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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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How to DIY a water feature for a California habitat garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1935758/how-to-diy-a-water-feature-for-a-california-habitat-garden/ #california #CaliforniaHabitatGarden #chaves #ChrisElwell #DiyWaterFeature #ElaboratePond #fish #GardeningCalifornia #Ground #JesseChang #KoryOdell #LosAngelesTimes #mosquito #NativePlant #PlantPot #WaterFeature #WaterGarden
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An Invasive #Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening #Africa’s Cities
The #malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all #insecticides.
Genomic analysis of the mosquito, called Anopheles stephensi, using specimens collected from 10 countries, showed those found in Africa had genetic resistance to all of the chemicals currently used in spraying campaigns and other mosquito-control efforts, meaning those insecticides will not kill it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/mosquito-africa-anopheles-stephensi.html
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Antispeciesism includes parasites like leeches mosquitos and bedbugs.
There are non-lethal ways to protect yourself from parasites.
No one chooses what species they are born in to and villainising moralising or stereotyping parasite species helps nobody but it does reinforce human supremacy and anti-insect speciesism
Ever noticed how in fiction insectoids are almost invariably unintelligent evil or ravenous beasts and humanoids can be approachable and reasonable: that is an example of anti-insect speciesism
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#Finland is beautiful. It's also a place that makes you realise you are not the top of the food chain. #mosquito #safeguard
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Manchester Monday 30th March 2026.
[…]https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/03/30/manchester-monday-30th-march-2026/
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Researchers identified "#Painless1 " the first known taste #receptor in the Aedes aegypti #mosquito gustatory system that detects naturally occurring fatty acids on human skin.
#MolecularBiology #SensoryBiology #Entomology #sflorg
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Photo of the Day 21st January 2026.
On This Day 21st January 2006. Winglet Wednesday 21st January 2026. Bonus Photo of the Day 21st January 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/01/21/photo-of-the-day-21st-january-2026/
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Nicholas Hoult & Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star In UK Comedy Series ‘Mosquito’ Ordered By Disney+ From Tony McNamara
#News #DaisyEdgarJones #Disney #Hulu #Mosquito #NicholasHoult #TonyMcNamarahttps://deadline.com/2025/12/nicholas-hoult-daisy-edgar-jones-mosquito-disney-plus-hulu-1236632539/
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the most recent episode of artho-pod is about West Nile Virus, a mosquito-vectored virus
https://arthro-pod.blogspot.com/2023/09/arthro-pod-145-deep-dive-into-west-nile.htmlI was surprised to learn how large a role the American Robin plays in its spread!
and, as with many diseases and general public safety issues, it is yet another which USA culture has just memory-holed.
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More concerns about #GE mosquitoes -- especially since they can breed when exposed to #tetracycline
Behind an academic paywall:
Science snipes at #Oxitec transgenic-mosquito trial
by Nidhi Subbaraman
Nature Biotechnology volume 29, pages 9–10 (2011)
"#Oxitec's plans for transgenic #mosquito trials have not been without controversy in the past. They have been criticized by environmental groups, such as Ottawa-based #ETCGroup and #EcoNexus of Oxford, concerned about the risks of releasing an entirely new strain of organism into the environment".
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OK, so it's not just my imagination. #Mosquitoes really do love my #blood. I check multiple boxes on this list: #typeOblood, high body heat, and of course my lifelong unbroken streak of rolling snake-eyes every time random genetics are a factor. Thanks again, Mom and "Dad". 😒
#bloodtype #bloodtypes #mosquito #typeonegative #vampires #vampire
