Key West Bugs in December/January?

travelnutz wrote:
Spent many weeks in winter it the Keys, mostly near Marathon and the rest by Key West and the bugs can be horrible depending on precip, temps, and wind. NanciL says it as it really is! Some days are fine but others so bad you don't want to go outside at all.

Not only bugs but lots of scorpions so always carefully check your shoe etc inner before you stick your foot in them. Not once have we been to the keys without seeing scorpions crawling around.

If you go in the water, remember that it's not the inland Missouri waters and there's lots of things and critters that may want to greet you or stepped on that will give you memories you don't want! You can see the jellyfish on the surface but usually will not see the things you'd stepped on etc until it's too late and it will get your attention real quick and you won't be a happy camper.

We're back from Key West at Bluewater Key and had an extraordinary time. We swam off of our boat dock quite a few times and kayaked all around the RV park peninsula.

The bugs description was pretty accurate- the first 6 of our days were 100% bug free. The last 2-3 days were atrocious. Inside the tiki hut, we ran citronella candles and Thermacell and it helped some but my wife still looks like someone decided to setup a connect-the-dots drawing on her legs and arms.

We did not see any signs of scorpions, though we did seem to have a pair of iguanas who lived in our bushes.