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Mosquito dilemma.

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Created by slammin > 9 months ago, 22 Mar 2013
slammin
QLD, 998 posts
22 Mar 2013 5:54PM
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Ok, I've searched and I've asked around and it seems that no one can answer a seemingly easy question.

So you're sitting there and you feel the old annoying pesky little ****** bite you so you give her a good slap while she still has her proboscis stuck in your flesh. You kill her and squash her into now an unresembled grey smear on your arm/leg whatever. Well my question is, what happens to the proboscis embedded in your flesh when you slapped her? When you're bitten there are the mandibles in your flesh, the hypodermic that's injecting you with saliva and the proboscis is in you. That's lots of miniscule bits of mozzie in you! Are the mouth pieces ripped off and are now in your arm? Are the bits pulled out with the body? What goes on?

theDoctor
NSW, 5786 posts
22 Mar 2013 7:01PM
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steer clear of teleportors until you find out

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
22 Mar 2013 7:33PM
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Not sure but I guess our skin is fairly tough and is used to dealing with these sorts of situations. Its a natural reaction to kill a mosquito and its quite satisfying too.

Some people suffer from skin rashes or other reactions to mosquito bites. Others don't.

Dazza65
QLD, 389 posts
22 Mar 2013 7:20PM
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We get a heap of mozzies where we live on the GC but they never seem to bite me. My wife on the other hand gets eaten alive and was recently diagnosed with Ross River which is truly f***ed. Now on a mission to kill all the buggers!

slammin
QLD, 998 posts
22 Mar 2013 7:55PM
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Dazza65 said...
We get a heap of mozzies where we live on the GC but they never seem to bite me. My wife on the other hand gets eaten alive and was recently diagnosed with Ross River which is truly f***ed. Now on a mission to kill all the buggers!


I slept in my car at Ross River Dam once and got hammered which is unusual because I don't normally, anyway I didn't get the dreaded Ross R Fever thank god. From what I understand there is nothing she can do but ride it out?

But as far as the mouth parts left in your skin when squashed I'm not freaking out but it does make me wonder?????

FormulaNova
WA, 15106 posts
22 Mar 2013 6:46PM
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Probably treated exactly the same as if you had a splinter. The body surrounds it in 'stuff' and tries to eject it. (Notice my highly technical medical description!).

If humans couldn't survive this, we wouldn't have made it this far.

I do agree with the Doctor though, don't go near a teleporter until you are clean. You might have seen what happened to Jeff Goldblum.

TheWolf
SA, 247 posts
22 Mar 2013 9:20PM
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slammin said...

Ok, I've searched and I've asked around and it seems that no one can answer a seemingly easy question.

So you're sitting there and you feel the old annoying pesky little ****** bite you so you give her a good slap while she still has her proboscis stuck in your flesh. You kill her and squash her into now an unresembled grey smear on your arm/leg whatever. Well my question is, what happens to the proboscis embedded in your flesh when you slapped her? When you're bitten there are the mandibles in your flesh, the hypodermic that's injecting you with saliva and the proboscis is in you. That's lots of miniscule bits of mozzie in you! Are the mouth pieces ripped off and are now in your arm? Are the bits pulled out with the body? What goes on?



The Epidermis grows outwards. Lower layers are pushed outwards and outer layers are shed. As this happens it "pulls" the proboscis out. That is if it was to actually be stuck. Most of the tension on the mandible that locks it into the skin is muscular. Once the mosquito is dead they lose tension and can fall out quite easily.

sn
WA, 2775 posts
22 Mar 2013 7:05PM
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slammin said... From what I understand there is nothing she can do but ride it out?


An old boss of mine had Ross River pretty bad, he could hardly move- until he tangled himself in an electric fence on his farm, I was surprised the fence didnt kill him.(Old Walter was in his late 80's at the time)

Feeling like absolute c##p he went and had a nana-nap, woke up something like 6 hours later- ross river free.

Not saying you should poke your missus with a cattle prod
but you never know, it might be both helpful and entertaining

if you give it a try- film it so we can see the results!

stephen

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
22 Mar 2013 9:35PM
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^^ That's what I love about seabreeze. There's always someone ready to share some helpful advice!

Scotty88
4214 posts
22 Mar 2013 8:19PM
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Just don't live near Ross River ffs.
It's not that hard.

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
22 Mar 2013 10:55PM
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So there's 6 parts. 2 of them split on your skin surface, 2 teeth/semicircular needles go in and bore the hole through the skin, then 2 tubes go in the hole, one for sucking and one for excreting anticoagulant to keep the blood flowing. Nice.


slammin
QLD, 998 posts
22 Mar 2013 11:01PM
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kiteboy dave said...
So there's 6 parts. 2 of them split on your skin surface, 2 teeth/semicircular needles go in and bore the hole through the skin, then 2 tubes go in the hole, one for sucking and one for excreting anticoagulant to keep the blood flowing. Nice.






NICE but Yeah, yeah been there done that!

BUT what's left behind after the slappo!

kk
WA, 953 posts
22 Mar 2013 9:35PM
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Might be because I've had a few beers tonight.

But that ^^^^ reminds me of sex ed at skool

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
22 Mar 2013 11:51PM
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Scotty88 said...
Just don't live near Ross River ffs.
It's not that hard.


Good thing when I kite there it's too windy for mozzies.....

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
23 Mar 2013 12:59AM
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Scotty88 said...
Just don't live near Ross River ffs.
It's not that hard.


You dont need to be near Ross River
I caught it camping at Old Bar. Thought I was going to die, didnt know what I had.
Soon as the local Doc saw me all flucked up, he said "you have Ross River"
Apparently there was a lot of it going around in the area at the time.
Its not much fun.

cisco
QLD, 12365 posts
23 Mar 2013 12:17AM
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slammin said...
What goes on?


The mossie is dead and you are alive. Poor mossie.

Mark _australia
WA, 23704 posts
22 Mar 2013 10:18PM
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cisco said...
slammin said...
What goes on?


The mossie is dead and you are alive. Poor mossie.




And with some people we wish it were the other way around.

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
23 Mar 2013 9:49AM
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Good to see the mods are on the ball and deleted the dirty sleazy posts.
Kids read these forums too.

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
23 Mar 2013 3:36PM
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slammin said...
Well my question is, what happens to the proboscis embedded in your flesh when you slapped her? When you're bitten there are the mandibles in your flesh, the hypodermic that's injecting you with saliva and the proboscis is in you.


I've still got one stuck in me from when I was a kid. It's what gives me my super powers.

Beaglebuddy
1595 posts
23 Mar 2013 6:14PM
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I often wonder why AIDS blood in a mosquito isn't transmittable.

fingerbone
NSW, 921 posts
23 Mar 2013 11:20PM
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I am a bit surprised you haven't been strung up on here for killing a mozzie.

What no one gonna say...its their world too,they have a right to bite us,we shouldn't be in their territory, its your own fault if you get bitten,they were here first....blah bla bla.....or is that rule only for sharks?

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
23 Mar 2013 11:26PM
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fingerbone said...
I am a bit surprised you haven't been strung up on here for killing a mozzie.

What no one gonna say...its their world too,they have a right to bite us,we shouldn't be in their territory, its your own fault if you get bitten,they were here first....blah bla bla.....or is that rule only for sharks?


Clownfeatures
SA, 205 posts
24 Mar 2013 10:00AM
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