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From the lens Mosquito Protection Society.

  • GuyB May 6, 2010 @ 8:36 pm | delete
    It's about time somebody stood up for these lovely creatures. I used to fire my shotgun at them, but then I learned how they may not like that, so I stopped and now I run a shelter for mosquitoes and stink bugs. Love the lens and your sense of humor. 5*
  • crosscreations Feb 20, 2010 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    What a clever 5* and A+ page this is! The ONLY thing I don't like about summertime is those pesky mosquitos, and of course the only thing worse is their evil cousins - CHIGGERS!
  • Sylvestermouse Feb 20, 2010 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    This is totally hilarious! I am a frequent donor and often walk in the woods unprotected :) Angel Blessed and added to my Squid Angel Mouse Tracks lens!
  • Waxing-Lyrical Feb 20, 2010 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    An oldie, but goody: How do you know if you have a tough mosquito? You slap him and he slaps you back!

    Thanks for the laughs today :)
  • ChapelHillFiddler Nov 18, 2009 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    So clever! I laughed out loud here, all by myself! Featured in my new purple star lens.
  • MiaBellezza Oct 25, 2009 @ 11:47 pm | delete
    Not great on mosquito rescues as I tend to swat and ask questions later, however, I feel my nudist colony expeditions have provided sufficient sustenance for those blood lusty ones that got away!
  • 24websurf Oct 14, 2009 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Did you think I would forget? Not a chance! I'm here to remind you of the wonderful lensmaster that you are and to thank you for being my friend! Anyone who reads this comment should know this was the first lens I saw on Squidoo a year and half ago. I has always reminded what a great lens should be! I've always wanted to do this ~ BLESSINGS from a Squid Angel, dear friend! ~
  • mosquitolady Aug 31, 2009 @ 4:21 pm | in reply to skeeterhater | delete
    Of course they provide a benefit!! They actually pollinate plants and are quite beautiful if one takes the time to truly look at them. The larvae are a source of food for small fish and other aquatic life.
  • _Joan_ Aug 16, 2009 @ 2:17 am | delete
    Made my day!
  • skeeterhater Jul 3, 2009 @ 4:40 pm | delete
    very nice. But I do have one question that you could add to your site, do mosquitoes actually do anything for the world? as annoying as it is to step on a bee, and as much as a I usually hate them, they help the environment. but do mosquitoes?
  • hlkljgk Jun 23, 2009 @ 7:40 pm | delete
    well done. i would be happy if they stayed in your sanctuary. :)
  • Swisstoons Jun 20, 2009 @ 12:59 pm | delete
    Hi, Twilight! Thank you for making me a part of what I think might be the funniest lens I've come across to date. Yikes. Did I say, "grizzly" when I meant "grisly?" Thank you for the comment you left on my lens. I appreciate it. I am off now to explore more of your lenses. Best, Tom
  • Swisstoons Jun 20, 2009 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Not looking for a Citizen of the Year award, or anything. But last night as I was strolling around the block, I heard the muffled gasps of what I took to be a severely distressed mosquito. Sure enough, there on the sidewalk lay a helpless female struggling to breathe. She'd become disoriented after witnessing the grizzly demise of a close friend who'd perished in one of those god-awful electronic zappers. She'd subsequently flown into a lamppost and knocked herself silly. Long story short, I did what any civicminded citizen would do; I performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Soon, she was good as new. She promised she'd remember my act of kindness for the rest of her life...which I think is 24 hours for the average mosquito. I gave her a second chance at life, but she left me with something in return which many might consider even more valuable; she left me with a pair of lips to rival Angelina Jolie's. Which wouldn't be bad except that I'm a guy. Anyone got some ice...?
  • stargazer00 Jun 20, 2009 @ 10:49 am | delete
    Ummmm shudder. But congrats on the pretty purple star!
  • roamingrosie Jun 19, 2009 @ 11:29 am | delete
    It only takes a few drops to save a life - LOL! Then I've saved THOUSANDS of precious mosquito lives! :) I love the plush mosquitoes and the racket zapper! Great lens, really funny!
  • monarch13 Jun 19, 2009 @ 9:57 am | delete
    Congrats on your purple star! Save the Skeeters!
  • shajo Jun 18, 2009 @ 11:54 am | delete
    What a great sense of humor you have! This is one of the best lenses I've seen on Squidoo so far! Congrats on the purple star!
  • Heather426 Jun 18, 2009 @ 12:27 am | delete
    ROFL! love it! It looks great in the new theme too!
  • Tipi Jun 16, 2009 @ 9:12 am | in reply to Shelly | delete
    Shelly, I see why you emailed me this lens to look at....Cute!
    There is a humorous side to everything! I'm all for death to the pests that carry diseases and take human lives every year!

