the damn AC on.

aaabank · Joined: 27 Feb 2007

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

i built my own makeshift screen/mosquito net on the window, but it just doesn't cut it (i leave the bottom unsealed so i can reach under and open/close the window and i think thats the problem)

Colorado · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

Buy a mosquito net and hang it over your bed.

swoosh76 · Joined: 22 Jul 2007

I've read somewhere and actually experienced this:

Once a mosquito bites you and is full(hopefully you'll get him before that point) they stick to the walls or ceilings to digest the blood. The other night I woke up in the middle of the night after getting bit. Sure enough the damn mosquito was sitting on the wall next to my bed. I smashed the m*therf*cker and all that was remaining was a red spot on my wall....give it a try if you've already been bit. THis probably won't work with more than one or two at a time...

Dome Vans · Guest