The bugs of Cambodia

zeeto · Post by **zeeto** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:37 am

what kind of bugs can I expect to see in Cambodia, am I going to encounter baseball sized spiders that look like something out of a nightmare or any banana sized centipedes who hail from the seventh ring of hell!

seriously though what am I to expect because bugs really freak me out, also what can I do to counter them?

Lucky Lucan · Post by **Lucky Lucan** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:44 am

There are giant centipedes.

spitthedog · Post by **spitthedog** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:51 am

^^ More painful a bite than yer average scorpion here evidently.

Anyway, to me, in a way, the most annoying bugs here (apart from Tuktuk drivers) are the sand flies. Itchy focking bites that can last for days.

zeeto · Post by **zeeto** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 10:55 am

damn that centipede is disgusting, have you ever seen one of those? are they common in the city

Khmerhamster · Post by **Khmerhamster** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:38 am

zeeto wrote:damn that centipede is disgusting, have you ever seen one of those? are they common in the city

They are everywhere. They form gangs and terrorise neighbourhoods.

YaTingPom · Post by **YaTingPom** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:38 am

They are everywhere. EVERYWHERE!

walkjivefly · Post by **walkjivefly** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:46 pm

Plus the cockroaches, ants, mosquitos , millipedes, monster long legged tiny body spiders.

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epidemiks · Post by **epidemiks** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:49 pm

Beware the Rove beetles. They're cunts.

RobW · Post by **RobW** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:54 pm

And the hook worms. Came back from the beach with a foot full of the miserable bastards the other week.

sergejsu · Post by **sergejsu** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:59 pm

Vampire nocturnal moths - they fly as helicopters and have 6mm long proboscis, with which they are able to pierce the skin, both of elephant() and human, and feed on blood up to 50minutes (while you sleep). Generally, not very painful.
If you use mosquito net over the bed - which I would suggest to use in any case to protect against insects and, yes , rats - then you generally safe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyptra_thalictri

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zeeto · Post by **zeeto** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:27 pm

Yea I've heard that the mosquitoes are a big problem, are they any bot flies? those things are terrifying

STEVITO · Post by **STEVITO** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:29 pm

Join the Natural Cambodia page on Facebook. Loads of bugs have been posted recently...

PorkPiePorn · Post by **PorkPiePorn** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:36 pm

The large spiders crawling across my bed freak me out, but my lady is not afraid, she just scoops them up and takes them outside. So, I thought they were harmless and thought to man up, face my fears. I tried it, and the thing bit me and put me in the hospital for three weeks.

Piston Broke · Post by **Piston Broke** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:17 pm

PPP, what sort of spider was that and the symptoms?
I had a huge huntsman spider back in Oz, actually a few of them in my house and it cast a shadow when it walked, snakes/spiders don't scare me much as I was bought up with them, but 3 weeks in hospital?