09-11-2009, 12:18 PM
Wao,
how can mosquitoes be the only bugs?
I've lived in several parts of this island and there are always flying bugs. Flies and horseflies, and wasps, by day. Cockroaches and those giant moths at night. Sometimes there are gnat invasions, and there are fruit flies if fruit is dropping.
I keep my screen doors closed even though I desperately want air flow, mostly because of the common house fly. If Wa`a Wa`a doesn't have house flies it is truly paradise. As for centipedes, they are everywhere if it's not too cold.
I have never experienced mosquitoes confined to summer. They come after rains. I pay little attention to them any more, as you say the awareness goes way down, but the one house I had in the midst of a bit of jungle was mind-blowingly thick with them, and I never met a person who didn't retreat, even if born here. I looked at a house in the old mango section of Honolulu Landing and it had a lot of mozzies. Not enough breeze. Wa`a Wa`a far better, but site still matters.
btw, I spent about a week out there when I was in escrow, days only. I really wanted to get the feel of being there, tromping around on the land. I did love it. The house I was looking at was cool without A/C, something about the roof pitch, insulation, and the solar attic fans.
Another thing is spiders, but honestly they get in anyway. I've watched a cane spider get past a screened slider that was closed, and those jumping spiders. Ditto for ants.
If there are bufo toads around, they'll hop into any space. They are bold. They leave turds behind that are annoying.
I think a combination of screened and unscreened is ideal.
how can mosquitoes be the only bugs?
I've lived in several parts of this island and there are always flying bugs. Flies and horseflies, and wasps, by day. Cockroaches and those giant moths at night. Sometimes there are gnat invasions, and there are fruit flies if fruit is dropping.
I keep my screen doors closed even though I desperately want air flow, mostly because of the common house fly. If Wa`a Wa`a doesn't have house flies it is truly paradise. As for centipedes, they are everywhere if it's not too cold.
I have never experienced mosquitoes confined to summer. They come after rains. I pay little attention to them any more, as you say the awareness goes way down, but the one house I had in the midst of a bit of jungle was mind-blowingly thick with them, and I never met a person who didn't retreat, even if born here. I looked at a house in the old mango section of Honolulu Landing and it had a lot of mozzies. Not enough breeze. Wa`a Wa`a far better, but site still matters.
btw, I spent about a week out there when I was in escrow, days only. I really wanted to get the feel of being there, tromping around on the land. I did love it. The house I was looking at was cool without A/C, something about the roof pitch, insulation, and the solar attic fans.
Another thing is spiders, but honestly they get in anyway. I've watched a cane spider get past a screened slider that was closed, and those jumping spiders. Ditto for ants.
If there are bufo toads around, they'll hop into any space. They are bold. They leave turds behind that are annoying.
I think a combination of screened and unscreened is ideal.