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‎Discussion thread: MOSQUITO episode is live! (Patreon)

Published:
2024-06-05 19:44:04
Edited:
2024-06-05 23:45:42
Imported:
2026-06

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This episode is live, published, and ready to hear! 

Ohhh I am just all abuzz with this episode about skeeters!

This Ologist, Dr. Fhallon Ware- Gilmore is an officer at the Centers for Disease Control, and I’ve wanted to have her on the show for four years! In part one you’ll learn all about mosquitoes, their surgical mouths, where they live, how and WHEN they feed, where they want to bite you, wacky research studies, and more.

Next week we’ll be back with Dr. Ware- Gilmore to discuss how to keep them the hell away from you. But for now enjoy the splendor and the surprising beauty of these tiny weird creatures that just want to be close to you. Or frogs sometimes.

Enjoy,

Your Podfather

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Culicidology (MOSQUITOES) Part 1 with Dr. Fhallon Ware-Gilmore - alie ward

They're gorgeous. They're picky moms, and tremendous flirts. They are sparkly. And they drink blood. We hopped on the line with mosquito researcher, medical entomologist, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, and Culicidologist, Dr. Fhallon Ware-Gilmore to chat about mozzies. Why do skeeters b

Comments

Connor Chapman

I let mosquitos bite me because I feel bad about taking away the blood meal they need to have babies, how harmful is that really considering I'm not in the malaria belt

alyssa vargas

Best ways to remedy a mosquito bites? How many types of mosquitos are there? Is it true they are the most deadliest animal?

Jacintha Jaa

With some states and countries trying to eradicate the mosquito, I often wonder if we should. They must serve some evolutionary purpose, what are your thoughts?

Annie Meehan

Is there any truth to the idea that certain blood types attract mosquitoes? Sincerely, a woman with the blood type that mosquitoes cannot get enough of

Kness (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-06 05:00 Theoretically speaking, what would happen if we wiped mosquitoes from the planet ? How important are they to the environment and food chain ?
2024-06-05 20:10

Heather Mechler

Yes!!! I need to know this, too. I am absolutely irresistible to those little jerks and want to figure out what I can do to not be an itchy mess.

Sand

Hello! I am allergic to mosquito bites. If I get more than two they start to swell up really bad. It gets progressively worse the more bites I get. Went into anaphylaxis in mexico when I got over 100. I have heard this is called skeeter syndrome (which seems like a silly name for something so horrible to experience). Why does this happen? Is there a way to avoid this?

Heather Mechler

Is there something that I could be eating/ingesting to make mosquitoes avoid me?

Naomi Jane

Loved the episode, excited to hear the questions next! 🦟 Bzzzzt

Deanna Wood

Dammit you will NOT make me appreciate mosquitoes!!!

Valerie Kirby

Yes! My poor 7 year-old son is plagued by Skeeter Syndrome and I would love to know more! So sad that I missed the request for questions!

Heather Mardis

I KNOW I'm a mosquito magnet, no one else gets bit if I am there 😢

Chandler Witherington

Great timing as I return inside from watering my plants with no fewer than 5 mosquito bites. Tis the season in North Carolina!!

Emily Krieger

im stuck on mosquitoes are flies, this is a reframe for me !

Alli B

Same.

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

Hey there! The Part 1 is already up and Part 2 is recorded and will be up next week!

Alie Ward

next week: we chat about the best repellent!

Emily Krieger

...and then i'm like, well what is a fly to me? and what is a mosquito? and what if i liked flies, and mosquitoes are flies so...i like mosquitoes? what? what! y'all got me!

Hankie Mundane

Broad leaf and narrow leaf plantain grows all over and you can smash up a leaf and put it on bites/stings and it instantly relieves itch! Plant medicine magic. I just made a salve. It’s pretty easy to do if you want to try.

