Mosquitos in Hua Hin
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Mosquitos in Hua Hin
Are mosquitos a problem at the Hilton Hau Hin and in the surrounding areas
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Absolutely not in my opinion but I'm sure you'll get different opinions...trimster1064 wrote:Are mosquitos a problem at the Hilton Hau Hin and in the surrounding areas
I don't really care about the mosquitoes in HH but my wife hates them. I guess it depends of how attracted they are to you.
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It depends on your definition of problem.
This is Thailand, and there are Mosquitoes everywhere (maybe less likely on the upper floors of the Hilton). Yes, they bite, and some carry disease. You need to take preventative measures (sprays, cover up, etc) to stop them.
This is Thailand, and there are Mosquitoes everywhere (maybe less likely on the upper floors of the Hilton). Yes, they bite, and some carry disease. You need to take preventative measures (sprays, cover up, etc) to stop them.
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During the day I don't find them a problem, and the day ones are supposed to be the Dengue fever carriers. As soon as it gets dark the nighttime ones come out and start biting.
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I'm the first to admit that I rarely take mosquito precautions during the day, but it only takes one mosquito.
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There seem to be less this year, so far. I have been back a week and not a single bite. I'm sure diet has an influence on how attractive you are to them as I get a few bites for the first couple of weeks then they leave me alone. Mrs N a Thai, gets eaten alive if any are about and also says there are less due to the drought.
Does this mean, because of lots of water drying out we will have a few years of low levels of Mossies and their diseases?
Does this mean, because of lots of water drying out we will have a few years of low levels of Mossies and their diseases?
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Not sure about that.
Around where we live, just off Petchkasem, there was a plague of mossies for about a month, up until 10 days or so ago. I don't remember spraying so regularly in the house before and we've been in the same place for around 13 years. A friend who lives maybe 1 km away was experiencing the same but reckoned it was due to a few unseasonal showers. That could well be the case.
Having said that, there definitely don't seem to be as many around at the moment.
Around where we live, just off Petchkasem, there was a plague of mossies for about a month, up until 10 days or so ago. I don't remember spraying so regularly in the house before and we've been in the same place for around 13 years. A friend who lives maybe 1 km away was experiencing the same but reckoned it was due to a few unseasonal showers. That could well be the case.
Having said that, there definitely don't seem to be as many around at the moment.
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As I said, it only takes one, and there's definitely more than one out there.
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I get more mozzie bites when I do my spell living in Spain. Stripped Tiger mozzies which bite in day time. Here I only get bitten when visiting friends who live under cover rather than under the stars. I've always been mozzie food according to the misses
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BB,
Agreed that there is definitely more than one mossie out there but short of covering up (shoes, socks, long shirt, long trousers at any time of day or night) and using repellent, there's just no way of being sure you're going to get bitten.
Yes, one bite can be a disaster but really you've got to be pretty unlucky. Ie, a female mossie has bitten someone with malaria, dengue etc and then bites you pretty much straight afterwards and passes the virus on.
Can and does happen but here in HH the risk is small (but definitely not unknown) and I always take the view that some of the precautions outweigh the risk. A lot of repellants contain DEET (meant to be bad for you) and dressing up would probably see me collasping from sunstroke right now.
So, I don't sit outside the house after sundown without a mossie coil on and if I were to go to an area of Thailand at higher risk of mossie infections, I might just think about anti malarials - but then probably not.
You're right in what you say, I just see it slightly the "less likely to get infected" standpoint.
Agreed that there is definitely more than one mossie out there but short of covering up (shoes, socks, long shirt, long trousers at any time of day or night) and using repellent, there's just no way of being sure you're going to get bitten.
Yes, one bite can be a disaster but really you've got to be pretty unlucky. Ie, a female mossie has bitten someone with malaria, dengue etc and then bites you pretty much straight afterwards and passes the virus on.
Can and does happen but here in HH the risk is small (but definitely not unknown) and I always take the view that some of the precautions outweigh the risk. A lot of repellants contain DEET (meant to be bad for you) and dressing up would probably see me collasping from sunstroke right now.
So, I don't sit outside the house after sundown without a mossie coil on and if I were to go to an area of Thailand at higher risk of mossie infections, I might just think about anti malarials - but then probably not.
You're right in what you say, I just see it slightly the "less likely to get infected" standpoint.
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We don't have many problems here at the end of Soi 102.
We stay inside during the mosquito freak out time... Roughly between 5am-7:30am and 5:30pm-7pm. Outside these times the mosquitos are not very active, we only spray our feet, ankles and legs.
In the house we rarely get bitten but we do sleep under mossie nets for peace of mind (as BB said it only takes one).
Saying that I know where they like to hide by us. In the carport under the child prams and a few other dark corners.
We stay inside during the mosquito freak out time... Roughly between 5am-7:30am and 5:30pm-7pm. Outside these times the mosquitos are not very active, we only spray our feet, ankles and legs.
In the house we rarely get bitten but we do sleep under mossie nets for peace of mind (as BB said it only takes one).
Saying that I know where they like to hide by us. In the carport under the child prams and a few other dark corners.
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I thought the infection (malaria anyway) came from small parasites, which breed in stagnant water. We find stagnant water everywhere in Thailand. I believe flower pot trays are a common source.lomuamart wrote:Yes, one bite can be a disaster but really you've got to be pretty unlucky. Ie, a female mossie has bitten someone with malaria, dengue etc and then bites you pretty much straight afterwards and passes the virus on.
Don't people keep small fish in flower pot looking things, and encourage mosquito larvae for the fish to feed on?
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AFAIA, the female mosquito lays her eggs in standing water. They develop to larvae and then full blown mossies. But the larvae are harmless at this stage. They can't fly or survive outside of water - I think.
Used to have a water tank/baler shower at my old place in HH and once this had been explained to me I could see the larvae wriggling about. Drain, clean and nothing will develop into a mosquito.
When the mosquito bites you (female) she's looking for somewhere to lay her eggs and that happens to be your bloodstream.
The eggs develop into larvae within your body - in the liver I think - and it's then that you get malaria. It's the "hatching" of the eggs. Unless the infestation is wiped out, the symptoms of malaria recur at regular intervals - as a new batch hatch.
Havn't looked at Google for this, but that's my understanding.
I also think that blood is a source of sustenance for the female mossie - unfortunately. So, she's got two reason to bite.
Used to have a water tank/baler shower at my old place in HH and once this had been explained to me I could see the larvae wriggling about. Drain, clean and nothing will develop into a mosquito.
When the mosquito bites you (female) she's looking for somewhere to lay her eggs and that happens to be your bloodstream.
The eggs develop into larvae within your body - in the liver I think - and it's then that you get malaria. It's the "hatching" of the eggs. Unless the infestation is wiped out, the symptoms of malaria recur at regular intervals - as a new batch hatch.
Havn't looked at Google for this, but that's my understanding.
I also think that blood is a source of sustenance for the female mossie - unfortunately. So, she's got two reason to bite.
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Wow . Somewhere to lay her eggs!!!
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