Jeddah - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any unusual problems with insects or other infestations in housing?
Think a couple of roaches but nothing worse than home. - Oct 2022
I have not seen a bug since I have moved into the SDA but Sierra and Basateen have repots of ants, cockroaches and mice but facilities handles and corrects these reports within the hour. - Aug 2022
Ants and cockroaches can be a problem, but are easily solved. Non-toxic solutions (like baking soda mixed with sugar and water or dish-soap water spray) are effective at treating minor insect problems before they become infestations. - Nov 2020
Ants are everywhere and do not respond to typical ant traps. - Oct 2019
Ants are a big problem, I have backhauled ant traps on more than one occasion. There are occasional gekko sightings but again, I've seen worse and they help to keep the insect population down. - Mar 2019
Ants and roaches - Apr 2016
mosquitoes, a lot of them... - Nov 2015
Mosquitoes. a lot, specially during the winter, is when you can be out, but then the mosquitoes bother you a lot - Oct 2015
Various kinds of ants. - Oct 2015
Mosquitoes, especially when it gets "colder", but it's not that bad. Some people also have problems with ants. We only get ants when we leave out food. - Aug 2015
Ants and mosquitoes. - Feb 2014
Insects aren't really an issue here, at least in my admittedly sheltered experience. Mosquitoes are annoying during the winter but not a huge problem with a little bug repellent and keeping doors and windows closed. Ants can sometimes be an issue in my house. - Dec 2013
There are ants in pretty much every home. Mosquitoes, too, but compounds try to keep them down by spraying DDT regularly. Lice infestations erupt in the schools occasionally. I learned the hard way that my girls must have their hair up every day they go to school. - May 2013
mosquitoes, ants - Nov 2010
