Tegucigalpa - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any unusual problems with insects or other infestations in housing?
It's Central America so there will be ants and mosquitoes. Dengue is a real concern so please use bug spray during high seasons. - Mar 2024
Not that I've seen. - Jan 2024
Normal mosquitos and normal little geckos, but nothing that is a nuisance at all. - Aug 2023
Depends where you live, but you can have issues with mosquitos. - Feb 2022
Always good to take precautions against mosquitos, particularly outside at dusk. It is actually less of a problem than in the U.S. in the summer. - Oct 2019
Little harmless ants everywhere, cockroaches sometimes, often carpenter ants in some furniture. Keeping food covered and/or refrigerated usually keeps down the yucky population. Some yards and houses seem to have more mosquito presence than others. - May 2018
There are mosquitos, ants and flies. Last year there were lots of locusts in the fall. The bugs aren't huge, and they are manageable. Malaria is not an issue in the mountains, but dengue, zika, and chikungunya potentially are. - May 2018
Not really. - Apr 2018
Ants, roaches, rats. - Jun 2016
- None. Few. Suprisingly few animals and insects here. In the Domincan Republic, for example, hundreds of bugs would surround our lights at night. Here, they're aren't any. - Zika is a regional problem. If we were still trying to have kids we would likely avoid Zika zones. They're aren't that many mosquitos in Tegu, but there are still some, and we do get bit if not wearing bug spray. The government is spraying, but not enough to eradicate mosquitos. - Feb 2016
Ants, mosquitoes, cockroaches. - Aug 2015
Not many in my apartment, though I've heard of a few problems from those who have houses. - Jul 2015
Not many for me, but then again I live in a newer building. Some colleagues have not been so lucky. - Dec 2014
Dengue fever. - Oct 2014
Sugar ants we could never get rid of. - Sep 2014
Mosquitos. Dengue fever is a problem. - Aug 2014
Few. - Jun 2014
Sugar ants, some cockroaches. - Mar 2014
A lot of mosquitoes, small ants, and ticks in the countryside and some backyards in the city. - Jan 2014
Not too bad where I live. - Oct 2013
Few household insect problems but there can be dengue issues -- although most of that is not in areas where we live and work. - Jun 2013
Mosquitoes that carry dengue. - Jun 2013
Mosquitoes that carry dengue fever. Large flying cockroaches. - Apr 2013
Mosquitoes are a seasonal concern due to dengue, so we keep our windows closed during that season. - Jan 2012
A few mosquitoes. - Nov 2009
Mosquitoes are everywhere and they can carry dengue fever. However, my kids and I have been bitten many times without a problem. I have given up on getting rid of the ants in my kitchen. - Oct 2009
