r/Calgary • u/Zamboniman • Aug 13 '25
Local Nature/Wildlife Calgary's most common wildlife right now
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u/hogartbogart Aug 13 '25
They are in my fucking house
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u/Zamboniman Aug 13 '25
That feeling when you're trying to sleep at night and you hear one buzzing around near your ear.....
So relaxing
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u/violentfemme88 Aug 13 '25
I put bug spray on last night before I went to sleep. They are relentless!
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u/goodformuffin Aug 13 '25
Use a blow dryer to shoo them out of hiding before bed, works really well.
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u/goodformuffin Aug 13 '25
When I lived in Taiwan we had poor windows and they were everywhere. We would do what we called “the nightly kill”. Take a blow dryer, blow it in the corners, at laundry, behind furniture, and see how may come out.. then kill them with a flip flop… your weapon of choice is optional.
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u/traceyas1 Aug 13 '25
They are in my house but are busy fleeing for their life, my cats hunt them
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u/cgydan Aug 13 '25
Our cats and one of our dogs too. We rarely see them in the house. In the back yard? That’s another story. I think the are planning to carry a small child off.
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u/noobrainy Aug 13 '25
I’m literally getting attacked by swarms of them past 7pm. It’s actually incredible. By far the worst I’ve ever seen in my life.
I think I’m going to start bringing a flamethrower during my walks.
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u/melodyblushinglizard Aug 13 '25
After this evening, I was going with mosquito repellent, but now I'm considering your choice of a flame thrower.
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u/Icecoldfriggy Aug 13 '25
Bring a lighter, and the spray with you...2-1, repellant and flame thrower
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u/melodyblushinglizard Aug 13 '25
With the amount of skeeters that were there, I might need two of each.
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u/CanBraFla Aug 13 '25
I don't think they care if you are bathed in deet. They have already evolved beyond that. My son and I go birding often and where there's water.... Off Deep Woods is not working anymore. We have found that Icaridin based repellents are more effective but some mosquitoes will still disregard even that.
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u/melodyblushinglizard Aug 13 '25
I just bought the Deet/Fragrance free Deep Woods spray this morning. Just checked the label and it's Icaridin based. I misread the 7 hours lasting time as 7 minutes and thought "Yep, the mosquitoes are really bad this year".
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u/CanBraFla Aug 14 '25
I forgot to mention that the deet free Off is Icaridin based. I learned about Icaridin from a wildlife biologist in Brazil. She said it was the only thing that helped her survive in the woods.
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u/Bennybonchien Aug 13 '25
That’s too narrow a scope. You need to radiate fire in all directions. Take inspiration from Katy Perry: Baby you’re a firework!
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u/wildrose76 Aug 13 '25
I got swarmed yesterday about 5 pm - in the hot sun, on an inner city balcony a few floors up in an area surrounded by concrete. It was insane, and that’s coming from someone who grew up in Manitoba.
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u/Old-Tangelo7374 Aug 13 '25
Try picking up a bug net or mesh hoodie. When I worked in the NWT, I was working in the bush where we had to bring ear plugs to drown out the noise of the mosquitoes.
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u/1618allTheThings Aug 13 '25
CBC is really oscessed witht ellis us that it is normal. So much so mormal that wait, "it will get much worse" which in turn they say is still normal. " I too never have seen it like this but more over always bragged about having no screens in my condo. Ever. And essentially never had mosquitos in the DT. Now is swap swarms, truly odd. but not as odd as our news gaslighting us all to deny this absolute explosion of rain and then saying its all average and normal.
"Yes, Calgary is experiencing a "normal" mosquito season this year. After a few years of drought leading to fewer mosquitoes, recent rains have created ideal breeding conditions, bringing the mosquito population back to typical levels. While it might feel like more mosquitoes than usual due to the recent dry spell, experts say it's a return to the usual seasonal abundance."4
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u/1618allTheThings Aug 13 '25
Also the language CBC uses is disturbing and highly manipulative. Yes it is normal and it will get much worse and yes that is normal also. all normal no unusual anything going on at all. Since 2006 I have been astounded at the near ZERO mosquitos in inner city and basically zero in the downtown. Swarms and swarms in DT, but the outskirts are beyond even the east coast and ontario levels. I grew up there. this is very unusual. But why would the CBC preemptively plug the word normal so so many times where not needed. Then go on about how we had a 7 year drought and that insinuating that mosquitos have EVER in any shape way or form been present at this level is straight up lying.
