As they can carry some dreadful diseases, mozzie defence is very important. It seems the types of mozzies and midges change from area to area. |
I sleep under a thatched shelter and mozzie net in the middle of the jungle, waking to birdsong and a man on a bicycle with a tea tray. |
Play the swat the mozzie game then talk about how malaria can spread. |
For a few weeks then, for those of us who don't like extreme heat or get itchy at the whine of a mozzie, this place is heaven-sent. |
However, the mozzie carrier, called Culex species, only brings the virus to us, the actual host is pigs and some waterbirds. |
A night of scratching also led to the conclusion that a mozzie net might have been useful. |