Part of the web of life

I sincerely hope Gosford Council wont be railroaded into using harmful methods of controlling mosquitoes, because of the complaints of a few.

We put up with sandflies, which are far worse in my book, without a whinge, a complaint or a poison in sight.

My grandfather used to say "Mosquitoes were sent to bring us down a peg or two," and from my childhood days we've used cow pat smoke fires, mosquito coils, citronella and citronella candles to combat the noisy pests.

The aborigines used stinking mud and people today have the option of using poisonous repellent, though I would recommend citronella.

And the health scare bit is just a furphy to bolster the case.

I mean how many thousand times do I have to get bitten before I catch something?

Face up to it: mosquitoes are part of the web of life.

Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy September 29