Getting eaten alive
Dec 3rd 2021, 5:28 pm
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Getting eaten alive
Hi all
Moved to Dubai in September, now living in Mira off Al Qudra Street. The past couple of weeks we've all suddenly started getting eaten alive if we sit in the garden (we've only started sitting out there fairly recently though, due to change in temperatures), and now think we're getting bitten in doors too. I'm thinking sand flies or something, given we're basically in the desert out these ways, and I've not heard any mosquitos.
Any one know if this is common? And, what do people recommend in terms of repellent that's available over here -- and i guess more fundamentally how to get rid of the bastards! We've got that astroturf 'landscaping', which has a fair bit of sand sitting on top of it which i can imagine could be crawling in sand flies etc...
Moved to Dubai in September, now living in Mira off Al Qudra Street. The past couple of weeks we've all suddenly started getting eaten alive if we sit in the garden (we've only started sitting out there fairly recently though, due to change in temperatures), and now think we're getting bitten in doors too. I'm thinking sand flies or something, given we're basically in the desert out these ways, and I've not heard any mosquitos.
Any one know if this is common? And, what do people recommend in terms of repellent that's available over here -- and i guess more fundamentally how to get rid of the bastards! We've got that astroturf 'landscaping', which has a fair bit of sand sitting on top of it which i can imagine could be crawling in sand flies etc...
Dec 4th 2021, 4:52 am
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Re: Getting eaten alive
Hi all
Moved to Dubai in September, now living in Mira off Al Qudra Street. The past couple of weeks we've all suddenly started getting eaten alive if we sit in the garden (we've only started sitting out there fairly recently though, due to change in temperatures), and now think we're getting bitten in doors too. I'm thinking sand flies or something, given we're basically in the desert out these ways, and I've not heard any mosquitos.
Any one know if this is common? And, what do people recommend in terms of repellent that's available over here -- and i guess more fundamentally how to get rid of the bastards! We've got that astroturf 'landscaping', which has a fair bit of sand sitting on top of it which i can imagine could be crawling in sand flies etc...
Moved to Dubai in September, now living in Mira off Al Qudra Street. The past couple of weeks we've all suddenly started getting eaten alive if we sit in the garden (we've only started sitting out there fairly recently though, due to change in temperatures), and now think we're getting bitten in doors too. I'm thinking sand flies or something, given we're basically in the desert out these ways, and I've not heard any mosquitos.
Any one know if this is common? And, what do people recommend in terms of repellent that's available over here -- and i guess more fundamentally how to get rid of the bastards! We've got that astroturf 'landscaping', which has a fair bit of sand sitting on top of it which i can imagine could be crawling in sand flies etc...
