When’s the last time you actually managed to squash a mosquito that was sampling your hemoglobin? Usually, when you take a full-handed swat at a mosquito, the mosquito is long gone by the time your hand connects with your skin, and all you can say is “ouch” because you just smacked yourself silly for no good reason. They say that the breeze in front of your moving hand pushes the feather-weight mosquito aside. Whatever the reason, swatting mosquitoes is generally a bust.
Relief is on the way! Here’s how to swat a sucky mosquito (it has to have its snout inserted into your skin) with nearly 100% success rate.
Setting the Scene:
Mosquito circles in and lands on your hand. You give it a couple of seconds to dig in and get distracted, then you move your other hand toward it with your index finger upraised.
Action:
When your hand is right next to the mosquito, FWAP! You bring just your index finger right down on it. The mosquito never sees it coming. Furthermore, it didn’t get a chance to spit the itchy stuff into the hole it poked into you. It’s not going to bother you ever again.
Why this technique works:
Apparently, the mosquito doesn’t think your hand is approaching at a dangerous speed, and its head is positioned below its body, siphoning up your blood — it can’t see the FWAP coming from directly overhead. And one finger doesn’t make much breeze.
Try it! What’s not to like?
What I want to know is, how long did it take for you to get the skeeter to land right there where it photographed so nicely and was so very accessible? Or did you find a dead one and use it in the picture? Hmmmm? And who took the photograph, with you having both your hands rather occupied at the time — was the camera resting on your shoulder? Inquiring minds want to know!
ummm….a little bit of majik???