These nasties have spread to CT. Last night I picked one off one of our cats' faces. The disturbing part is that the cat was indoors, meaning these mosquitoes are coming into the house, following the people. The cat shook his head rather hard several times but the mosquito persisted in sucking blood straight from his forehead.

I can't help but wonder now if this isn't the same kind of bug that nailed me in the back of the leg, 5 separate times, 2 weeks ago. The resulting hives from the bites merged into one huge hive the size of my hand. It took 4 days of diphenhydramine to mediate the itch; the hive remained present for a week. I was bitten while sitting at a table in the house.