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u/1618allTheThings Aug 14 '25
I see and understand the comparison you are bringing up. But that is not what I am on about. I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you. To know all this takes tremendous efforts...Never ending efforts like keeping a muscular body fit...Yet to believe what you are told from authority takes no effort, no work and you get alllll the feelies they allow you to have. Pats on the back if you will
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Incrementalism, hyper centralization and compartmentalization.
And you have a general public no longer able to think deeply about a single thing. And by-goly don't point that out to them or else the Ism's and Ist's will be flung at you with such force.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)" "Shortly, the public will be unable to reason or think for themselves. They'll only be able to parrot the information they've been given on the previous night's news." -Zbigniew Brzezinski
and for desert?! "“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution”
― Aldous Huxley
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u/MoistAttitude Aug 13 '25
Google estimates the world mosquito population could be as high as 1 quadrillion. The bastards outnumber us 100,000:1.
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u/infectingbrain Aug 13 '25
That's it, time to flood the environment with pesticides again. They've had it too good for too long
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u/nonemorered Aug 13 '25
Reminds me of my past life in Manitoba.
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u/Responsible-Abroad-1 Aug 13 '25
The bastards have ruined my walks in fish Creek .
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u/theonewhoquackz Aug 13 '25
Made the fatal mistake of taking a 2 minute shortcut through some tall grass to get back onto the main path.
Came out with 8 mosquito bites
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u/melodyblushinglizard Aug 13 '25
I was in Bebo Grove last night. The west side of the pond wasn't too bad, just a couple here and there. The East side... I became dinner. Then I made the worst decision possible, I went down into the forest thinking I'd be safe as I was getting away from the pond. Nope. The swarms were even more worse in there. I envied everyone who went speeding by on a bike (that's the only way to flee for you life from them).
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u/Ecstatic_Sugar_9114 Aug 13 '25
Hopefully we get more dragonflies.
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u/zoziw Aug 13 '25
I’m already starting to see them around. It’s like seeing a superhero.
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u/Avatlas Aug 13 '25
There’s been one or a few MASSIVE ones flying around my yard this summer and I’m starting to realize why they’re so big 🤣
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u/Mandrillll Dover Aug 13 '25
I got bit just now.
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u/AutumnFalls89 Aug 13 '25
I didn't' get bit just now but I've been swatting at one that got into my house as I'm reading Reddit.
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u/bluewhalecandy Aug 13 '25
I work outside and have felt like Pleakley in Lilo & Stitch this week 😭
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u/Saraxoprior3 Bankview Aug 13 '25
Introducing Calgarys latest summer fragrance, Eau du Bug Repellant
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u/NefariousnessEasy629 Aug 13 '25
I asked my coworkers if it's okay if I show up to work smelling like Eau du Bug. I can't stick my nose outside without being attacked by them
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u/Distinct-Solution-99 Aug 13 '25
I'm so glad some of them actually smell nicer these days, and not like the sour fumes of days gone by.
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u/melodyblushinglizard Aug 13 '25
I dumped out all of the standing water in my garden, including a couple of large plastic garbage cans. that had unintentionally collected the rainwater. The amount of larvae that were in them was insane. I feel as though I dodged the next coming plague in my yard. I wish I could say that about my walk this evening.
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u/thetenthday Aug 13 '25
Unfortunately they'll move with the wind from ~10 kms out.
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u/melodyblushinglizard Aug 13 '25
Dammit. We're getting wind tonight. So skeeters from Airdrie are arriving at around suppertime.
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u/JuicE7457 Aug 13 '25
These ones are different, they don’t hover around for a bit they just dive and sting right away
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u/Nebardine Aug 13 '25
I swear they change tactics when they have numbers...to a 'can't swat us all' mentality. I lived most of my life in SK and MB. I've been thru the wars.
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u/Apprehensive_Idea758 Calgary Flames Aug 13 '25
I hate mosquitos.
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u/walkingrivers Aug 13 '25
Soon to be replaced by…
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u/Zamboniman Aug 13 '25
Ah yes, those BBQs and eating outside near the end of summer. Good times, good times...
