Doha - Post Report Question and Answers

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

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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