Now that monsoon has ended, mosquitoes have returned. I don't know where they find puddles to reproduce -- just about everything has dried up. But reproduce they do!
They are no where near as bad as back home, but they carry malaria and dengue fever -- two diseases I definitely want to avoid! Fortunately, our windows have mosquito netting (aka screens), which is not common here.
Indian mosquitoes are smaller and faster than back home. They are harder to catch, although I am getting better at it. We also use a "tennis racket" hand-held zapper with limited success -- the mosquitoes disappear as soon as I lift it up to use it.
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