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Bug Off

Will yelling and jumping up and down and gesticulating keep mosquitoes away?

Studies show that on the contrary, yelling and jumping up and down and gesticulating just make mosquitoes chuckle. Their chuckle, of course, sounds like our whine.

Do mosquitoes sleep?

Not like we do. But they rest.

Is that a good time to sneak up on them?

There is no such time.

Are mosquitoes bothered half to death by anything?

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