Insect/Ant bites

We find that the most painful bites we get here are from ants. There are several kinds in our yard, and each on really hurts, burns, and lasts a long time, often a couple of hours. We definitely feel them as soon as they bite, so if you aren't seeing them in the act, it's probably not ants.

We finally stopped calling many of our stings/bites mosquito because we don't see them in action. They are now just "bugs." Some of the worse we get on the upper body while we are walking on the beach. Fortunately this isn't common here on la Ropa. They only last maybe 20 minutes.

We take lots of deodorized garlic. Very inexpensive at Similares (25% off everything on Monday). Two at happy hour, two as soon as we get up. It really does help and yes, we have tested by not taking them for a week, and they really do help.

Once bitten we just do our best not to touch them. Although we do often use Tim's remedy just in case.