We have recently teamed up with Sandfly Map, a fantastic free app for NZ sandflies and other biting insects. This app, designed y the ultra-talented Finnian Anderson, allows users to see a sandfly density map, view individual reports of sandfly density and annoyance, and log their own sandfly reports. You don’t even need to be online to log a Report. This app is super helpful if you are into tramping, fishing, hiking, NZ travel or any time you are visiting the great outdoors.

Meet the App Designer

Finnian Anderson is an extremely talented young app designer based in Wanaka. Originally from the UK, he moved to New Zealand in 2017. He was subjected to a full on assault of sandfly bites while tramping the Milford Track, the most famous Great Walk in NZ. This introduction to New Zealand sandflies on his first foray into New Zealand’s great outdoors started a chain of events that resulted in him developing Sandfly Map.

Listen to Finnian being interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on RNZ by clicking here.

Okarito Sandfly Repellent Gets On Board

We already knew Finnian, and he was already a user of our natural, NZ made sandfly repellent. So we teamed up and he incorporated Okarito Sandfly Repellent into his app.  When users zoom into the sandfly density map, they will see our logo wherever our repellent is sold. Tap on the logo and it will bring up the name of the retailer, and a “Get Directions” button that will link to an online map.

Or, easier still, tap out logo at the top left of the map screen and it will immediately bring up the nearest retailer to your current location. And all this works while you are offline. Clever eh?

You can download Sandfly Map here.