Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes on my !!!!!

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:49 am

Yep they have arrived

After the 2 days of rain 10 days ago they are arriving in force. We just tried to walk our dogs on the road to Annaberg and after 10 minutes had to turn back - Coqui our black Aussie had probably 20 all swarming her and last night Les and I stood on our deck, 2 mossie rackets in hand and swatted for a good 10 mins (until I couldn't stand it anymore) so if you are arriving soon bring lots of spray.

Pia

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:31 am

I have a lizard on my leg eating 'em as they come by.

News of St. John · Post by **News of St. John** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:01 am

How long do you think they will last? What is the chance of them still be around for Christmas?

silands · Post by **silands** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:38 am

I do carry on only and I think they would take the bug spray at the airport, anybody have any ideas what to do?

Lovermont · Post by **Lovermont** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:46 am

OK... I think our timing might be OK with this one, as we arrive in 9 days. I certainly hope so, as I endured the May, 2009 mosies that are still referenced on this and the other forum. They were like swarming, biting 747s.

silands - you can buy bug spray, and bite relief products once you arrive. Some forumites swear by the West Indian bite relief products that are sold in various places. I think we bought some at one of the stores by Skinny Legs.

silands · Post by **silands** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:07 am

thanks for the info, I will give it a try when I get there in March!!!

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:14 am

CTBG: I'll ship down some of my homemade catnip concoction (see the other thread); it's likely that you won't feel any need to use it, but it will be there if you do. Being on a hilltop, the trade winds usually make it fine to be outside without any spray. We already provide our guests complimentary bottles of a lemon/eucalyptus/patchouli spray that I found online, and which works reasonably well. Personal skin chemistry also really matters; some people barely get bit even when there are mosquitoes.

Silands: You are allowed to pack as many 3.4 oz (100 ml) bottles as will fit in a one-quart plastic zip-lock bag per person, so carry-on restrictions shouldn't stop you from bringing enough bug spray.

Kevin

eala · Post by **eala** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:56 am

We love these little wipes called Scrubs Sun Skeeter. It seems to have just enough Deet to work but not totally soaking yourself in pesticide. After application we put the used wipe in our pocket, tie it on the dogs collar or near the tents' door/picnic table leg ect. and it continues to keep away the annoying pests (mosquitoes, noseeums, or sand fleas) that would make vacation uncomfortable. We've had no trouble flying with them cause it's not a liquid and they don't break open in our bags/purses. You can also grab a few or a bunch for travel and one application seems to last about 8 hours.

Caw954s · Post by **Caw954s** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:50 pm

eala wrote:We love these little wipes called Scrubs Sun Skeeter. It seems to have just enough Deet to work but not totally soaking yourself in pesticide. After application we put the used wipe in our pocket, tie it on the dogs collar or near the tents' door/picnic table leg ect. and it continues to keep away the annoying pests (mosquitoes, noseeums, or sand fleas) that would make vacation uncomfortable. We've had no trouble flying with them cause it's not a liquid and they don't break open in our bags/purses. You can also grab a few or a bunch for travel and one application seems to last about 8 hours.

Thanks for that tip eala! I will search for those...

stjchica · Post by **stjchica** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:55 am

Awww...the rain you speak of was the day we arrived. It POURED!
We got ready for dinner and were waiting by the street trying to figure out how to get from Grande Bay to some of the restaurants..The mgr at GB gave me his umbrella as he walked in the rain. I <3 STJ.
However..we made it to High Tide and upon entering with my umbrella some "lovely" man at the bar said "It's her fault! Get rid of that umbrella..throw it in the ocean..." lol

Didn't carry it after that....

and no more heavy rain...

News of St. John · Post by **News of St. John** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:42 am

Coconuts wrote:CTBG: I'll ship down some of my homemade catnip concoction (see the other thread); it's likely that you won't feel any need to use it, but it will be there if you do. Being on a hilltop, the trade winds usually make it fine to be outside without any spray. We already provide our guests complimentary bottles of a lemon/eucalyptus/patchouli spray that I found online, and which works reasonably well. Personal skin chemistry also really matters; some people barely get bit even when there are mosquitoes.

Thanks!

inuny · Post by **inuny** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:29 pm

On island now and I've never seen so many mosquitoes here. I was at maho this morning around 8 am with my kindle-just wanted to relax and read. I couldn't stay-too many bugs.

Pia · Post by **Pia** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:11 am

Yep they are brutal

Pia

brenda · Post by **brenda** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:38 am

We had that happen at Maho before. We only lasted a few minutes and then literally ran back to the car

. Hawksnest the same day was not too bad. If we got out of the car to take a picture there would be a ton of them inside. I told my newbie, when they are bad, they are really bad. Fortunately we lucked out this trip!

ABCMom · Post by **ABCMom** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:34 pm

We just returned to the states on Saturday after two amazing weeks in STJ. Everything was wonderful, except the mosquitos. As we were on the car ferry back to STT to return home, a very kind local, who saw my daughters scratching their numerous bites, suggested coconut oil. He said to use it to keep the bugs off and it also worked to relieve the itch. He claims you can buy it at many of the road side stands. Has anyone tried that?

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