fledermaus

But you would regret it in the morning....

DEET, buy DEET as much horse power as you can find. That's my advice.

purple80

Kids are camping with the Scouts in Bracebridge this weekend, we dropped them off and ran away, bugs were in full battle mode....

They made a meal of me in the nano second that I was out of the car, not good as I react badly to the bites, ended up in hospital last year and unable to walk for three weeks just as the house needed packing ready for container to Canada.

Hope the kids survivie, they did go armed with plenty of chemicals.

Flogger

Think i have just been bitten by a black fly.
Big chunk now missing from shoulder.

DaveLovesDee

Welcome to Canada, Flogger! You've now had a Canadian experience, lol.

Greenhill

Might have been a deerfly, they typically go for the shoulder area. I hate deerflies more than any of the biting bugs. Last week I got one on my arm, swatted it with my free hand and the thing was still attached to me with it's bitey-bits, very dead. It left an enduring and unwanted mental image

clairemarie70

hi, the mozzies are like savage beasts here in Saskatchewan..ive never seen so many and they are huge buggers some of them...my 3 year old got bitten on the side of his forehead it was the size of an egg then made his eye swell up so bad he couldnt see out of it...even if u put repellant on it doesnt always stop them biting...this is the worst thing about living in Canada..id rather put up with the cold...then worry about getting the west nile virus

Dave+Jules

(as seen on a bumper sticker).

We don't have a single mosquito in New Brunswick.
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They are all married with very very LARGE Families!!!

G77

Ok, I've received a nasty bite to my leg, not sure what by, but my leg has swollen up and is hot to touch - been like this since yesterday morning.... how long should I give it before going to the quacks?

Tangram

Anti hystermines sp? should sort it.

G77

I don't like taking them as I once had a bad reaction to them as a kid - Ironic I know, seeing as they're supposed to cure something like that...

mandymoochops

as posted this morning on facebook - I have 10 bites below one ankle on one foot

Bloody things

Tangram

That's why I'm not a doctor.

dingbat

Benadryl spray, or After Bite, it will pass. I look like elephant man after stupidly walking the dog along the river early yesterday morning...and forgot to cover myself in bug spray. I cannot use one arm it's so swollen, and my left leg looks like it should belong to a fifty year old elephant. It lasts for days with me, it is so embarassing.

G77

Been using both - neither seem to do anything..... Hoping the swelling goes down tomorrow! The locals think i'm over-reacting - it's ok for them with their 30+ year immunity build up!

dingbat

My kids react in varying degrees; the two who tan easily, never seem to get bitten. The three who are pale like me - mozzie dinners.