NorthernRyland Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Does anyone here live close to a rice paddy and could share any experiences? When they're wet are the insects out of control? I've ridden past them on bikes before and remember being overwhelmed by the humidity but maybe that's not in all cases. Smell also is something to consider. Thanks for your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 Got them across the 3m road in front never encountered anything like you describe. In fact they are around my home on 3 sides. ???? They are not permanent. Rice is grown in the wet season. Other crops the rest of the time, like tabacco or corn etc. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 minute ago, CharlieH said: Got them across the 3m road in front never encountered anything like you describe. In fact they are around my home on 3 sides. ???? How far from the house exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 minute ago, NorthernRyland said: How far from the house exactly? From my gate 3m From the peerimeter wall, the other side of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 minute ago, CharlieH said: From my gate 3m From the peerimeter wall, the other side of it. Yeah that's the situation I'd be in, a wall and then directly on 2 sides a rice paddy. Feels like it could be a steamy bug pit. ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just now, NorthernRyland said: Yeah that's the situation I'd be in, a wall and then directly on 2 sides a rice paddy. Feels like it could be a steamy bug pit. ???? Not my experience over the last 16 yrs. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just now, CharlieH said: Not my experience over the last 16 yrs. Cool thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotandsticky Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said: Yeah that's the situation I'd be in, a wall and then directly on 2 sides a rice paddy. Feels like it could be a steamy bug pit. ???? It is worse in soi 8 Pattaya. 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nojohndoe Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 In locations where paddy is a once a year event there is not really a problem because the "wet" time is relatively short and as a micro ecosystem usually does not generate excessive bugs . For the reast of the year is too dry to cause bug issues. For things like mosquitoes it is more likely residual wet places around the house are more of an issue. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soi3eddie Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 Frogs, rats and snakes. Mostly during rainy season. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaiyaTH Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) I never seen any snakes in Thailand but in the time I rented a year around water streams and rice paddies I have seen at least 10 during 1 raining season. Mainly at night on the asfalt roads along houses and village. I'd buy a urinoir, then you are safe at night taking a pee unlike the news stories. Edited January 10, 2022 by ChaiyaTH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pomchop Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 i lived surrounded by big rice paddies for several years...had a klong that ran along my perimeter wall. It was wonderful as beautiful fields of bright green turning to amber...got to watch the planting and harvest from my deck which was always interesting to me...the workers were mostly all women coverd head to toe who would laugh and talk sing song as they worked from 8 am til 5 pm......then came the men with big machines to haul rice off and plow the remaining stubble under..after harvest it sat idle and sun baked it hard as a rock til the rains came and then on one particular night dozens of Thais showed up as all hundreds of big frogs emerged from mud and were harvested....never had a snake inside my walls as they seemed to prefer the klong which was full of frogs small fish etc...next door was a big limestone mountain with caves full of bats who came out at night and took care of the mosquitoes....i loved it all....then one day trucks appeared and in a matter of hours/days big portions were filled with dirt and all kinds of buildings eventually went up destroying what was once a beautiful sight...i sold out and moved on as no doubt soon would follow more buildings, karaoke, etc etc... 7 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 just across my fence... provide a nice view, no particular negative... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 We have some rice fields across the road from our gated MooBaan....the biggest issue is not insects....they're everywhere anyway...the biggest issue is a few times a year between crops they burn the stubble after harvest.....the smoke makes the pool unusable for the day and the ash falls on everything so the next day our outdoor bench/table ect need to be cleaned....disgusting practice..but this is Thailand where pollution doesn't matter 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andycoops Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 My wife's paddy is 5metres from the back gate if our garden, in more than 10years never had those problems you describe. Of course there are mosquitoes but if you take precautions, especially at dusk then you learn to live with them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oobar Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 After living in Bkk for 27 years, this is where we built and retired in rural Sisaket 8 years ago. There are bugs in the tropics, and they have their own schedules for appearing, but if your house is tightly screened, none are a problem. No problems at all with the surrounding rice paddies. It can be pretty wonderful in some of Thailand's rice boonies. https://youtu.be/gNs0zDGE070 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredscats Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Snakes,snakes snakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudd Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Paddy other side of perimeter wall Nice cool breeze most of the time No bugs to speak of Lot of frogs when its flooded-love the sound Only negative effect is the rat population after the harvest tends to move a lot Cats and dogs and owls take care of that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrJ2U Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 11 hours ago, CharlieH said: From my gate 3m From the peerimeter wall, the other side of it. Same here. It can dusty but its a great buffer for noisy neighbors and our dogs love the open space. Its our rice paddies so we till them when there not producing rice. Beautiful during rice season, like a postcard. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statman78 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 We have a rice paddy along one side of our property, about 2 meters from our wall. No problem with mosquitoes or other insects but as mentioned before, there are a lot of frogs during the wet season. It can get rather noisy at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhendis Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 11 hours ago, NorthernRyland said: Yeah that's the situation I'd be in, a wall and then directly on 2 sides a rice paddy. Feels like it could be a steamy bug pit. ???? Added to the unwelcome "bugs" are the thousands of dragon flies and swifts which are on hand looking to make a meal of anything that is small and flies. Nature does have a habit of making things balance out. Inside the house there will be loads of small lizards darting about over the walls and ceilings eating any luckless insect that happens to land nearby. My house is on a farm with a lake on one side and a seasonally water filled ditch on the other. The rest of the farm is a combination of woodland, fruit trees and rice fields. The only insects which bother me live in the garden and the woodland which is three hundred metres from the house and they are the occasional local mosquitoes which are not difficult to deal with. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freddy42OZ Posted January 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2022 8 hours ago, soi3eddie said: Frogs, rats and snakes. Mostly during rainy season. What do you eat when it's dry? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiangmaiMax Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 We live in the middle of rice fields no problem with mosquitos the fish in the fields seems to eat the larvae and no field burning farmers as well and no annoying neighbors and soi dogs happy living place with a large fish pond ................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, statman78 said: We have a rice paddy along one side of our property, about 2 meters from our wall. No problem with mosquitoes or other insects but as mentioned before, there are a lot of frogs during the wet season. It can get rather noisy at night. Or a wonderful frog legs buffet. Plus they eat their weight in mosquitoes everyday. Edited January 11, 2022 by MrJ2U 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harveyboy Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 13 hours ago, hotandsticky said: It is worse in soi 8 Pattaya. thats for sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sead Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I would worry about all pesticides being used. And they use alot in Thailand. Coming in your land, chickens, homegrown food etc. Perhaps you can ask the ricepad owner to tell you beforehand so you can run away when he is using pesticides.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 11 hours ago, soi3eddie said: Frogs, rats and snakes. Mostly during rainy season. Like Pattaya. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 11 hours ago, soi3eddie said: Frogs, rats and snakes. Mostly during rainy season. Yes indeed, that was my experience living opposite paddy fields in a valley amongst Lanna mountains during the growing and harvesting season. Snakes were daily visitors catching the frogs and rats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilly07 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 11 hours ago, soi3eddie said: Frogs, rats and snakes. Mostly during rainy season. Don't forget the fish plus bonfires every night in the dry season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernRyland Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Thanks for sharing all of your experiences. It sounds like the biggest concern is snakes and rats, something I never even considered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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