Mosquito killin’ frost yet in CO above 8000ft?

[darcytribe]

Just curious if the infestation has died down yet?

 

[gibbons025]

Not when I was still up there a few days ago. They were horrible at 10,000 ft were I was at.

 

[Ryan Pent]

They weren’t bad up there, but we still had mosquitoes up at 10k on Last Wednesday


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[jdmaxwell]

Had them this whole 1st week Southern Colorado from 9400 ft to 11400 ft

 

[Olsolitaire1]

Nope not yet, next week the weather is suppose to cool down some.

 

[LongWayAround]

Today was a high of about 70. I killed one mosquito all day.

 

[22-250Ryan]

I was at 10,000 ft about a week ago and they were bad

 

[Tobe_B]

I don’t think we will get a cold snap like that too soon. Maybe towards the end of the month. Mosquitoes are flies are horrible down in SW Colorado. And watch out for the bees too, they’ve been vicious the last few weeks.


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[Backyard]

Im at 9600 right now. They arent bad at all. Maybe a couple here and there. Supposed to freeze pretty good by Wed were Im at in the north


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[Ucsdryder]

Next week will do the trick. This year has been ridiculous. The other issue are all the bald faced hornets. They are EVERYWHERE!!!!!

 

[spike camp]

The skeeters have slowed, but still there for sure.
Lots of horseflies too...never ever had issues with them before.

 

[Wiscohunter]

Just got back from NW Colorado, they were still horrible in the dark timber up to about 9800 feet when it warmed up until late at night. Not as bad in the quakies and over 10k. Bald faced hornets and yellow jackets awful all the way to the top of the mountain which was 10,200'

 

[5MilesBack]

I'm not even sure what a bald faced hornet is and I've hunted CO for almost 40 years. I've never had any mosquito issues in September above 10k feet before.

 

[BigAntlerGetter]

10,600 yesterday and the Knats and skeeters were worse than the valley floor


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[kumplocke]

10,500 yesterday. Sat and glassed for hours and not a single mosquito, few gnats it's all. It is supposed to cool off next week. Looking forward to it!

 

[darcytribe]

Thanks for the reports everyone. I imagine this could probably vary a bit related to the amount of H2O in specific areas. I as out there and up high in July and it was truly oppressive. Felt like I was in Alaska! I’m bringing a head net with me when I head back out there next week for an elk hunt.

 

[Ucsdryder]

I'm not even sure what a bald faced hornet is and I've hunted CO for almost 40 years. I've never had any mosquito issues in September above 10k feet before.

You’ve never seen one of these before in Colorado? I must have seen 1000 last weekend, including 3 nests. They are above ground, about the size of a football. They are extremely aggressive compared to yellow jackets and they’ll hunt your ass down if you mess with their nest. They are as mean as they look!

 

[Poser]

SW CO: I spent the weekend above 12k. No mosquitoes, but it was surprisingly warm. We had a cold front move in Sunday and the low in Silverton (9200 feet) dipped into the high 30s. There is another front midweek expected to drop some snow on the 14ers.

On a side note, I saw a porcupine at almost 13,000 feet. Is it unusual for them to be in the high country?

 

[spike camp]

I don’t recall ever seeing a bald faced hornet either...
13k seems very high for a porcupine, but I’ve seen them 11.5ish before.

Worst part was my dog attacked it, got his ass handed to him...took a minute to recover and then attacked again.
My dog was not a happy camper that night.

 

[5MilesBack]

You’ve never seen one of these before in Colorado?

I had to google them, and no.......never seen them before. I've seen those nests on TV but figured they didn't inhabit CO because I've never seen one.....ever.