Beirut - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any unusual problems with insects or other infestations in housing?
Nothing unusual, but there are spiders, and some snakes on compound, though I've never seen said snakes. - Aug 2024
Nothing too bad. - Oct 2020
There are snakes, spiders, and scorpions on compound, but there aren't many stories of them actually becoming a nuisance. - May 2019
No malaria, no dengue, no yellow fever, this is one nice thing about living here. - Jul 2016
Nothing major. - Feb 2015
Thankfully, most insects are benign if not disturbing. The compound is plagued by strange black millipedes, odoriferous when quashed, which wend their way into your apartment and onto your furniture; large tarantula-like brown spiders, which feature prominently in many a compound tale, usually set in the bathroom; and in some apartments cockroaches, which spray from the air conditioning vents. Now snakes, there's a problem! - Nov 2014
Mosquitos, some small insects (cockroaches, ants), spiders, small lizards. Nothing spectacular. - Apr 2014
Nothing specific that I know of. - Jan 2014
None. - Sep 2010
Nothing notable. Some people on the embassy compound have reported seeing large spiders or small snakes around. There are a few mosquitos at times. - Jul 2010
None, some mosquitoes. - Jun 2009
