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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 11, 2018 13:54:53 GMT 7
It fascinates me that where I live in the Philippines there are hardly any mosquitoes. And I'm surrounded by rice growing areas.
The reason I ask this is because where I grew up in Australia mosquitoes were viscous and would descend upon you in swarms yet I rarely see one here.
And flies are rare also.
But ants are here in their squillions and I think if human kind goes the way of the dinosaurs then ants, not cockroaches, will rule the world.
How do other forum members find the mozzie situation in their own neck of the woods?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2018 14:08:35 GMT 7
At this particular point in time Denis-NFA pretty much the same as the wet season in Qld. I am going to bring back some Ozzie Mozzie Coils as the ones here create little smoke and don't do much if anything. Never really noticed a fly problem, and we have pigs 20-25 metres away. Ants come and go, much the same as Oz. They generally get the spray here. Cheers bear |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 11, 2018 14:29:05 GMT 7
At this particular point in time Denis-NFA pretty much the same as the wet season in Qld. I am going to bring back some Ozzie Mozzie Coils as the ones here create little smoke and don't do much if anything. Never really noticed a fly problem, and we have pigs 20-25 metres away. Ants come and go, much the same as Oz. They generally get the spray here. Cheers bear Thanks for that. I know that Australian University researchers have been working on the malaria/mosquito nexus for some time. Truly, where I live there are stuff all mozzies and that's why I am asking the question as to how others find it where they live. Where I grew up the things didn't even need water. I believe they lived on kangaroos. There was more chance of me getting malaria in Cairns than there is over here but then again Cairns is closer to PNG! The ants here can destroy anything and they come in nano size all the way up to micro size. |
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Post by nomadic on Sept 11, 2018 19:42:38 GMT 7
Mozzies here all year but just more in rainy season. I need clothes or/and repellent every time i have a roadside 5.00 o'clock drink. After getting dengue twice i worry but almost impossible not to get bitten 100%. Spray room everyday also. Flies come and go but lots at times. Only the odd cockroach though and not seen an ant since i moved 50 metres 2 years ago. Before in garden they came and went also, often as big as the cockies with bites as such worse than mozzies. All Better than tiger snakes and red backs though. Not forgetting Bunyips either.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 12, 2018 1:59:39 GMT 7
Mozzies here all year but just more in rainy season. I need clothes or/and repellent every time i have a roadside 5.00 o'clock drink. After getting dengue twice i worry but almost impossible not to get bitten 100%. Spray room everyday also. Flies come and go but lots at times. Only the odd cockroach though and not seen an ant since i moved 50 metres 2 years ago. Before in garden they came and went also, often as big as the cockies with bites as such worse than mozzies. All Better than tiger snakes and red backs though. Not forgetting Bunyips either. LOL What about the min min? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Min_lightnomadicThe reason I posted this is because I saw a mozzie the other day and I thought about how infrequent it is to see a mozzie here and wondered why because where I grew up the bloody things were all over me! Even down the bush in no sight nor smell of water. Maybe the Queensland Uni project is working here? What does dengue feel like? genuine question. And serious, there are stuff all flies here. LOL. I think little ants rule. They and I have our ongoing battles but mind you I admire ants. Cockies are gone in about half a day. Where I grew up tiger snakes were everywhere. I'd be put in gaol/jail nowadays because tiger snakes are protected. But you haven't seen a snake until you have confronted a brown snake. They 'flare' up like those Indian cobra things and when they launch themselves toward you make sure you are alert and ready. |
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Post by nomadic on Sept 12, 2018 7:15:22 GMT 7
If you ever get to Darwin museum you will see the biggest poisonist snake ever. A massive King Brown or possibly Western Brown. obviously in there because of size. More like a Python. Huge.
Re Dengue. First symptoms both times was extremely restless night. Incubation period is 8 days after bite. Malaysian doctoer explained it to me perfectly. 8 days incubation followed by 8? danger period and 8? recovery. I didn't know first time about restless night. First time just thought i was dehydrated and they put me on a drip for two hours and just went in for blood check daily for about 5 days and not totally down and out. There is no actual test for it but your blood cells change and that's how they know. The ones that stop bleeding go down. Hence some die from internal bleeding. Second time was put in hospital for three days on a continuous drip. Main thing to do is to drink buckets of water as dehydration is biggest problem. Best to my information is that there are 4 strains. Once you get one you are then immune from getting it again. But bad news is that if you get no 3 or 4 you get sicker each time. And that's when people are more chance of death. But overall death rate is low. Mostly when people just sit around thinking flu and don't see a doctor. What amazes me is I thought every where is this area had it with mozzies by the bucket load also. Lucky you.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 12, 2018 8:28:21 GMT 7
Thanks for that description of dengue.
I wouldn't have known what to watch out for nor how to combat it.
Biggest problem we had along the Murray was that 'encephalitis'/ Ross River Virus after a flood and the water sitting around.
Maybe why I don't have problem with mozzies is that the water is actually flowing through the rice 'paddies' and not just sitting there.
Plus I'm only about a mile from the sea!
I'd appreciate comments from anyone else in the Philippines.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 12, 2018 8:37:06 GMT 7
I haven't been to the Darwin Museum but truly a tiger snake is deadly but they are kittens compared to a brown.
LOL
I have killed on 2 different occasions these little snakes that no-one can tell me if they are poisonous or not!
But they look like baby browns or even copper heads so I just kill them anyway.
Maybe I've wiped out the last of their species?
It's difficult to find much on line information on wild life in the Philippines
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2018 8:42:08 GMT 7
Do they have eels or fish in the paddies to eat the larvae Denis-NFA Here when preparing to plant, catching eels is a sport, with a very particular technique and lots of fun. Cheers bear |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 12, 2018 9:31:11 GMT 7
Do they have eels or fish in the paddies to eat the larvae Denis-NFA Here when preparing to plant, catching eels is a sport, with a very particular technique and lots of fun. Cheers bear Good point bear but not as far as I know re eels or fish. And please, I'm just curious and all suggestions are welcome. Put it this way, it would seem that whatever is happening around Argao would have benefit for places elsewhere with Dengue and Malaria. |
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Post by anthonydsp on Sept 12, 2018 10:09:44 GMT 7
Hi denis where are u in philippines im in laguna in a small province and we get heaps of mozzies and ants omg i must own the baygon company now ive bought a shitload of it lol especially after the rain and mostly at night time to but hooefully next year i will be moving to boracay i love that place
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Post by Denis-NFA on Sept 12, 2018 17:48:09 GMT 7
Hi denis where are u in philippines im in laguna in a small province and we get heaps of mozzies and ants omg i must own the baygon company now ive bought a shitload of it lol especially after the rain and mostly at night time to but hooefully next year i will be moving to boracay i love that place Hey anthonydspThanks for that info and all the best for your move to Boracay. I'm on the island of Cebu and about half way down the East coast in a place called Argao. On Saturday September 29 is Argao Day. You are all welcome. |
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