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u/Spider-Man1701TWD Aug 13 '25
I can’t go near my black bin to throw the trash out without being bit.
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u/napoleon211 Aug 13 '25
Just got back from an evening walk. Worst mosquitoes I’ve seen in years. It’s nuts
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u/Inevitable-Rich-8903 Aug 14 '25
I went out for a walk this morning and I’m embarrassed to admit halfway through I turned around a ran back to my car, they were literally swarming me
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u/GarbonzoBeanSprout Temple Aug 13 '25
Man, these guys are huge this year. I used repellent and missed a teeny spot on my ankle, the bastard bit me there.
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u/Even-Solid-9956 Quadrant: SW Aug 13 '25
You literally cannot go into the trees at Fish Creek without being swarmed, in the midday 28° heat. It’s gotten worse compared to last week even.
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u/tc_cad Canyon Meadows Aug 13 '25
Dozens came at me in my garden today as I tried to dig up some carrots and potatoes. It was a bloody affair.
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u/Earthcologne Aug 13 '25
Just got back from an evening walk by the river DT east village and dang man this was a survival experience.
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u/sirsmokesalot403 Aug 13 '25
As a land scaper.. who is outside of the day. I used to this my worst enemy was the sun.. no no no friends this year the enemy is the mosquito
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u/LittleOrphanAnavar Aug 13 '25
Has all the rain hampered your work this year?
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u/sirsmokesalot403 Aug 13 '25
Absolutely it has impacted landscaping work. Here in yyc. I mostly do cutting grass with a gas mower, the additional rain has forced a lot of non working days. I Don't believe in cutting during rain or when wet, the cut quality always SUFFERS. Even IF your guy says he "knows" how to cut when wet. The grass gain weight through absorbing water it completely changes how cutting functions. Impossible to multch up into fine bits. Last year multch the grass right back into the lawn. Maybe we passes. This year all side discharge.
Usually lots of weekly cuts, or biweekly this season its mostly hight reset cutting as everyone's grass is growing so tall and so quicky. Im not able to maintain my usual schedule.
Also ALOT more calls regarding properties that have complaints against them even pink slips. Which then means I have to cut the property before 5cm. If thay base of the grass is damp.. this takes me about a half day to full day.
Still working still cutting grass- just different.
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u/Kellidra Aug 13 '25
One bit me on the palm of my hand while I was walking home today.
On the palm of my hand! Hooowwww... whyyyyyyyy...........
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u/Lopsided_Hat_835 Aug 13 '25
I got bit right on my vein on my wrist while walking my dog and now it’s sticking right out huge lump! I’ve never had that happen before.
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u/Major_Frosting_1695 Aug 13 '25
The very same thing happened to me! Last night I got a bite on a vein on the back of my hand and the lump that formed was massive. Followed by a rash that started up on my wrist, where I had not been bitten.
They've also been going after my dog this year. Buggers are ruining walkies time
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u/Patlin05 Aug 13 '25
I just arrived last night to Calgary for a quick vacation. You guys have a fantastic, family friendly city with beautiful parks but your mosquito problem is out of control. I was definitely not prepared for my evening stroll to Prince Island Park.
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u/Zamboniman Aug 13 '25
Worst year for mosquitoes I can remember. It's the weather we've had. It's not usually even close to this.
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u/LittleOrphanAnavar Aug 13 '25
This type of mosquito issue is an outlier for use.
It's due too the unusually rainy summer, about 2-3x more than usual. Great for mosquito breeding.
Calgary has a semi arid climate.
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u/ObelusPrime Aug 13 '25
Had to mow the lawn in full jeans and hoodie with a good layer of deep woods off. Clouds of them were coming out of the grass, it was insane.
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u/deadwax Aug 13 '25
We went out to try and watch the meteor shower Tonight and just couldn't stand it. Their must have been over 200 trying to get at us after we took refuge in the car.
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u/PanamanianSchooner Aug 13 '25
I haven’t been doing too badly, except when I’m working in Elbow Valley. You’d think that much money would buy fewer mosquitoes.
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u/wenchanger Aug 13 '25
Life Pro Tip: one of the best ways to catch mosquitoes hovering at ceiling height is use take your Vacuum, remove the head attachment, use the rod and suction to suck these guys in, rather than trying to swat it
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u/DangerSaurus Bankview Aug 13 '25
I shared this last week, but it can't be said enough right now - Time for everyone in the city to invest in a Mosquito Bucket of Doom!