Hankie Mundane

I’m listening now and don’t know if they cover this, but broad and narrow leaf plantain grow wild in yards/driveways all over and is great remedy for bites/stings. You can mash up a leaf and smear it on a bite/sting and it relieves itch instantly. If it’s not juicy enough, just spit on your little poultice for added carrier fluid.

DeWaine Tollefsrud

Aloha y’all! Unlike most places, we know exactly when mosquitoes came to our islands. In late August in 1826, the British whaler Wellington emptied its old freshwater, casks into a stream on Maui. Apparently there were mosquito larva in those casks, and they developed into full-grown mosquitoes, whom the Hawaiians called singing bugs because of their whine. The really bad part of this is the mosquito could pick up avian malaria parasites from a disease loaded bird, possibly a migrant, and vector it into less tolerant native birds that would die from the infection. This caused many of the endemic birds to die off. A little positive sidenote here, a couple of endemic birds are starting to develop a tolerance for the parasites that the mosquito transmits and may be in recovery. Good news!

The One and Only Artie Schmutze

I missed question asking time... Hopefully someone asked "how do mosquito dunks work and are they REALLY as safe as the packaging claims??"

The One and Only Artie Schmutze

I used to do this when I was young, thinking it would somehow make me immune, not to the mosquito bites but to being ANNOYED by mosquito bites 😂😂 (Spoiler: it didn't work!). That was before I understood that the blood meal directly precedes egg laying. That made me consider that since my dad and sister are somewhat allergic and get big welts from bites, every bite causing me minor annoyance would be responsible for a hundred plus new potential inflictors of suffering on my loved ones...

Mowana Lomaomvaya

I have shared that mosquitos are the number one killer and humans are number two ALL DAY. I can’t shut up about it. New fun fact to add to my library.

Deanna Wood

Ha! Nice try. I think I’m actually horrified now. Needles and saws!?!? You made me appreciate alligator gar and wasps, but not these blood suckers!

Christine Marrese

I was fascinated by that study of pregnant people that found they were more attractive to mosquitoes. When I was pregnant with my first, I found that I actually became much less interesting to them. They usually love me so it was amazing to go outside and not worry about being all itchy! I think it gradually returned to the way it was before and there was no difference with my second pregnancy. Bodies and Nature! They do not always read the textbook (or scientific literature)!

Orla Spurr

When you referenced 'Mosquitoes of New York' I imagined it was the original Humans of New York and all the mosquitoes were photographed nicely and interviewed about their lives

msmcecelia

Can’t wait to hear it all, LOVE YOUR SHOW!

Marianne Thomas

This was so fun! I feel like mozzies are such a relatable topic because no one is safe 😅. Had a great time info dumping on my wife this morning

Genedoc

I just listened and I loved it!!! Re: the secret — LOTS of workout supplements are adulterated with testosterone, and testosterone cases zits!! This could be what happened

Charley Eiseman

I don't think I've ever heard anyone suggest this before, but I suspect the myth that crane flies eat mosquitoes came from people mistaking hangingflies (Bittacidae) for crane flies (Tipulidae). Hangingflies are predatory insects in another order (Mecoptera, not Diptera), but they look a lot like crane flies. They prey on flies in particular, and I once saw what I thought was a mating pair of crane flies until I looked at my pictures of them later and realized one had four wings instead of two (and was chomping the abdomen of the two-winged one). See pics here, especially the last one: https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/hanging-flies-and-hangingflies/

Somefrills

This was so so timely! Quick question: will a transcript be posted for part two with all the helpful repellent tips? Thanks!

