My next door neightbour actually wears an all-in-one suit to do the gardening in and I sat and watched him the other day thinking he must be roasting and must be mad.

But I take that all back now, he has the right idea!!!

that or he is a bit or a weirdo!!

I only mentioned Marmite as I wanted to morph this discussion into yet another vacuous Marmite thread.

We use the OFF-sports version, and the first year we were here playing field hockey in the evening the mozzies were terrible so I sprayed it over all exposed skin and rubbed it on my face, neck and ears, and didn't get a single bite EXCEPT below my knees, where I hadn't sprayed because I was wearing knee high socks and shin guards.

Well my shins were fine, but the blighters bit right through my socks at the back, and I ended up with around a dozen bites on each of my calves!!! :curse: :cry:

With all these sprays and lotions, would you put your sun protection lotion on first and then spray your mossie spray over the top?

We were over in NS last summer and never used any sprays, none of us got bitten at all, do you think we were just lucky or do the little swines generally just bugger off by then?

Thanks, Karen

Its about 20 feet. I dont like it closer to the house than that because it will draw the little buggers closer, and much as they are attracted to it, they are attracted to me more! We have a fairly large yard (3/4 acre), so move it to where its needed most ever few weeks.

Remember, it will take a few weeks before it starts to make a good difference, but every skitter it catches now is one that wont be breeding later. It takes a bit of fiddeling to set the chemical bait to the optimum level. I hope you bought one of the models with the internal electric fan to suck them in..the cheaper ones without it are not nearly as effective. I think the 35 is what we have.

If its any consolation when I first came here I used to get huge golf ball sized lumps where I was bitten, but over time I guess my immune system has adapted and now the bites are just small bumps. Maybe it just seems like you are all bitten more here, because the bumps show up worse?

Bug spray, then sunscreen. The sunscreen need reapplying a lot more frequently.

Generally a good long hot spell will kill off most of the little buggers, unless you venture into the woods.

Omg, we are not alone then .

We don't have no-see-ums here but bloodsucking black-flies .

Ewwww, makes my skin crawl just writing about them.

Our bites tend to come up to golf-ball size and they drive you mad, what ever you do don't apply 'Afterbite' after you have accidently scratched them .

Even the poor dogs can't lay out inthe garden because they get attacked by the bugs!

Can you still buy the Muskol that was basically repackaged 100% pure DEET? That stuff worked. If any dripped down the bottle it dissolved the ink, but it kept the mosquitoes away.

Dindnt think that Muskol was ever more than about 30 or 40%?...same as the "Deep Woods" Off now. You used to be able to get that in a 90+% DEET in a small pump container. Probably not healthy at that concentration anyway. "Jungle Juice" was another brand.

Its nasty pungent stuff...wrecked more than one pair of cheap sunglasses....But its usefull to carry in the bike saddle bag in case of a serious mechanical failure in the woods. I guess hunters and the like would go for it too.

No, Muskol comes with a maximum 30% DEET nowadays.

http://www.muskol.com/en/product/classic_liquid_40ml/

As I posted above I still have a bottle of the 95% stuff that I use sparingly.

Not true see my two posts in this thread.

OK, fairly new girl here. we are waiting to come over to Alberta. paperwork in progress.

I'm sorry if I sound dumb, what is a skeeter Vac. I've have the general idea but wondered if someone would clarify. Don't like flyie, bity things. need to be prepared and will put it at the top of my must buy list. Above the OH's 90inch TV.

Right you are Steve. I have some 98% Off stashed away under my saddle...I'm surprised it hasnt eaten the container!

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...9&postcount=43

I see they have also reduced the size of the bottle by 20% nowadays too.

This one is a 50ml bottle rather than the 40ml you can buy today.

Contains 95% Deet and 5% Related Toluamides, whatever they are?