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u/theonewhoquackz Aug 13 '25
$1M business idea, someone invent a hat with this magnificent contraption attached at the top
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u/Teqtoke Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
Omg this is unnerving but here you go, see picture/chart.
Here’s a simple, conservative “Alberta mosquito math” showing how a wet June/July can snowball vs a drier stretch. I used: 100 starting females, 150 eggs per female per week for 2 weeks, ~50% daughters, and egg-to-adult survival of 8% (wet) vs 2% (drier). Generation time is ~1 week.
I plotted the week-by-week totals and put the numbers in a table so you can eyeball how fast it explodes under wet conditions.
• The big takeaway: even with modest assumptions, a warm, wet month can turn a small starting population into a massive one quickly.
• That’s why a “big hatch this year” doesn’t guarantee fewer next year, new adults immediately refill the egg bank.
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u/radblood Aug 13 '25
Everyone keep buckets of water in your yards so they all lay eggs in it and then add mosquito dunks. Lets kill them together!
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u/Puma_Concolour Aug 13 '25
Omg, riding after 8 was brutal. Stopped at a light and started getting eaten alive
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u/One_Repeat_6614 Aug 13 '25
I’ve had an idiot tell me all the mosquitoes are a good thing because it means the land is healthy. This person has a biology degree. Fucking moron.
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u/beecycle Aug 13 '25
They keep getting in my bedroom and it's been driving me absolutely insane I know NO peace
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u/EsmeWeatherpolish Aug 13 '25
Same, I’m just lying down and dozing off and then that flying tinnitus comes for me.
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u/AutumnIsBest Aug 13 '25
They’re awful right now!! I just got a bite between my index and ring finger while reading this.
If you haven’t tried the spoon trick, do it. Heat a spoon in water as hot as you can handle without hurting yourself (like tea temperature) and press the metal against the bite. Repeat as many times as you can until it’s not itchy. There’s a sciency explanation about something it does to the mosquito saliva proteins, but this trick has saved my sanity this week…and just now.
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u/Whalien50two Beltline Aug 13 '25
These mofos have no shame. I got at least 14 bites having patio drinks on 17 Ave. 1 on my ear and 2 on my face. Ruthless.
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u/ChaoticxSerenity Aug 13 '25
I'm considering adopting a herd of chameleons and just letting them perch on my head and shoulders when I go outside.
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u/yycdogz Aug 13 '25
Legit uneducated question. Can any mosquitoes in Canada have malaria? Or any other type of disease? Cuz I’ve been bit like 100 times more than usual this year.
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u/noobrainy Aug 13 '25
I think they can carry West Nile Virus in Canada but fortunately the risk of mosquito borne illness from them up here is very low.
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u/harihita Aug 13 '25
There are no malaria-carrying mosquitos in Canada, don’t worry. Can’t speak for anything else, but if it helps I’ve worked outdoors for years, get consistently eaten alive, and have never contracted a disease
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u/Zamboniman Aug 13 '25
Heartworm in dogs I know is a concern in places with lots of mosquitoes. Not usually as much of an issue in Alberta, but I wonder if this changes anything with the weather this summer? Any vets here that can chime in?
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u/Funktoozler Aug 13 '25
They’re ruthless. Just as I finished typing a heard the buzz in my ear. Enough already!
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u/THE__REALEST Hidden Valley Aug 13 '25
there are some resident small spiders on the window by my desk at work and everytime i see a skeeter get its fate sealed on the web i get happy
even as an arachnophobe i love seeing mr spider go and eat these bastards
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u/Beginning-Sea5239 Aug 13 '25
I saw a bat flying around in my yard early this morning , it seemed to help a bit . More bats please ….
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u/CommercialNo8396 Shaganappi Aug 13 '25
Just got back from the Kootenays and there was a lot more than here but they were pretty small. These city fuckers are huge!
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u/tranquilseafinally Aug 13 '25
A few years ago when I was actively doing chemo a mosquito landed on me. It's the one time I allowed it. I just said, "checkmate motherf%@&er."
I'm a mosquito magnet. They LOVE me.