    Great lens, worth more star than I can give you!
    Susie
  • Shelly Jun 15, 2009 @ 10:57 pm | delete
    I tried to leave without being seen...isn't it enough that I'm hanging my head in shame? What do you people want from me anyway? It is with great heartfelt sadness that I must turn myself in the The Mosquito Protection Society for only this eveing I personallly ended the life of one of these fairy-like beings and deprived the world of her 100-300 little blessings. I may as well come clean and confess that only yesterday I destroyed prime habitat when I followed my usual schedule of changing the water in the bird ponds.......does it matter that I havn't yet purchases mosquito dunks to end the lives of larvae that may be starting there lives in the ditches around our property? Please, please, please--just look me in the eye and tell me I'm still probably a good person......please!
    I totally enjoyed this from start to finish! I Squidooed over from Chef Keem's funny Lensmasters lens. I love how you stayed in character throughout!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 20, 2009 @ 4:00 pm | delete
    Hi,
    My name is Elizabeth Jean Allen and I am the new group leader for the Nature and the Outdoors Group.
    Lizzy
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Apr 28, 2009 @ 8:29 am | delete
    FANTASTIC lens. I'll be glad to drop our mosquitos off if you'll forward your address...
    Great lens; blessed by an Angel.
  • a_willow Apr 15, 2009 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    Good you've got featured on Giant Spotlight blog! :) I've totally forgot about this hilarious lens! And it was one of lenses that really impressed me after joining Squidoo! Now, I can finally give it a deserved blessing! :)
  • USAmadeGirl Mar 30, 2009 @ 9:52 am | delete
    Way too funny!
  • Laniann Mar 8, 2009 @ 5:05 pm | delete
    I must admit that I have caused the violent death of many mosquitoes - I am not going to admit to millions. You have opened my eyes... I misunderstood their love for me. 5 Stars and I Favorite it.
  • foreverme Mar 8, 2009 @ 4:41 pm | delete
    Very tongue-in-cheek! For all you true mosquito lovers out there, if you want to donate your blood to them, don't take vitamin B. "They won't bite - they won't even light!" to quote a classic. Multi-B once a day keeps mosquitoes far away!
  • CatharinaE Feb 28, 2009 @ 1:20 am | delete
    This is hilarious, a different view on mosquitos, that's for sure. I actually felt guilty because I killed a few in my lifetime...lol
  • MCCALLTODD Jan 27, 2009 @ 2:40 pm | delete
    Mosquitos suck. This lens is very funny.
  • EditorDave Jan 1, 2009 @ 4:09 pm | delete
    Hi there! It's been a while, so I thought I'd bring you up to date. Here's an ALERT for mosquito lovers everywhere: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090101.wmosquito0101/BNStory/Science/home
    Just think... there are folks out there planning on INFECTING mosquitos with a virus. As if they don't carry enough with them already? Sheesh! Anyway, I'm fixing up my mosquito killer site (Geckos! sorry, but it's sort of a reptile thing I'm interested in!).
    Best regards,
    Dave (aka EditorDave)
  • owlperson Dec 22, 2008 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    This is hilarious! If you are successful with this, maybe you can turn your attention to New Hampshire's much-maligned black fly population!
  • jfield Nov 5, 2008 @ 6:51 am | delete
    This is one of the funniest things I've seen in awhile! Thanks for the laugh--great lens:-)
  • PattB Nov 1, 2008 @ 11:40 pm | delete
    Bravo, this is a real hoot! Thanks for exposing the plight of the mosquito! 5 stars and a favorite for u.
  • mildly annoyed Oct 23, 2008 @ 10:14 pm | delete
    skeeters love me despite my hatred of them..a funny page
  • chefkeem Oct 2, 2008 @ 3:31 pm | delete
    A hearty SquidAngel Blessing for this thigh-slapper par excellence!
  • 24websurf Sep 21, 2008 @ 8:04 pm | delete
    If I use the repellant plants, would I be able to talk them into taking donations from my neighbor instead? They would then serve a humorous purpose in my otherwise boring life :) Great lens! Thanks for the laugh and the great info!
  • awelldressedbullet Sep 17, 2008 @ 5:30 pm | delete
    TOOOO MUCH! I loved it! What a wonderful lens, I nearly pee'd my pants, but don't tell anyone ok? LOL In keeping with your theme, you will see how I treat our mosquitoes and black flies on Kathy's Pictures from Home - Kathy
  • Jakey Sep 16, 2008 @ 5:34 pm | delete
    i have a story. we went camping and there was this lady wearing this form of mosquito protection and there were a bunch of mosquitos around her. i felt bad for the little guys because im sure they were hungry to i ran over and ripped off the ladies hat. the lady started screaming so i dont think she was happy, but there were over a thousdand little guys, which to me, outweighs the ladys feelings. i felt proud of myself, especially since no1 else really seemed to.
  • leemlz Sep 15, 2008 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    I can't tell you how much I appreciate and applaud your efforts on behalf of our winged friends. I lost my pet mosquito Skeeter last year after a horrible accident when I sat on him.

