I’ve attached a couple of photographs I took on the trip...one of the huge mosquitoes down there.
"I’m an amateur wildlife photographer...I recently went down to the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador ... about 2 ½ hours up river via motorized canoe from Coca. Needless to say, it’s a very remote location. I spent a week hiking around the rain forest taking pictures ... I hiked at all times of the day and night.Often times, I would lie on the ground and crawl into, around and over the dense vegetation...I never had any problems with any ants or other insects biting me...While I was down there, I wore nothing but Buzz Off Insect Shield clothing and never had to put a single drop of insect repellant on the entire time.Other people...would have to practically bathe in insect repellent to keep the numerous and often quite large mosquitoes at bay. I was very pleasantly surprised at how well the Buzz Off Insect Shield products work; and I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for an easy and comfortable way to repel mosquitoes."
Mike Lowell of Florida, photographing wildlife in Ecuador