Doha - Post Report Question and Answers

Are there any unusual problems with insects or other infestations in housing?

Ants. - Oct 2024


Small ants and maybe geckos but not a big deal to me. - Jun 2024


We have issues with ants here or there but nothing some spray can't help with, which we buy at the local grocery store. - Oct 2023


None. Occasional ants and geckos. - Jul 2022


I heard about mice, ants, flies and mosquitoes. We've never had these inside the house. - Apr 2021


None, other than the bout of fruit flies my apartment building dealt with last summer. - May 2017


none - May 2015


Not really any. Some very tiny cockroaches. There are scorpions in the desert, but I've never seen any. - Feb 2015


Minor... small ants and spiders as it heats up. Flies may pester you at a picnic but it's not bad. - Apr 2012


None, there are tiny german cockroaches. - Mar 2012


A few cockroaches, but not much. Few lifeforms can survive the climate. - Mar 2012


Very few. Some tiny ants during the summer months. Small, pesky flies at times when you're picnicking outside. - Jan 2012


None that I know of. - Jun 2011


None. - Oct 2010


Tiny ants are everywhere -- after all, it is the desert, and the ants take full advantage of the sand. Black flies are also a problem, but there are no disease-carrying or too-scary critters to mention. - Dec 2009


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