Definately not Illinois. I was out last night and have spent all day itching. Not Michigan either. Spend weekends there and Monday itching! I have 3 on my neck and two on my arm that are driving me nuts right now!

ah4sail, I'm in NYC so I was kidding a little but not completely. Even here, I get bitten at least a couple of times every summer. And during the blackout I slept with the non-screened windows open and I expected to wake to find the apartment filled with the critters but didn't find not a one. The amazing part is when we've gone out to Long Island on the weekends we can sit outside all night long and not be bitten at all. Not even my DH who is a mosquito magnet. With the unually wet spring and summer we've had, I would've thought it would be worse than ever. The only reason I can think of is that the last 2 summers, NYC was spraying alot because of West Nile. Maybe the overall mosquito population hasn't rebounded here because of that.

Definitely not Alaska in the summertime.

The smaller ones you can pick off with a rifle. The larger ones are like dive bombers.

I live in Arizona (Phoenix/Scottsdale) and felt the need to respond to other posters. If you are more succeptable (like me) to mosquito's than others, beware - they will find you! I've lived here for 8 years and was surprised when I first got here that I got bites at the golf course. The more the population grows here (and trust me, there are lots of pools and people who want green & water too!) the more the mosq population grows. I just read a local article saying this too (the average temerature is rising because of more concrete and water too). Believe it or not, I was outside just before dusk tonight for about 10 minutes, and I'm scratching at 2-3 buggers! But I admit is was MUCH worse in St. Louis during the summer...

Certainly NOT Atlanta. I went outside for no more than 10 minutes yesterday and both of my legs are lumpy, itchy messes. We stay inside during the warms months not because of the heat but because of mosquitos.

I think it very much depends on your proximity to water. As a kid we had a farm pond near our house and I used to have big red mosquito welts all the time.

I moved only about 12 miles away as an adult and we rarely see a mosquito.

Now, in SC THIS YEAR, all bets are off. There's been so much rain EVERYTHING is a pond. And of course, the mosquitos are worse.

The only state in which I have never been bitten by mosquitoes are Maine (but that's only because I've never been to Maine) and Hawaii.

Back in Pennsylvania, a wet summer meant lots of mosquitoes, a dry summer (like 1995) meant lots of yellowjackets. All things considered, I'll take the mosquitoes over the yellowjackets.