Mosquitapocalypse

"In spite of autumn it's still hellish. Testmonies (for subscribers) in this morning' s Sud-Ouest."

It's true, too. One little horror last Friday got me right on the elbow where the movement of your arm drives their nasty enzymes into the surrounding tissues. My arm became inflamed over an radius of about 9" and made everyone who saw me wince.

Applications of ibuprofen gel and antihistamine cream have driven the inflammation down but my arm is still sore and a little swollen.

But that's nothing really. In the photo is the tiger mosquito, which has recently moved into our area. It spreads dengue fever, chikungunya and zika.

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