Riikka Puttonen

I made a bit of a yikes face when Alie recommended thermacells with not much of a caveat. Phallethrin and other pyrethroids used in thermacells are very toxic to insects and fish but most of the insects are able to fly away from the vapor area, hence repelling and not necessarily killing. But you really should keep the devices away from all aquatic life and they should mainly be used in your own yard or at your summer cottage. Here in ✨Mosquito Central✨ (i.e. Finland) people misuse thermacells constantly by taking them to national parks, beaches, boats or fishing by the lake and shockingly to nature reserve/conservation areas. Not cool. Sure the company gives instructions on proper usage but they do also make advertising material that seems to promote misuse. 🤷

Alison Gussack

Loved both episodes BUT I was disappointed that the very real bad side effects of Wohlbachia were not at all mentioned. Wohlbachia is considered to be a huge contributor to the inflammation that occurs in heartworm infection of dogs. A major part of treatment protocol is doxycycline to kill the Wohlbachia prior to addressing the heartworms themselves. Maybe a veterinary parasitology episode is warranted.

Michal

I cant believe i missed rhe question callout. There is a question that has been bugging me for years. How much blood does the mosquito need to produce eggs. And how many times she bits.

Organic Free-Range Lily

How complex does an organism have to be in order to have fun? (Or something that we might possibly classify as fun.) For example, mice enjoy playing with toys, but we can safely assume that the amoeba don't have such inclinations. Is there a cut-off line somewhere, or is it really vague and subjective?

river stone

wait i thought the mosquito in jurassic park was an elephant mosquito, not a damselfly (which i understand doesn't suck blood either but still). am i dumb are those the same thing?

Neries virens

Hi Artie - I have been working in mosquito and vector control for over 20 years- mosquito dunks’ active ingredient is BTi (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) a soil bacteria the disrupts larval gut function. Dunks are safe to use in pools, water gardens, etc. I even break them up and rinse them down our yard drains to treat and low spots in the pipes that collect water. Used according to the label, ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LABEL😁 they are very target specific and will not harm vertebrates that may come into contact or drink the water. Hope this helps!

Neries virens

Hi Alison that’s very interesting, I had not heard that about wolbachia. The wolbachia treated mosquitoes are aedes aegypti, which I think is an underrepresented potential heartworm vector in Southern California. I’m looking forward to digging deeper into this, thanks for the info!!

Alison Gussack

Here in eastern Tennessee we see a lot of heartworm disease. The American Heartworm Society recommends treating with antibiotics prior to heartworm treatment in order to reduce inflammation and risks of adverse reactions. It is fascinating and terrible. I honestly dont know which species of mosquito is the culprit here 😊

Neries virens

Hi Alie! Thanks for all your hard work and terrific podcasts! I’ve been in vector control for over 20 years and still learned some new things from this! I wanted to add in on the sterile mosquito programs. There are 3 technologies out there now - wolbachia, gmo mosquitoes, and X-ray irradiation. Our District (West Valley MVCD in Ontario, Ca) if the first in So Cal to implement irradiated males as a regular part of our IPM program. We are using locally caught Aedes aegypti, rearing them in the lab, separating the males, irradiating them in house, and releasing in “hotspots”. It’s a real “farm to table operation!😅”. We are seeing significant control using this method in conjunction with our other efforts! Just wanted to give you an update on this emerging tech for mosquito management!

Neries virens

Thank you for the info! I’m definitely going to dig deeper into this and hit up some of our vet friends too.

Neries virens

Hi Kness! I think globally, mosquitoes do have a role in pollination, as a food source etc. But in the urban environment, they are not a significant player. “Urban Mosquitoes” thrive in human disturbed environments, like unkempt swimming pools, poor irrigation drainage, potted plant saucers and so on. In this type of setting, they are not being predated upon, not pollinating to any measurable extent, and just increase humans’ risk of disease. There have been gut content studies done on bats and birds, showing mosquitoes make up a minuscule amount of their diet. I mean, if you’re a bat expending energy to fly and chase down prey, are you going to go for that scraggly little French fry, or that big juicy tri-tip (like a moth)?

Erin Bagley

These episodes were super interesting and informative, as always. In the first episode, Alie mentioned that the sounds the mosquitoes make are at 700-1200 Hz, but that seems too low. I'm thinking she must have meant 7000-12000 Hz.