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Kalkan Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Blue Lizard on May 28, 2015, 10:22:53 AM
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Mozzies!!? What is the situation with the little blighters this year? have mozzie busters been out and about yet? it seems the olive flies are around ::)
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BL, the Mozzie Van is about but we don't seem to see or hear it as often as we used to, some friends have said they haven't seen it at all in their area so far. The mozzies themselves are biting but so far they don't seem so bad where we are, maybe the colder winter has slowed them down. The olive flies certainly are about & chomping.
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As far as I am aware we have seen no sign of it in Kalamar or the guys on foot
Maybe it is a Kas cut back ;D
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We did actually see it at Easter, just on the roadside, but not sure it was in operation then! I have to say I got bitten really badly in our garden last year 2 days before going to Kalkan, and they were agony, far worse than ever I have been bitten over there. Hopefully won't be a repeat occurrence pre holiday this year!
J
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I'm usually a bug magnet and I've been fine for the last 8 days here! Only a few bites between six of us and only OH bothered by olive flies on one day !
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Fingers crossed and touch wood, no mozzies or olive flies have bothered us...so far!
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oh Rachey...if that was me, they'd have zoomed in on me before I pressed send ;D I'm sure all the mosquitos are just lying in wait for me at our little haven - never fails!
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Oh K4E, the evil wee bitey things' God must have been watching me post...OH got chewed by olive flies not 10 minutes after I posted all was well here. Unbelievable. :P :P ??? Me, not a bite, but you and OH must have the same tasty blood the little blighters can't get enough of! Will be getting some head and shoulders at Yali supermarket ....
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I have noticed that the Mossies are getting blonder and smaller. Maybe they are just young ones and will get darker and bigger but, the one I zapped last night was almost white and very small. It was sitting on a white voile curtain and almost invisible. Are they adapting like chameleons?
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The mayor in Kalkan has stopped all mosquito spaying cut backs.. Not good
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We saw them today...?
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The men were out spraying the pools and septic tanks today.......
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That's good, there a bit late, but at least they are spraying now.
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Two guys were spraying here in Kisiltas on Friday. Well I didn't actually see them spray as they were sat in the shade most of the afternoon.
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RThe Mossie lorry went by one night whilst we was out there 2 weeks ago. We all managed to get a few bites eve with all the sprays on. Not sure if the head ones were the olive flies but most of us were going around "scratching" I also got one on the cheek, ears and eye, places where I had not sprayed :(
Been home a week now and they are just going :)
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The worst year for mozzie bites ever. Despite spraying all sorts of stuff. They even got my nose and ears. With it being so quiet, I did notice more stagnant pools, full of algae, which I gather is what these beasts like? Before we left Kalkan yesterady we thought we heard the noise of the sprayer going around in front of the villa, towards the Kalamar Road, where the derelict Chinese Restaurant is, which was the first time we had heard spraying since arriving 19th June. (Doesn't mean to say they were not doing it, just we hadn't heard it).
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been here since May 9th and they have not sprayed at all. never been bitten as much as this year! >:(
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If I was back there now, I would be out on a boat every day!! It was mozzie-free out there!!
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We were there a few weeks ago and didn't get one bite, usually İ am a mossie magnet. We are in the Old Town so don't know about other areas. We sprayed and use plug ins, also we don't leave windows open at night.
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We've had endless bites in the last 2 weeks, mostly outside despite spraying ourselves and closing doors before dusk, we have mosi nets on the windows.
The lack of spraying has definitely had a bad result for us, having had more bites this visit than in the last dozen times. In all our visits over the last few years we have seen and heard the vehicle with the spray on it regularly but we haven't seen it once this year. So far the Kas administration aren't doing it for us!
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Bitten less this year than any other year for some reason... ??? they love me usually...
My regime involves everything...and I mean everything..in terms of prevention and bite management but I find the repellents bought locally are far more effective than anything you can buy in UK (probably because they are 100% Deet..!)
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The Mozzie men have been spraying in & around Islamlar within the last few days, unheard of before it seems. Perhaps as they are spreading the areas Kalkan is not getting so much attention.
We have had both the vehicle sprayer & men on foot coming our way since early season albeit not so often as we used have.
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Had less bites than in previous years last week. Didn't even bother with wipes on the last two evenings