SYates
Camino Fossil AD 1999, now living in Santiago de C
- Time of past OR future Camino
- First: Camino Francés 1999
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Last: Santiago - Muxia 2019
Now: http://egeria.house/
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maybe also a link to euroski so people can look up contact info for the albergue they left, and a short Spanish wording they could cut and paste into an email to tell the last albergue there were problemsJust pop this kind of information in here and I am happy to compile a PDF for the resources section (including laundromats and helpful albergues). Buen Camino sin chinches, SY
much better plan...@Smallest_Sparrow I would like to keep it positive, we have enough threads regarding where bed bugs might have been and what to do then already imo. BC SY
Albergue Gaucelmo, Rabanal
The hospitaleros there have a well established 'bed bug procedure' and are actively encouraging pilgrims to come forward and be helped.
Did you REALLY mean the bit about "AIDS in Africa"? What does that mean anyway?My 2c Sybill.
There really does need to be a gentle call to the suspected albergue of origin.
And , the following receiving albergues need to treat infected pilgrims as best as possible.
Then , the Next Albergues in 100km need to be notified of the infection and be vigalent.
Infected albergues will have to be closed and treated.
Chances are that every pilgrim that has bites are carrying bugs or eggs.
We need to address this as AIDS in Africa.
It needs to be transparent?
Just like the mosquito ,the bed bug will always be with us.
I was treated by HOSVOL hospitaleros after they'd questioned some dodgey mosquito bites on my face. I felt like I had leprosy.
However if they were right it stopped possible contamination of that albergue and the rest after it even though I was traumatized by the ordeal.
Softly softly will not work with this menace , we do have to be vocal.
Unfortunately the poor albergue that is named is so often just the ham in the sandwich.
I feel as you do that by the time "alerts" have been publicised , the problem has moved on.
Finally and I know it is not positive ....... It's pilgrims that infects albergues. Dealing with it is easy , it's the stigma that is hard to shake off?
I wasn't talking about AIDS in Africa. ...gosh that is the most awful traged! ! I meant living in Africa which is considered a 3rd world country - I was born in South Africa and only moved 7 years ago - anyway even there we never ever ever had problems with lice or bed bugs because people (all Africans) think it's unhygienic and it gets delt with FAST. you may not send a child to school with headlice and if it's discovered at school ypu have to fetch your child immediately and they may only come back to school with a clear head and a Dr certificate to say it's clear! Bed bugs will close your hotel/bnb/lodge down so fast it's not funny. No bed bugs and we traveled a lot. AIDS has nothing to do with bed bugs and one should never make rash comments about it until you have seen the devostation it has caused for many families. Children left without relatives - mothers or father's ...left to fend for themselves or bring up their siblings. I know of 4 and 5 year old children in that predicament. It's tragic and the worst part is the developed world is too obsessed with money and pleasure to care about it. But that's not really a camino issue and I don't want yo break the rules of this forum. I would never make rash comments about HIV in Africa.Did you REALLY mean the bit about "AIDS in Africa"? What does that mean anyway?
What eats bed bugs?
This list of insects are natural bed bug predators that eat bed bugs. These insects and spiders can be drawn to infestations or high populations of bed bugs in certain areas. They might help give away the bed bug’s location.
The Masked Hunter Insect or Masked Bed Bug Hunter
Cockroaches
- Reduvius personatus
- Family Reduviidae which is known as the assassin bugs
- The masked hunter primarily feeds on bedbugs and other insects
- If it is mishandled it may bite humans in defense.
Ants
- All semi-domestic and domestic house cockroaches have been seen and documented eating bed bugs since the 11th and 12th centuries
- Order Blattodea
- Family Blattidae
- Oriental Cockroach
- Blatta orientalis
- American Cockroach
- Periplaneta americana
- Family Blattellidae
- German Cockroach
- Blattella germanica
- Brown-banded Cockroach
- Supella longipalpa
Spiders
- Pharaoh ants:
- It is documented that pharaoh ants are the number one species of ant that has been seen targeting and eating bed bugs
- Pharaoh ants are tiny
- Most ant species will eat anything including bed bugs
Mites
- The species:
- Thanatus flavidus
- This is the spider of the family Philodromidae
- It is found in Greece, Russia and Ukraine
- Studies and research have list this species for hunting bedbugs.
- This is the species best known as the common house dust mites
- They inhabit the same areas in bedding as bed bugs and have been known to feed on them.
- Subclass Acari
- Superoder Acariformes
- Order: Acariformes
- Family: Pyroglyphidae
- Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
- Centipedes
- Centipedes feed on a variety of invertebrates such as bed bugs, spiders, termites, cockroaches, silverfish, ants, and other household arthropods
- House centipedes are the typical species of centipede to feed on bed bugs
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Chilopoda
- Order: Scutigeromorpha
- Family: Scutigeridae
- Species: Scutigera coleoptrata
Someone else (not you) did mention it in an earlier post on the thread. But it was never suggested that bedbugs and aids were related! I interpreted the statement to mean that a comprehensive public health strategy would be necessary to get rid of bedbugs, as was needed for AIDS. That disease has been a tragedy whereas bedbugs are just a nuisance for us privileged travellers! Thus no comprehensive strategy.I wasn't talking about AIDS in Africa.
That's basically our procedure when they tell us. Unfortunately, more than once we've had to do a heck of a lot of work after the departure of someone who didn't tell us. We have plastic mattresses without seams, and metal bunk frames, so it's hard for them to find a place to hide or lay eggs. But don't lean your mochila against anything porous!Rabanal Treatment Procedure. After a hot shower; (another girl provide a quality shampoo) there was a loan of clean clothes (top & bottom & knickers) - very much an example of the old adage "the Camino will provide". Tom then help her wash ALL her clothes; put her sleeping bag in their HOT drier; & her backpack was left in the hot sun after being sprayed.
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