Has anyone else noticed the different mosquito%26#39;s this year? I have lived in India for the last 5 years and this year there seems to be a new kid on the block. The previous years the mosquito%26#39;s have been large and a little dosy.. You can hear them buzz past your ear. This year though they seem much smaller and quiet! I also seem to be getting bitten much more than previously.. Anyone else noticed this?
Does anyone know anything about these new beasts?
Keep the doors closed...
Rob
New Mosquitos
Hi poipleshadow, sorry i dont have an answer but will be in Goa in a fortnights time and will just have to use double doze Odemos :-)
New Mosquitos
If they are smaller, they could be the carriers of Chikunguniya or Dengue.
Do be extra careful if they have tiger like markings.
The Aedes mosquitoes bite even in the mornings and are hardly noticeable until after the bite.
Better to cover up and use repellants. Odomos seems to be fine for many people, but there are those (me included) for whom it does not seem to work.
See whether there are newspaper reports of the two diseases in the area.
Thanks for the warning, even though im not intending to travel in the near future, it%26#39;s good to know and i immediately googled both Dengue %26amp; Chikungunya
and have added the link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever
chikungunia.com/what-is-the-chikungunya-viru…
Oh joy! Going a week tomorrow and I%26#39;m a mozzie magnet as it is. Extra deet for me then I guess! Thankyou for the warning though Rob.
Funny you shuld say that as I thought the same last xmas..I got bitten in the morning and didnt hear or feel it till a bit later.huge big swellings...
There is an antibiotic cream a guy told me about which was amazing it stopped the bites getting all infected mine often go really nasty.
It was called Fucidin D%26#39;mellos and Watsons in cavelossim had it. I didnt have the scars for months using this as soon as a bite was detected.
Looks like another trip to the chemist for some more Deet! Double doses this season!
Think I%26#39;ll get some anti-histermine wheilst there.
Cheers for the warning Rob.
Ahaa!! I knew something was going on. Maybe it%26#39;s not the mixture of suntan lotion and mossie spray causing me to get bitten to pieces.
The mossies in Mexico were like that totaly silent could%26#39;nt see them, but they packed a punch. I was bitten to death with 3inch welts. Nasty!
Sooo glad now I went over board with buying extra deet. Sounds like we will need plenty of it. Thanks for the warning.
Yes I have noticed these %26#39;new%26#39; mossies because I was bitten heaps of times on our holiday in Candolim (only been back 3 weeks) and have never got bitten at all on previous Goa holidays as I take antihistamines daily for my hayfever so that puts them off.
And the size of the bites...like NETTY said huge welts, got them in my armpits as well, very unpleasant as they stung so much. And agree that you don%26#39;t hear these %26#39;smaller%26#39; mossies either.
So don%26#39;t know whats happening out there this season.
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