http://www.rentokil.com/blog/did-you-know-its-female-mosquitoes-that-bite/ The Rentokil Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.rentokil.com/blog/did-you-know-its-female-mosquitoes-that-bite/#comment-3197 Jarek Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:30:45 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=1088#comment-3197 Luckily, malaria is still a tropical disease and even with more mosquitoes coming to the UK the risks of outbreak of malaria is lower than very low, so their bites may be itchy but not really dangerous. Vitamin B always worked for me – just remember to start taking it in advance (at least 10 days before you go on holidays) – there are some other methods you can use, but as kids may be reading this post I will keep the details… Surprisingly enough, malaria risks are limited with the altitude (something to do with temperature and air pressure, I’m not a doctor or a biologist, sorry). In some countries it is above 1500m above the sea level in other it is a bit higher. So if you want to be sure there are no risks, just switch from tropical sunbathing to skiing in Alps and you will be fine. Never spotted a single mosquito there and you can still get sunburned all right :)))) Luckily, malaria is still a tropical disease and even with more mosquitoes coming to the UK the risks of outbreak of malaria is lower than very low, so their bites may be itchy but not really dangerous.
Vitamin B always worked for me – just remember to start taking it in advance (at least 10 days before you go on holidays) – there are some other methods you can use, but as kids may be reading this post I will keep the details…
Surprisingly enough, malaria risks are limited with the altitude (something to do with temperature and air pressure, I’m not a doctor or a biologist, sorry). In some countries it is above 1500m above the sea level in other it is a bit higher.
So if you want to be sure there are no risks, just switch from tropical sunbathing to skiing in Alps and you will be fine. Never spotted a single mosquito there and you can still get sunburned all right )))

]]> http://www.rentokil.com/blog/did-you-know-its-female-mosquitoes-that-bite/#comment-3196 Brigitta Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:06:01 +0000 http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/?p=1088#comment-3196 This is terrible news! I have just come back from Spain - the same villa i have stayed in many times before and for the first time i had problems with mosquitoes and their itchy bites! I could hear them in the middle of the night - that buzzing sound they make as they are about to dive bomb you is really horrible and very distinctive. I ended up with the covers over my bed (not caring about the heat in the middle of the night) and they still managed to bite my finger which was holding the cover over my head - they are unforgiving and relentless so i really hope they do not come to these shores! also, are they more attracted to females than males? i got a lot more bites than my partner who was in the same room as me!And frankly i did not care to find out from looking at the antennae if they are male or female...our first thought was to zap them with a traditional fly swatter (only weapon in the villa). It works too! much easier to swat a mosquito than a fly with one of these as they are much slower than flies - just a little advice! This is terrible news! I have just come back from Spain – the same villa i have stayed in many times before and for the first time i had problems with mosquitoes and their itchy bites! I could hear them in the middle of the night – that buzzing sound they make as they are about to dive bomb you is really horrible and very distinctive. I ended up with the covers over my bed (not caring about the heat in the middle of the night) and they still managed to bite my finger which was holding the cover over my head – they are unforgiving and relentless so i really hope they do not come to these shores! also, are they more attracted to females than males? i got a lot more bites than my partner who was in the same room as me!And frankly i did not care to find out from looking at the antennae if they are male or female…our first thought was to zap them with a traditional fly swatter (only weapon in the villa). It works too! much easier to swat a mosquito than a fly with one of these as they are much slower than flies – just a little advice!

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