Mosquitos
 

Just wondered if anyone can help! I seem to react worse than others when it comes to these biting bastards, just wondered if anyone knew if there is an easier way to avoid being bitten, other than the obligatory insect repellent? Will my body get used to the bites over time, or am I stuck with this as long as they continue to fly round and breed? I do realise I am not in the best location in the world to avoid the critters, but haven't much choice at the mo!

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Try taking garlic tablets.

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Hang up some CD's. That'll spook 'em.

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Great idea. Also, pennyroyal is supposed to get rid of them, though I haven't tried it myself. It is an essential oil. Buy some, put some drops in a bottle of baby oil and rub it on before going out.

Might help. I still haven't gotten used to the critters and I've been here nearly a decade. The other year I went out to a bbq at a friend's campsite, and got eaten alive by no-see-ums, aka sand fleas. Took over two weeks for the bites to heal!!

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And bin liners.

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I've found dousing myself in Barbecue lighter fluid and setting fire to myself keeps the little buggars away. It's quite an Ice breaker at Parties as well.

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Oddly enough i've never been bitten by a mosquito in my life.. they even land on me..and fly off.. meanwhile they have a regular feast on my SO..maybe drink lots and lots of beer. Thats all i can think of.

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Having much the same problem myself this year and can't use the repellents due to being pregnant, some natural repellents I've been told about are: Rubbing alcohol, Vick's vaporub, lavender oil and hanging moth balls outside is supposed to work also, let me know if you try any and how you get on!!! I used lavender oil this week-end and have only got one bite, so I would say it helped.

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DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide)

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Well if it isn't the founding member of The Dead Chemists Society :)

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You must have awfully big mosquitos! :scared:

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DEET is indeed your friend :D

but citrus oils aren't bad either...and yeah, you do get use to the bites after a couple years...

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Try this:

http://lentek.com/Main/Main.asp?SubC...&CategoryID=4&

I bought it from Costco about 3 yrs ago but haven't seen it anywhere since.

It really worked for me. I am usually plagued by mossies, horse flies, gnats, wasps etc., I react badly to their bite/sting which takes several weeks, sometimes a month or more to disappear.

Before finding this I used the sprays, but if I missed a tiny piece of skin they would bite me there.

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I've always wondered about those sprays, ever since I got it on some plastic and it melted :eek:

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Scary isn't it? :scared:

I can't tell you the number of sandals I've ruined 'cos they touched my leg and melted. :scared: