mosquitos in August

[emm]

Is there a problem with mosquitos in August? Can anyone recommend a really effective repellent?

Emm

[esprit]

Yes and bigtime!! Go to a camping shop and get the jungle formula one. I get bitten and they then swell up like a ball and I live here!!! I have never found the chemists type much good.

[blott]

I've never seen a mosquito in Florida yet in at least ten years, going twice a year! I normally get eaten alive in Europe so where do they all lurk (not that I'm wanting to find any!)?

[emm]

Mmmmmm, two completely conflicting replies!! Perhaps it depends which parts of Orlando one visits......

Emm

[blott]

Believe Julie as she lives there now but I honestly haven't seen any, let alone get bitten, but perhaps I've just been lucky! [msnsmile2]

There's a whole long thread about repellants somewhere...

Ah, I've found one http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums...?TOPIC_ID=1358

[emm]

Thanks, I'll have a look for that thread. I have been to Orlando in June, and didn't see any, but wondered if they were a problem later in the year. I seem to remember hearing somewhere that the area was sprayed by some insecticide, but I may have misunderstood.

Emm

[Floridalover]

Hi Emm, you probably heard correct, the local authority does spray against mosquitoes sometimes, but that is no guarantee against them not being there

[chrisj]

We have never been bitten when we have been there, always been bitten in europe though

[Ruth]

The coast is much worse than Orlando as is any area near water

[Claire M]

Hi

We once stayed at Marco Island, the house had a private dock and my husband got bitten one evening whilst fishing. Only his legs though? I would just stay away from water in the evening. I have never been bitten and have been visiting florida for 14 years!

Claire