For Poisonous Insects
In Santa Marta
Try These Offensive And Defensive Measures.
Poisonous insects in the Santa Marta area are not a problem and I have not heard of any of my friends getting stung of bitten or contacting any kind of sickness, that being said why invite trouble, most bites are not harmful but we can never know which ones are. Insects can either bite or sting you and the differences are A sting is they don’t like you, they want you to go away, when the insect injects poisonous venom inside you it’s painful but not usually too threatening. A bite is they do like you, your the snack, these insects can also spread a disease and pose long term and life threatening health risks, they can spread Yellow Fever, Lyme disease, Malaria, Encephalitis and Typhus. Some things you should do. - Buy a good quality repellant that contains 30-50% DEET
- Put on sunscreen before you put on repellant.
- Apply insect repellant over exposed skin, especially your neck, ankles and wrists.
- Ensure that there are screens on the hotel windows or the rooms are air conditioned and give the room a spray, for the night use a bed net that is tucked under the mattress. Use mosquito coils at night, check the doors as mosquitoes will enter from below through the slightest opening, put a towel at the bottom of the door. If you can see light through it a mosquito can probably get through it.
A bed net can give you some piece of mind, there is nothing worse than trying to go to sleet when you hear the sound of a mosquito close by, because you know that if you fall asleep the mosquito is going to get you, so you have to turn on the light and hunt it down. In Northern Canada the mosquitoes are so bad at times that it is almost impossible to go outside without heavy protection, the mosquitoes are big and they follow you in a big cloud, if you are unprotected even a few minutes is enough to cover your body with mosquito bites. These photos are taken at Wood Buffalo National Park, the white spots on the guy in the middles' jacket are mosquitoes. Of course, you won’t run into this in Santa Marta, along the coast you rarely see a mosquito although I have heard of people bothered while beach camping in Tayrona Park, probably due to not having a bed net. - Wear loose fitting clothing, long sleeved shirts, long trousers and hats. Tuck your shirt into your pants and pull your socks over your pant legs. Make sure you spray any exposed skin
- Use a repellent treated mosquito net when sleeping, most insect bites occur at night
- Spray your shoes and equipment and any gear you are using.
- Avoid getting fuels on your clothing, especially diesel, jet and kerosene because they love it.
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