    God bless you!
  • WritingforYourWealth Sep 14, 2008 @ 11:46 am | delete
    Funny ;) I "donated" blood liberally to the mosquitos at the beach this past week, heh.
  • clefty Sep 12, 2008 @ 3:56 pm | delete
    Loved this lens. You've got a great sense of humour :)
  • ariesmom Sep 8, 2008 @ 9:33 pm | delete
    I took a mosquito on a cruise once...but he was then lost at sea :( GREAT sense of humor..You Go Girl!! Thanks for the laugh today, 5 star all the way.
  • roysumit Sep 4, 2008 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    Loved your composing the lens so nicely. But still scratching my head,"how to love these poor fellows." My hands act pretty quick even before my brain signals about a mosquito trying to ping me. Some times they are shoooed away but most of the time they are stamped in my body with a big thrash. From now on, I'll try to mend my ways.
    A big Five star for such an innovative lens.
  • gmarlett Aug 28, 2008 @ 12:00 am | delete
    Welcome to the Squidoo All-Stars Group!
  • Squidster Aug 19, 2008 @ 7:25 am | delete
    This is one of the best examples of a lens I have seen that is both entertaining AND educational. I'm glad I finally got around to reading it - Thanks for making it!
  • opalship Aug 17, 2008 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    You have made a new friend here.
    I am working on a report now too, have a lot to add on the subject and only need to summarize my notes for a closely related assault against mosquito control programs.
    Please stay in touch!
    YOU GO GIRL, excellent!
    http://www.squidoo.com/MCD is where my second new lens is being worked on, any ideas are welcome, this lens is only about 10 minutes old though.
    However "Sanibel Air Traffic," now appears directly under the mosquito control director in Lee County, Fl when you Google her name. (Shelly Redovan) Lets give them a curve ball together, eh?
  • Bella21 Aug 11, 2008 @ 7:29 am | delete
    This was fun. Thank you! Five stars for you...
  • poddys Jul 30, 2008 @ 8:56 pm | delete
    Great and innovative lens. I lensrolled it to my Daily Joke Lensography and also as a featured lens there.
  • Roxy_Calamari Jul 29, 2008 @ 6:09 am | delete
    This was sooooooo funny! No wonder we aren't bothered by these pesky little bloodsuckers. We have several families of bats living in our chimneys. 5 stars to you!!!
  • a_willow Jul 26, 2008 @ 5:07 am | delete
    Love this lens! Going to my favorites just for writing style!
  • gmarlett Jul 10, 2008 @ 10:42 pm | delete
    enslavedbyfaeries,
    Superb lens - welcome to the parody and satire group, the correct path to spiritual enlightenment and true Karma! I am a proud blood donor.
    Thanks
  • cowgirlup1123 Jul 10, 2008 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    WOW!!! I love this lense. I love the fact that there are other people who love mosquitoes, but I am sad to say My friend is allergic to them.:-(

