11-16-2007, 04:42 PM
Aloha AlaskaSteven...
My small experience in Mountain View is that we have very few mosquitoes around, even tho it is very wet here. We also (at least in my particular neighborhood/street) have very few coqui frogs. So I don't think it's the coqui's keeping the mosquitoes in check. We are just building our house, and didn't want to clear-cut the lot, but do have some space around the house. Also, we are up 8 feet off the ground on post and pier, so have more of the tradewinds (which may mean fewer mosquitoes). I have noticed that few houses here have "screen rooms" which are common on the mainland. I don't know why that is, except that many places don't seem to have a huge population of mosquitoes?? Maybe someone else can comment on that, as I find it curious. We may end up screening in part of our lanai so that we can sleep outside, but otherwise, so far, we aren't seriously bothered. Have you checked to see if there is an entymologist at UH-Hilo that could answer some of your questions? I'm sure we'd all be interested in the answers.
Katie
Wherever you go, there you are.
My small experience in Mountain View is that we have very few mosquitoes around, even tho it is very wet here. We also (at least in my particular neighborhood/street) have very few coqui frogs. So I don't think it's the coqui's keeping the mosquitoes in check. We are just building our house, and didn't want to clear-cut the lot, but do have some space around the house. Also, we are up 8 feet off the ground on post and pier, so have more of the tradewinds (which may mean fewer mosquitoes). I have noticed that few houses here have "screen rooms" which are common on the mainland. I don't know why that is, except that many places don't seem to have a huge population of mosquitoes?? Maybe someone else can comment on that, as I find it curious. We may end up screening in part of our lanai so that we can sleep outside, but otherwise, so far, we aren't seriously bothered. Have you checked to see if there is an entymologist at UH-Hilo that could answer some of your questions? I'm sure we'd all be interested in the answers.
Katie
Wherever you go, there you are.
Wherever you go, there you are.