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[Refueler]

Don't be too sure - the biggest mosquitoes I've ever seen were in Svalbard - and they could bite through a shirt! Admittedly in summer, but average temperatures were about 5°C

I don't know if Govt plans to shut it down actually went through some years ago - but on Hayling Island - there was a Mosquito Laboratory that oversaw Mosquito Control in many areas of the world ...
Patches of hayling Island were well known for Mossies ...

Mossies are not just a warm weather area bug ... we have them at bottom of my garden because of the river ... not serious .. a few smoke / lamps sorts them ... but a piece of land I used to have a little way up the coast was infested with them and I had to sell off .. it was impossible.

 

[Refueler]

I do not understand why people are reluctant to just add a Tuber heater or two ... they burn very little energy ... they help to control damp ... if really needed you can put a timer on them - or a thermostatic switch ...

I have an 80W Bathroom Towel Rail in my engine bay ... protecting the 6cyl Volvo Penta lump ... even when outside temps dip to -20C or lower ... the engine box temp stays above 4 or 5C ... and that's ashore

 

[billskip]

but a piece of land I used to have a little way up the coast was infested with them and I had to sell

I remember looking at a piece of land for sale by a lake in Sweden like that, I really could not believe the swarms of mosquitoes.

 

[Refueler]

If it had not been for my accident and making it painful to drive ... I was going to put a couple of 40W tube heaters in my 38ft'r on timers so yard didn't see too much energy increase ...
They will go in maybe next week when bruising is reduced.

 

[Refueler]

I remember looking at a piece of land for sale by a lake in Sweden like that, I really could not believe the swarms of mosquitoes.

The Mayor had a project to develop the land around mine as Prestige Residential ... I was lucky that I managed to sell my land in that area while the project was public knowledge and before it all fell through due to the Mossies and general land condition.
20yrs later - people are still trying to sell theirs !!

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I don't know if Govt plans to shut it down actually went through some years ago - but on Hayling Island - there was a Mosquito Laboratory that oversaw Mosquito Control in many areas of the world ...
Patches of hayling Island were well known for Mossies ...

Mossies are not just a warm weather area bug ... we have them at bottom of my garden because of the river ... not serious .. a few smoke / lamps sorts them ... but a piece of land I used to have a little way up the coast was infested with them and I had to sell off .. it was impossible.

One thing that's odd is that people vary in their attraction to mosquitoes. I and another person were once practically eaten alive by them on the shore of Lake Erie, while other people were quite unbothered! The Svalbard ones fortunately didn't go far from the shore.

But you're quite right about them not merely being a hot climate thing. They were prevalent in the Fens until the land was drained, and the "marsh ague" was malaria!

 

[NormanS]

We winter ashore in a sheltered boatyard in the West of Scotland. At times it's a frost hollow. Yes to antifreeze through exhaust system. Yes to emptying as much of the fresh water plumbing as possible, although normally leave the 50 gall tanks three quarters full. A 120W tube heater down in the engine space, with a thermostat, and all has been fine. One winter in this yard, umpteen boats suffered damaged calorifiers. We were OK.
Re mossies: Some years ago, we were camping in Svalbard, and it was unseasonably windy. We were told that we were lucky, and that the wind saved us from the mosses. Presumably it's the same as the midges, which can only fly at 4mph, so if there's any wind, they're not a problem.