Scribble

We seem to have a lot of tiny sandflies chirned up by some digging in a nearby construction site.
Does anyone know where you can buy insect/mosquito nets?
They are definitely sandflies and not mosquitos...I don't seem to get bitten but my partner has about 30 bites!

Rosemary

Ferretaria, Carrefour, Chinese etc should sell them.

Rosemary

bxpuser24710519

Nasty beggars, I agree with Rosemary and also Ikea have the over bed ones. I had a really bad reaction to one, I was recommmened to use my Aloe Vera gel THE best at reducing the swelling and stinging. I had bought 3 lots of creams over the counter and tried to be seen by local clinic. I was getting really worried by it. Protect any pets you have also if not already doing so.

Rosemary

Be warned though that the over bed ones cannot be used if you have a central fan in the ceiling. We bought a couple before leaving the UK and then forgot them as we started to renovate the house and yes, you have guessed it, we put in central fans in all of the rooms. So left with 2 useless nets. Also bought them for the windows but have never bothered to fit them.

Rosemary

Dick Dasterdly

I found that a fan mounted on a bedside cabinet blowing air across the bed especially across the pillows tends to keep them away.

In the case of mossies, a light in the bathroom and water in the washbasin will attract them away from the bedroom.
They will sit for hours on the mirror above the bowl and are then very easy to deal with.

chocaholic22

May sound a silly question, but what do you use to protect your pets against Sandfly? Is it those collar thingy- me- jigs?

Rosemary

Amazingly simple solutions to a nasty problem. My friend had to go to the doctor this week because she had been bitten on her eye lid and her face in her words "was a monster", the doctor gave her an injection and she is now returning to normal.

Rosemary

bxpuser24710519

Scalibor collars or now there is vaccination available also. I spray my wee dog lightly with Halley if I think she is in danger. She has other problems so need to talk with vet re vaccine.

chocaholic22

Thanks for the advice.

Scribble

Been using a fan but didn't seem to affect them.
Both the fan and water trick works on mossie sbut not these nasty critters.
What's the Spanish word for midge or sandfly?

dorishaslop

what's Halley ?

bobd22

In my experience sand flys do not fly much above ankle height, they tend to get the lower part of the leg. I know when I served in Belize there were big problems with them. Some of the lads legs were a right mess as they can carry disease. Probably not spelled correct but something like Gungies Disease very nasty.

bxpuser24710519

Insect repellent that works for me. Available from some farmacias.

http://www.repelentemosquitos.com/

angiescarr

Ikea do a net which is designed to go round a table outside rather than over the bed. It has a bigger hoop and I guess with a bit of surgical snipping and rejoining with maybe micropore (the white stuff you use for small wounds) you could use it over your fan if the fan is directly above the bed. (just guessing though. Depends on ceiling height.) BTW I use micropore to cover little holes in my mozzie net, and hair clips to hold the head end to the headboard. Can't stand netting in my face!

fionamw

It's never occurred to me (doh) that sometimes what my OH is plagued by might be sandflies rather than mozzies.... I've just googled extensively and couldn't really find one good image to compare the two. Anyone able to give an idiot's guide explanation?