How bad are the mosquitoes and other bugs and insects in the Panama City, Panama suburb of Fort Clayton / Clayton?

There are many mosquitoes in Panama, but disease transmitted by mosquitoes, such as malaria and yellow fever, have been completely eradicated.  Other bugs and insects are mostly not damaging to your health.

 

There have been a few cases of dengue here in Panama, but the numbers are much smaller than in adjoining countries like Costa Rica.  The government of Panama is taking aggressive action to rid the nation of dengue by doing away with mosquito...

There are many mosquitoes in Panama, but disease transmitted by mosquitoes, such as malaria and yellow fever, have been completely eradicated.  Other bugs and insects are mostly not damaging to your health.

 

There have been a few cases of dengue here in Panama, but the numbers are much smaller than in adjoining countries like Costa Rica.  The government of Panama is taking aggressive action to rid the nation of dengue by doing away with mosquito breeding areas.

 

Like other people who go about their daily lives not worried about dengue transmission, I am not worried about acquiring dengue because I live and socialize in areas that are not inhabited by dengue transmitting mosquitoes.

 

Just because Clayton is next to the Panama Canal is not a reason for there to be more mosquitos in Clayton.  Running water is not favorable for mosquito breeding.  It is the pools of water or standing water that are the places most favorable for mosquito breeding.  In general, the higher income areas have the least amount of standing water, so they have the least mosquitos and the least transmission of mosquito-borne diseases.

The mosquitoes and insects in Clayton are not bad at all. They are actually controlled. They do come around and spray.  I do not know what they spray, but things like DDT are legal in  Panama.

 

Every couple of months, a big truck will come by and spray this big white cloud of insect killer all around and by doing so keeps down the number of mosquitoes and insects. However, having said that, we are still in the tropics so there will still be mosquitoes, but...

The mosquitoes and insects in Clayton are not bad at all. They are actually controlled. They do come around and spray.  I do not know what they spray, but things like DDT are legal in  Panama.

 

Every couple of months, a big truck will come by and spray this big white cloud of insect killer all around and by doing so keeps down the number of mosquitoes and insects. However, having said that, we are still in the tropics so there will still be mosquitoes, but it is nothing intolerable.

 

There are also cockroaches here and they get into your house. It is not going to be an invasion, but every once in a while you are going to find one, so it is not a matter of not cleaning your house, it just happens. There are also little geckos (pictured) here that are very friendly, and they are very good about keeping down the insects.