    5*****STARS
  • jeffshy Jul 9, 2008 @ 10:09 am | delete
    I confess, I have accidentally swatted thousands of innocent mosquitoes with my large collection of fly swatters, especially my favorite battery operated one that accidentally electrocutes them. Hopefully this lens will make me more careful in the future.
  • rms Jul 3, 2008 @ 7:25 am | delete
    This was a great choice for the Our Favorite Squidoo Lenses group! Thanks!
  • The_Homeopath Jul 2, 2008 @ 12:54 pm | delete
    A perfect lens and an excellent example of what all those aspiring to be giants like you should strive for!
  • EditorDave Jul 1, 2008 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    I understand completely how misunderstood skeeters are! I have the same problem with how folks misunderstand dihydrogen monoxide. Your skeeters oughta drop by my dihydrogen monoxide lens--I bet even they don't like dihydrogen monoxide pollution!
  • thrivingmom Jun 29, 2008 @ 2:52 pm | delete
    This lens is super creative and insanely entertaining! 5* all the way!
  • cjbart Jun 28, 2008 @ 5:06 am | delete
    Fantastic Lens that kept me smiling. Your list of Plants is most helpful. Thanks
  • alicesy Jun 26, 2008 @ 9:21 pm | delete
    Excellent Lens. I like the quality insight you have provided here about How to Rescue Injured Mosquitoes That Have Been Sprayed or Swatted. Keep up the good work.

    Please check out my Reverse Cell Phone Lookup and Unlisted Number Search Site.
  • Pamela2Heaven Jun 26, 2008 @ 10:00 am | delete
    What a great lens. I truly enjoyed reading the whole thing!
  • EditorDave Jun 25, 2008 @ 12:25 am | delete
    Bravo! Such a misunderstood critter! My lenses on Komodo Dragons, Ticks, Rattlesnakes, and Bats don't hold a candle to this one! Let's hear it for the Anopheles, Aedes, Culex, and other skeeter-types out there.

    Hey... do you what you get when you cross a mosquito with a mountain climber? Nothing. Everyone knows you can't cross a vector with a scaler.

    Sorry... couldn't resist. Drop on by my lenses and say "Hi!"
  • Einsteinium Jun 21, 2008 @ 3:20 am | delete
    Brilliant. You should make shirts with your society logo and sell them on CafePress.
  • beeobrien Jun 19, 2008 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    Such a worthy cause! I'm so sorry that MySpace doesn't share your compassion.
  • daoine Jun 18, 2008 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    LOL! This is a great lens! I'm usually the blood donor of any group, so I get a real kick out of it when someone else gets zapped by the mosquitoes and not me. For some reason* the New Zealand sand flies adored my husband and left me pretty much alone - for a change! Not so, the Aussie Mozzie. I'm enormously popular with them.(*Reason=Aeroguard)
  • Lady_Gotrocks Jun 18, 2008 @ 10:03 pm | delete
    I must be mosquito public enemy #1! My blood is toxic to mosquitoes! It kills them with in minutes.
    But they get me back I swell up and itch for days after a bite.
  • totalhealth Jun 17, 2008 @ 10:40 am | delete
    I honestly never thought that there's an organization helping the mosquitoes, but they are dangerous, carrying deadly diseases like malaria.
  • Heidi Jun 16, 2008 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    I am so heart broken over my friends lack of heart (MysteryMeanie) I had to promote your good doings & concerns. I put your link on my myspace page and hope the rest of this world follows your light. Keep up the good work! Poor little creatures! ..hehe www.myspace.com/heidipetrikat ;-)
  • MYSTERYMEANIE Jun 16, 2008 @ 1:58 pm | delete
    I HAVE MURDERED MILLIONS!! NOT ONLY MOSQUITOS BUT ROACHES, FLEES, TICKS AND FLIES. I WILL CONTINUE MY EVIL ENDEAVORS SO CATCH ME IF YOU CAN YOU GOOD DOERS !! GGGRRRRRRRRRROOOOWWLLL
  • The_Homeopath Jun 11, 2008 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    SAVE THE MOSQUITOES!! Seriously, though - we live in a rural area and don't have a huge problem with them (bigger things to worry about!) but if I hear one more "ZOMG WESTNILEISGOINGTOKILLUSALL" inflammatory news report - I'm going to scream. Woo Hoo, nothing like a little media-induced mass hysteria to drive up those repellant sales!
  • marsarmyninja Jun 11, 2008 @ 7:27 am | delete
    i love this lens hee halarious indeed
  • KonaGirl Jun 9, 2008 @ 8:56 pm | delete
    For me this is not only funny, but miserable. In Hawaii the little fairy critters never bothered me. Now that I am living in the mainland I have developed an allergy to mainland mosquitoes! I swell up like a toad in distress from every single bite and the pain last for weeks. DEET is my friend! And to think I hate chemicals! Only the heavy duty hunter, sock 'em fill of chemicals, will keep these tiny fairies from wrecking havoc on my, "none what-so-ever" immunity system!