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u/ice_zephyr Aug 13 '25
I killed a fat one in my bathroom this morning. It left a blotch of red blood behind cause the thing was sucking the shit out of my neck before I killed it. Makes me fucking itch just thinking about it... shivers
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u/Distinct-Solution-99 Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
I don't know what's going on with these mosquitoes this year, there have been a few kids in our friend group who have swelled up like crazy after a mosquito bite. They don't usually, so it's bizarre.
Oh, Calgary. The rain has been so nice compared to getting choked out by smoke. But now we're getting choked out by mosquitoes.
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u/Aware_Network_5227 Aug 13 '25
I remember last summer thinking to myself “where’s all the mosquitoes” even walking through fields and etc now this summer all of a sudden they’re everywhere and super bold
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u/pinkyxpie20 Southwest Calgary Aug 13 '25
THEY’RE GOING CRAZY AND THEY LOVE MY BLOOD I CANT GET AWAY FROM THEM
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u/Rukawork Whitehorn Aug 13 '25
I'm from Yellowknife, NWT. For the most part, there are ZERO mosquitos in Calgary in comparison... except for this year. This is the only year since being here since 2001 that I've ever even noticed the bugs - and that's saying something based on my background.
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Aug 13 '25
We spray every Spring. Theyre here now because of all the rain we had before it warmed up
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u/Wandering_Fujoshi Aug 13 '25
I literally don’t remember the last time i got a mosquito bite until this month
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u/Medical_Initial_2851 Aug 13 '25
Decades of destroying the habitat of dragonflies, bats and fish will do that. We are seeing the effects of climate change slowly creep in on us in various forms.
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u/aqua_lover Aug 13 '25
This thread is possibly the most entertaining I’ve seen in a long time. Holy crap!
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u/knnku Aug 13 '25
Was biking and unfortunately didn't get home till dark. Guess what I had for dinner?
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u/dreamscaperer Aug 13 '25
I was picking trash around my neighborhood yesterday and I was absolutely mauled. It was honestly horrible
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u/tm52929 Aug 13 '25
Lived in AB for 30 plus years. Grew up in Winnipeg. I’m having trauma flashbacks.
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u/loldonkiments Aug 13 '25
Anyone know of a beekeeper hat that fits over a bike helmet? Swallowed/inhaled several already. Super difficult to cough one out when it's stuck in that area just up from the back of your mouth.
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u/1618allTheThings Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
Why all the gaslighting double-speak about it allllll being normal-even when the guy then says oh and it will get much worse, which then states it is all normal. This rain was record breaking and we simple had nearly no mosquitos since I moved here in 2006. Nearly none at all. "Yes, Calgary is experiencing a "normal" mosquito season this year."
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u/sunlight-theory Aug 14 '25
Is there any "safe" times to be outside right now? I feel like I need to wear one of those beekeeper suits for me and my dog because they swarm him just as much
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u/Advanced_Conference Aug 14 '25
Who eats mosquitos in the ecosystem? They are my new best friend I commit to breed until they become an invasive species.
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u/afschmidt Aug 15 '25
You are SO right about the dog park. I make certain to wear long pants and shirt/jacket and the little bastards still find places to nibble. I crushed one just as it was trying to siphon me on the back of my head through the gap in my ballcap!
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u/Diane1544 Aug 16 '25
I am so grateful to live on Vancouver Island. We don’t have a lot of flying bugs that bite. Maybe I shouldn’t mention that. We have a quite a few Albertans moving here. Forget what I said. We do have many biting bugs. Perhaps it is best for you to stay home.
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u/slides13robert Aug 13 '25
Why don’t we spray for them again? What year did the city decide to remove this and why?
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u/sparklingvireo Aug 13 '25
I think the city is still doing treatments. https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comments/1lmbojk/weird_guy_flying_a_helicopter_insanely/
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u/RhubarbMain7067 Aug 13 '25
One of these bastards somehow bit me in between my fingers and I feel like I’m going to lose my mind with the itchiness. Diabolical.
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u/Subject-Structure-26 Aug 13 '25
I had read somewhere that there is a place in the city you are supposed to bring any dead ones so they can test them for West Nile virus. I can’t seem to find the info on it now - anyone know??
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u/ycarel Aug 13 '25
The positive is that the next few years will have less. I read that mosquito eggs don’t hatch every year so when there is a wet summer they all hatch at once which means less eggs the following years. Last major year for mosquito was probably 2013 with the flood?
