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Old Posted Jul 25, 2013, 2:31 PM
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Originally Posted by IMBY View Post

I heard there was an altitude cutoff line for insects like mosquito's, at a certain altitude line you won't be effected by them. True? I never had to deal with insects in Quito at 9400 feet!
maybe air is too thin for them to fly (the way insects fly is quite different from birds)

or its just that insects do not like much cold. And mountainous areas are ALWAYS below the temperatures insects like.
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