"Den" wrote in message
...

We live in Southern California and find that the region is remakrably
free of mosquitoes. In visiting other parts of the country I am usually
eaten alive. Here, I can wonder around in the evenings and almost never
encounter a mosquito. It must be that the particular location where you
live has lots of standing water. The dry climate of California usually
provides very few natural places for breeding.

Dick


Group:

Slight OT post ... so, having moved to LA from England, and having
largely
completed the unpacking we've started to turn our attention to the
garden.
Last night while planting in the twilight I got eaten alive by
mosquitoes
(or at any rate little insecty things). I'm not too keen on slapping
on
anti-bug stuff all over myself ... what do other folks do to keep the
mosquitoes at bay? Are these blue zapper lights any good?

TIA

Den

PS: Now I understand why the windows have screens!