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Is it just me, or are the mossies worse than ever before? Bug spray and my clip on thing are just reducing the bites, not stopping them. I am even sporting a very attractive one on my eye.

Think I'll have to search for one of those fogger things for the yard that kills the bugs, but not the dog or kids.

Any recommendations?

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Have you tried the mozzie thing I've recommended before by Lentek? It's the only thing I've found to work for me.

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Not so many up my way and the few bites I have got I've found are eased by regular anti itching cream from Target :)

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I went for the Off one and it's fine as long as I'm still. It's no good if I'm playing with the girls or walking round though. Can the Lentek one cope with you moving?

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This is what I use. I originally bought it in Costco about 12 years ago...but only saw it there the one time...since then I have ordered it direct. It's a clip on device...or you can stand it on a table etc near you. It's a little bulky to clip on but it's the only thing that works for me. I swear by it...if I go out during the summer without it I am eaten alive by mozzies and other biting bugs. I have recommended it on here before and have had positive feedback. Some have ordered it from Amazon...cheaper than buying it direct I believe.

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15 ft coverage is certainly better than mine. I got the Off one after you recommended the clip on type and it is much better than just bug spray. This one sounds like it can cope with a wider area.

I think I'm still going to need a yard solution as well though. When I go swimming its dinner time for bugs!

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You must be some sort of bug magnet:p!
We haven't noticed them at all yet this year...

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We've not had any issues yet either.
Does your new neighborhood spray, Weeze?

I had looked at the yard solutions previously but I wasn't sure how healthy they would be for kids/pets. I guess so long as you activate them when no one is around they should be fine.

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I have 4 :( but I think I got mine at Schlitterbahn on Monday. One of my visitors has a bunch but she is a smoker and is out for ciggies on the porch at night, dangerous place to be my porch after dusk :eek:

I have an 'Off' mosquito coil plus the one that looks like a lantern. I bought a mozzie candle at Yankee Candle the other day to try. Plus I have Cutter and Burt Bees repellant.

For after I like gold bond and in bed I always put on plasters which seem to stop me scratching at night. Other remedies I have heard off: toothpaste, scratch a cross through them with your nail, hold a hot hairdryer on the bite as long as you can tolerate. Hubby's remedy: hot shower and willpower :frown:

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I react badly to mosquito bites. What works for me is to use a mixture of catnip and lemon eucalyptus oil in a fractionated coconut oil base. A mixture of one ounce of catnip essential oil in sixteen ounces of fractionated coconut oil was studied and shown to work better than the insect repellant DEET. In that concentration it is too strong for the cats to enjoy, incidentally.

When I do get a bite, I immediately hold an ice cube or ice pack on the spot until the itching goes away. You can find a "bite zapper" that sends a harmless electrical pulse through the surface of the skin. Both methods "distract" the nerve endings from the horrific itching.

Here's the link to the product I use: http://ecobrands.com/zapit.html (made in the UK!)

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I would never uses DEET...that stuff melts plastic. :eek:

As for rubbing lotions etc on my skin...that doesn't work too well for me. If I miss a tiny spot the bugs home in on it. I have been bitten under my arms and on my toes because I missed a bit. :(

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Yeah the lotions are crap on my skin too. With the essential oils, there is a smell, but the mozzies smell it too! So I just dab it on like perfume really. Not, I must admit, the best smelling perfume, but whatever works, right.

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Yes, yes I am :(

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Yep, now in Cinco which I believe sprays. I have a list of mossy repelling plants that I can try out. Just wondering if I could find something more efficient.

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It's also going to depend on how near your home is to standing water. In Minnesota, that is all there is so it is hard to escape them.