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Subject: Re: Tierra del Fuego - biting insects?? Posted on: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:18:43 +0000 (UTC)

On 8 Nov, 11:25, "KGB" (KGB) wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an Antarctic trip booked for mid January and prior to boarding
> the ship I have a couple of free days in Ushuaia.
>
> One of the things I want to do in Ushuaia is to do some walking in
> Tierra del Fuego NP. Unfortunately I am one of those people who act
> as a "mosquito magnet" and invariably have a permanent cloud of biting
> insects hovering over me (I even managed to be the only person in our
> party to be bitten by a tick in Siberia a few years ago).
>
> Whilst I assume that Antarctica itself is free of biting insects, do I
> need to take (industrial strength) DEET for Tierra del Fuego?
>
> Regards and thanks in advance
> KGB

dont remember biting insects only warnings for
http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9404.html