MOSQUITOS IN CALI

Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:02:

Mosquitos are horrible horrible in CALI, more in the south, in the malls, everywhere!.. my legs get completely covered and I walk around with a mini can of OFF.. I swear I do.. The worst ever is in parque de canas.. My girl though NOTHNG.. me really bad... I think these are the infamous NO SE UM's here in the states..

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:04:

I couldn't understand why I did not get bitten 1st time but got bitten 25 times on my 2nd visit.

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davidyamiga says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:07:

I live in Cali and do not get bitten...just too sour I guess!

Otra vez en casa...Cali!

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:08:

I am English and 'blonde' hair ......... easily attracted by mosquitoes

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:08:

p.s. MOSQUITOS ARE NOT ZANCUDOS... they are NO SEE UM'S

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poco says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:14:

I don't know about locations but I suggest some kind of penis sock if you sleep in the nude. Damn big bed bugs/piss ants/spiders and if they clamp down on your male member,, well,, just a thought,, just make sure you don't have an alergic reaction to latex, ?

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:16:

Gotta clean out that schmegma Poco,, that attracts the bugs..

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poco says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:25:

Quote: Gotta clean out that schmegma Poco,, that attracts the bugs..
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Really ??? Got to admit,, seems better than spraying it with off.

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Lisa Zee says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:33:

We went to Cali, since I was a kid, and that was a big deal. My aunt, would spray the rooms with :Black Flag" and "don`t you dare leave the door open". I don`t know what was worse: getting yelled at, smelling that crap, the buzzing of the zancudos, or my mother turning the light on at 3:am, to kill one that does not let her sleep!.

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Aug 14, 2009, 13:34:

Poco.... for a few seconds, I thought i had a fly on my screen LOL

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tannedincali (☼Travelguide writer) says on Aug 14, 2009, 20:42:

sukido says on Aug 15, 2009, 02:03:

when i was last in colombia i had a big problem with mosquitos,probably cos im english and have white skin (so white i could hide in a row of milk bottles) on a friends advise i went to the pharmacy and they sold me some pills cant remember the name of them but you took them for a few days prior to going to mosquito zones and they worked very well,apparently they change the odour your skin emitts naturally and this stops the mosquitos biting, so ask in the pharmacy, they cost buttons and really worked well for me,oh my other half has reminded me that if you have a partner they need to take them as well or they get all the bites................ shame

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roloenNJ says on Aug 15, 2009, 03:42:

I just came back from Cali and I dont know why I always attract all the zanqudos and mosquitos ( I guess is my blue blood) JK Just make sure the apt or house is well ventilated.

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El Expatriado says on Aug 15, 2009, 04:47:

I wouldn't reccomend a Novia in Cali, because it is also not the safest city. Watch out for DENGE.

I got bitten at least a 100 time a day when I was in rural Tolima. Scary Spiders also.

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Aug 15, 2009, 04:49:

El Expatriado ........... I would avoid living in the rural areas in Colombia especially those people who are easily bitten by mosquitoes.

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El Expatriado says on Aug 15, 2009, 04:54:

I thought what yoiusaid is true PCL, but I looked it up in the English / Spanish dictionary, and it said Zancudos are Mosquitos. The people I know in Colombia call mosquitos Zancudos. But in central america, these little things kept biting me on the legs, and they always called them Zancudos.So eithert hey were little mosquitos, nosee-ems, sand flies or midges.

I think they call any little insect thet bites or sucks blood a "Zancudo" in Latin America.

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Aug 15, 2009, 04:57:

El Expatriado.. I also looked up for Zancudo LOL

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CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Aug 15, 2009, 05:00:

http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-98464.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090607011243AAzRsJD

THAT'S HOW HIGH CAN MOSQUITOS FLY

"Mosquitoes that bite humans prefer to fly at heights of less than 25 ft. Asian Tiger Mosquitoes have been found breeding in treeholes over 40 feet above ground. In Singapore, they have been found in apartments 21 stories above ground. Mosquitoes have been found breeding up to 14,000 feet in the Himalayas and 2000 feet underground in mines in India
this is from The American Mosquito Control Association(AMCA)
so I think it can fly up to 14,000 feet"

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Monita Linda says on Aug 18, 2009, 18:05:

Before, I got bitten ALL THE TIME and my legs and back and arms were FULL of them... Since a few months they hardly ever bit me..

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