Tuscany 'bites' !

[old-equestrian]

OH & I have just returned from a lovely holiday in Florence . OH was bitten more or less straightaway , myself a few days later . We are now home & still itching ! Initial thought was mosquitos as OH susceptible to bites ,me less so , but surely too early in the year as temperature there were similar to home.?? The room we had was spotless but there was something flying around didn't sound at all or look like a mozzy . OH did dispatch it as it was annoying but was full of blood . Now home & thinking the worst as I found a dead body ( insect!!) on the floor of our bedroom . Any thoughts ??

[Samuraisan]

There a lot of different kinds of mossies. Last year was terrible here with " tiger Mosquitos " so named because of their striped bodies. Their bites were dreadful and swelled up and lasted for days and days. In the end when going into the garden we had to use anti mosquito lotions. Finally I used a cortisone cream to relieve the bites , so I reckon was a mosquito bite. I hope this year they have all gone to Italy!

[Sqad]

The post of Samuraisan is "right on the money."

[jourdain2]

Yikes! I'm going to a villa near Florence in August. Thanks for the warning - I'll load up with anti-mozzie and anti-histamine. Ta.

[Samuraisan]

I bow to you Sqad :)