    Mahalo for the spin that had me laughing and itching!

    Big Island of Hawaii
  • KimGiancaterino Jun 8, 2008 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    We regularly make blood donations to our mosquitoes, but the population is sparse. Our neighborhood is full of bats who feast on the little critters. Great lens!
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 8, 2008 @ 7:56 am | delete
    Very funny. If I slap a mosquito will I be arrested for murder? I think I'll roll this to my Purple Martins. They love mosquitos.
    Lizzy
  • Noadi Jun 7, 2008 @ 11:59 pm | delete
    Mwhahahaha!! I'm an evil mosquito hunter and proud of it!

    Great lens, had to give you 5 stars even though you like mosquitos.
  • chefkeem Jun 7, 2008 @ 6:44 am | delete
    I laughed so hard -
    I slapped my knee!
    Now he is dead -
    Unfortunately.

    Thanks to Evelyn, I found this hilarious masterpiece. I feature it in its own special module on my "Funniest Squidoo Lensmasters" lens. Brilliant! 5*s, fav'd, 5xLroll
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jun 7, 2008 @ 5:52 am | delete
    This lens is so funny that I am going to send a link to my friends. Something I have never done before. I can hardly wait to read more of your lenses. Keep up the great work and welcome to A Walk in the Woods.
  • bdkz Jun 5, 2008 @ 2:09 pm | delete
    Too Funny!
  • Susan52 Jun 5, 2008 @ 9:27 am | delete
    Disgusting snicker-snort and 5 stars for this very entertaining, educational lens!
  • Zapico Jun 4, 2008 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    Oh my, I had never seen something as funny as this! How come mosquitoes can be soo funny?
  • poddys Jun 4, 2008 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    Well I thought this lens would be funny - I was wrong - it's HILARIOUS. Great job - I had a laugh all the way... 5***** from a frequent donor...

    I still think the sound of a bug zapper in action of a muggy summers evening is very entertaining.
  • Piksychick Jun 4, 2008 @ 12:10 pm | delete
    This really had me laughing. You've done a really great job here. For some reason I'm an unwilling blood donor, that needs to change. Thanks for all the natural suggestions.
  • Cinetech Jun 4, 2008 @ 11:58 am | delete
    I loved it, it's very original! I'm out to donate...
  • ShannonC Jun 3, 2008 @ 4:02 pm | delete
    Lol...great lens!
  • SPF Jun 3, 2008 @ 3:26 pm | delete
    Sarcasm at it's best (I hope...). Cute lens with lots of great info presented in a cute way. Very unique. Welcome to Backyard Habitat group. Glad to have you. I am ashamed to admit, I've slaughtered mosquitoes by the thousands over my lifetime. Do you have a support group?
  • WhippetTalk Jun 3, 2008 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    LMAO! Hilarious!
  • Winter52 Jun 3, 2008 @ 11:41 am | delete
    lol... it took me a few seconds but I got it ;)
  • CherylK Jun 3, 2008 @ 10:27 am | delete
    This is HILARIOUS! And I can say that with some authority being a Minnesotan...you do know that the mosquito is our state bird, don't you?

    On the other hand, I wasn't aware of all the mosquito repellent foliage that you've listed and I'm going to plant every single one of them around our house - ha! A really unique and fun lens.
  • spirituality Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:57 am | delete
    You ARE joking, right?
  • mulberry Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:37 am | delete
    Really cute idea! I hate applying the sprays some some of the other alternatives here sound good.
  • triathlontraining Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:23 am | delete
    I tried to perform mouth to mouth on one, but I couldn't find it's mouth. :(

    Sadly, it didn't make it.

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