Bugs? Mosquitos in Hawaii??
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We went to Maui in '99 and were fine until we did the road to Hana where it is very tropical. I woke up the next morning with about 20 bites on each leg. Watching our video when we got back, I noticed that our shots of me during hiking back into see the waterfalls and lush landscape, that I was itching! But other than that (by the beaches/resorts) you should be fine. Have fun!
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Been to Oahu, Kauai, Maui, and the big island. The road to Hana in Maui is the mosquito pit. We went on a rain forest hike - used up a whole bottle of bug spray but still got bunch of mosquito bites. Got 1 bite by mosquito in Kauai - that's it.
I'll definitely take bug spray to Hana...
I'll definitely take bug spray to Hana...
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There are wild boars, but no indiginous snakes. There are no mosquitos when there is a breeze blowing, but once the breeze dies down, (and it does when you least expect it), be sure to have your OFF on. Hawaiian mosquitos have the ability to leave scars, too!
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I was in Hawaii (Maui and Oahu) last May and the only place I noticed any mosquitos or biting bugs was when we took some forest hike on the road to Hana. Unlike others who have posted, I didn't notice mosquitos in other places on the road to Hana at all - only when we went into the deeper forest (it was a 45-min hike if I recall), and even then it was only 3 or 4 bites.
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I just got back a week ago from Maui. We wore heavy duty mosquito lotion from EMS. I got bitten like crazy. I got several bites without lotion the first night 5/21 at Pacific Grill at Four Seasons (It had just rained). My husband got none though. The road to hana we did some major hiking (with tons of lotion on) and I had a ton on me, husband had none. Bottom line, if you tend to get bites you probably will.
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Leave us insects alone! The nerve! We live here doing our own thing, and what right do you homo saps have in invading our territory and bugging us with all that spray? Stay home in your sterile air conditioned apartment if you can't respect the environment!!!!!!!!