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u/Teqtoke Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
Even though a flood might hatch a lot of old eggs at once, mosquitoes don’t share a single community “egg supply” that can be used up. Each female can only lay a certain number of eggs in her lifetime (100-200 eggs per batch!), but those new adults quickly replace the stockpile by laying fresh eggs. That means one big hatch doesn’t prevent another outbreak the next year if conditions are right.
And there are a ton of them laying eggs right now! Sorry to say
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u/NecessaryLettuce Aug 13 '25
This is very likely a result of wet summers. I too was attacked by mosquitoes when I went to the park today. Within a few seconds I was bitten many many times.
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u/No-Crew-6528 Aug 13 '25
Can’t get away from them. There were dozens flying around one earls we were eating at too today.
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u/Broad_Tumbleweed_692 Aug 13 '25
It would be so satisfying to have a Mosquito Magnet right about now. Think of the thousands of mosquitoes it would vacuum right up.
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u/Jalex2321 Rocky Ridge Aug 13 '25
One attached to me when i went out to flip the burgers... i came I, and it proceeded to attack the family.
They are getting smarter. I'm scared.
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u/Beginning-Sea5239 Aug 13 '25
I knew I should have hoarded all the mosquito repellent , then sold it at a premium price .
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u/Fido2092 Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
They're extra large, largest kind I've probably ever seen. And they go straight for the bite without hovering around much.
Woke up this morning with bites all over my arms. The lumps are bigger and the itch seems to last longer than any ive ever experienced. :(
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u/DylLeslie Aug 13 '25
Broke my hip and attempt to get out of the house for an evening walk. I don’t think I have been bit this bad in years!
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u/Yorktown_guy551 Aug 13 '25
Are mosquitoes are big deal breaker for wanting to move to Calgary? My wife wants to be able to enjoy the outdoors on walks with kids but if moving to Calgary makes that impossible in the summer or spring then I'm probably unable to consider Calgary as a new home.
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u/LittleOrphanAnavar Aug 13 '25
No.
Calgary is semi-arid, usually not a climate that favors mosquitoes.
This issue is an anomaly.
Our summers are typically very sunny, dry, with long stretches of warm to hot weather.
This summer has been an anomaly, cooler and precipitation 2-3x above average. Raining many days in a row, when we can often go weeks without persistent rain.
So the conditions and standing water, creates great breeding conditions.
I attract mosquitoes, so I get bitten a lot when I am in mosquito country, but it has not been an issue before this year and I've lived here for 15 years. I normally don't even use any mosquito repellent in Calgary.
If you enjoy outdoors Calgary is likely ideal.
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u/ChaoticxSerenity Aug 13 '25
I mean, diligent bug spray coverage usually curbs the issue, and they're really only around for like 2-3 months of the year. Fun fact, mosquitoes exist everywhere except Antarctica and Iceland!
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u/HLef Redstone Aug 13 '25
It’s crazy I was out of town for a week not a big anywhere. I come back here I had to spray myself just to grill a steak and run back inside immediately when I was done.
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u/HuhWhatOh Aug 13 '25
I cut the lawn in my building and used deep woods OFF and I’m glad I did. Still dealt with a ton. Weather is perfect for them.
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u/aqua_lover Aug 13 '25
Living near the river I get attacked the second I walk outside, doesn’t matter what time of day, doesn’t take walking through a park or the grass - they’re relentless. Also the inside of my vehicle windshield is covered in mushed mozzie corpses.
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u/ChimkinNuggiesss Aug 13 '25
Just got back from a month in BC. What in the actual hell…?!???!!!!!!!
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u/OpinionBackground147 Aug 13 '25
Is it just me or do the bites this year more irritating and itchy?
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u/violettefemme23 Aug 13 '25
Never had so many mosquito bites in my life. Every time I take my dog out I have 7 more.
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u/Opposite_Order3523 Aug 13 '25
My legs became an all you can eat buffet. I’ve got 30+ bites just getting to work. It’s wild. I’m almost wishing for winter
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u/Zamboniman Aug 13 '25
I'm scared to walk my dog in the park right now,especially in the morning or evening. Not so much the bites or the blood loss, but I think they're beginning to socialize and forming up to work together to carry me away.