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  • Have you ever thought about mosquite spraying and lawncare pesticides the most blatant and prolific forms of drug abuse, legalized, forced drug abuse, forced on those who know the dangers by idiot neighbors?

    Toxic America: The Great Adult Mosquito Spraying Scam, And More! 2007

  • We started again about 3 P.M., and soon emerged from the mosquite bushes into an open prairie eight miles long, quite desolate, and producing nothing but a sort of rush; after which we entered a chaparal, or thick covert of mosquite trees and high prickly pears.

    Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

  • After feeding our mules upon the Indian corn we had brought with us, and drinking a little more salt-water coffee, the Judge "hitched in," and we got under way at 5.30 A.M. The country just the same as yesterday -- a dead level of sand, mosquite trees, and prickly pears.

    Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

  • The road is a natural one -- the country quite flat, and much covered with mosquite trees, very like pepper trees.

    Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

  • He had been slightly buried, but his head and arms were above the ground, his arms tied together, the rope still round his neck, but part of it still dangling from quite a small mosquite tree.

    Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

  • He had been slightly buried, but his head and arms were above the ground, his arms tied together, the rope still round his neck, but part of it still dangling from a small mosquite tree.

    Tupelo John Hill 1862

  • The health department issued the following precautions to avoid mosquite bites:

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • State health officials recommend that people avoid being outsdoors during peak mosquite biting hours from dusk to dawn; wear long sleeves, pants, and socks when outdoors; and apply insect repellent.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

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