A souvenir from the Holy Land

So, I got back from the Motherland, also known as the Holy Land, and to some, simply as Israel.
The "vacation" was definitely a much needed scenery change, and I returned home with some weight off my shoulders, and some new ponderings and resolutions for the future.

However, I also came back with a little... I'll just call it a souvenir, although I can think of many, many other words for this pleasure. Take a look for yourselves:

To those of you who don't live in Israel (like myself), this can look very scary. However, it's "just" a mosquito bite. Or 30 of them. And before you ask - yes, they're very itchy, every moment spent with them is literally hell. What kind of mosquito does that???

Well, the answer I got from my friends was very simple. Meet the Asian Tiger Mosquito, a hideous beast, originally from south-east Asia, that took residence in Israel over the past 5-6 years (it actually got there in the early 2000s, but it started becoming more and more common only after I left the country, and not earlier than that). It's active during the day, and it's a real b**ch.

So I'm back, and in endless torment. These bites itch so bad, and so far nothing helps. It got to the point where I woke up in the middle of the night because my leg moved, and I accidentally started scratching, and once you start - it's really, really hard to stop. And so, I'm mosquito snack, with an incredible lack of sleep. Not exactly the photo I promised you I'd try to take from my parents' home (which I did, and I promise to publish a different post about that).

Do you live in countries where this mosquito is active? What do you do to defend against this monster??? Please do share.

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