Stinkin' mosquitoes!!!

[GLC1968]

I was told that there were very few (if any) mosquitos in the PNW.

Liers! I found them...or should I say, they found me. I am the walking mosquito catcher. Keep me around, and you won't get bitten. It's a running joke in my family. I don't find it very funny. It is not nearly as bad as some places I've lived, but they are definitely still a presence here.

If there is a mosquito within 50 miles, it'll find me. And black flies? Even pure DEET, literaly dripping off me, didn't stop them. Ugh. As much as I loved New England...I don't miss the biting bugs.

[BikeDutchess]

I am the walking mosquito catcher. Keep me around, and you won't get bitten. It's a running joke in my family. I don't find it very funny.

I feel your pain...or rather, your itch! I'm the mosquito magnet in my family. After our moonlight ride last weekend, I was the ONLY one covered in mosquito bites. They got me right through my bike shorts and jersey!

[bmccasland]

I get a couple of bites every evening when I walk from the kitchen to the compost pile and back. Not far, and still the little buggers find me. NO FAIR!

[OakLeaf]

Through your skin tight bike shorts and jersey... ha. They bite me through denim.

In Florida, people must've thought I was on drugs, because I'd wear long sleeves and long pants in the height of summer. In the time it would take to lock my bike, I'd have 10 bites (not exaggerating). If I went out for a bike cruise with DH at less than 12-14 mph, they would chase me down and bite me.