re: Mosquitos - "...don't require liquid water to breed"
You wrote:
...many of the prettiest places on Earth are infested with mosquitos. (Some of which don't require liquid water to breed.)
Do you have a reference, link, citation, or name of such species to support your claim that some mosquitoes don't require liquid water to breed?
OT, I know, but rather important as your statement flies in the face of everything I've ever read about the little pests.
More OT: I have to add, what a great picture! Clouds here prevented even the tiniest glimpse of that beautiful conjunction, but winter often treats us to great looks at the crescent moon hanging over a flaming horizon.
More conjunction images from Mike Slaway
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