In Finland its impossible not to be bitten. One can cut down the number of bites one gets in several ways -- none of which are comfortable. We have a few diseases carried by insect vectors, but I don't know of a mosquito borne one around here. I'll check.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Treena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: Re: Bug Hints? > Do you really think it's a good idea to let a mosquito which could give you > a nice case of West Nile encephalitis bite you? We've already got it here in > our state and summer hasn't even begun. Granted, we're overrun by them as it > is, but I wouldn't advise anyone deliberately letting mosquitoes bite them, > especially if they're older or have a compromised immune system. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:36 AM > Subject: Re: Bug Hints? > > > > let one bite you: > > http://photography.skofteland.net/insects/insect15.htm > > (the scans are fuzzy as they were made on the ol' crappy-scan (tm) > > > > Christian Skofteland > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 2:09 AM > > Subject: Bug Hints? > > > > > > > Some mosquitos got into my house. Some have fallen to bug spray. > > > But a few I managed to trap in plastic containers, thinking they > > > might make interesting macro subjects. > > > > > > Uh, anybody got advice for slowing them down enough to shoot? > > > The one that starved to death curled up in a rather un-lifelike > > > posture. Do I need to get ahold of some ether somehow, or are > > > there more accessible tricks? > > > > > > -- Glenn > > > > > >
