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There used to be an Avon range called Skin So Soft and the body lotion kept them away they also used to do a sun screen with insect repellent in it that worked for me. Nowadays I use a traditional insect repellent and a ugly in device at night. |
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"Thankyou..much appreciated. ..last year I got badly bitten and just want to prevent it this year  "
When I or rather my auto correct wrote "ugly device" it was supposed to say "plug in" device  . Last year Mr N used to go round the bedroom each night killing the little blighters before we went to sleep. |
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By *horltzMan
over a year ago
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"I've heard lots of different things ...kind of keen on knowing what actually works for folks xx"
I use a tropical insect repellent you can buy it in pharmacies and superstores , just apply to wrists and ankles , mosies love nibbling me but this stuff has always worked |
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"I've heard lots of different things ...kind of keen on knowing what actually works for folks xx
I use a tropical insect repellent you can buy it in pharmacies and superstores , just apply to wrists and ankles , mosies love nibbling me but this stuff has always worked"
just wrists and ankles ...they bit me bloody everywhere not just there  |
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"I've heard lots of different things ...kind of keen on knowing what actually works for folks xx
I use a tropical insect repellent you can buy it in pharmacies and superstores , just apply to wrists and ankles , mosies love nibbling me but this stuff has always worked
just wrists and ankles ...they bit me bloody everywhere not just there "
Are you sure it's mosquitoes? My mum spent every summer for about three years blaming them only to find she was allergic to hairy caterpillars in their garden |
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"I've heard lots of different things ...kind of keen on knowing what actually works for folks xx
I use a tropical insect repellent you can buy it in pharmacies and superstores , just apply to wrists and ankles , mosies love nibbling me but this stuff has always worked
just wrists and ankles ...they bit me bloody everywhere not just there "
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They can bite you everywhere but they like veins and the bites on the veins tend to be the itchist  |
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"I tend to use te Deet stuff in travel shops (they will probably have it in boots and the like too) but it's a pain when out in the park and you come back like a human dartboard!  "
and it's not attractive iching all day and cove_ed in big _ed lumps  |
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By *horltzMan
over a year ago
heysham |
"I've heard lots of different things ...kind of keen on knowing what actually works for folks xx
I use a tropical insect repellent you can buy it in pharmacies and superstores , just apply to wrists and ankles , mosies love nibbling me but this stuff has always worked
just wrists and ankles ...they bit me bloody everywhere not just there
Are you sure it's mosquitoes? My mum spent every summer for about three years blaming them only to find she was allergic to hairy caterpillars in their garden"
Yes , definitely mosies , I was in Africa and Asia , worked in both areas |
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"I tend to use te Deet stuff in travel shops (they will probably have it in boots and the like too) but it's a pain when out in the park and you come back like a human dartboard!
and it's not attractive iching all day and cove_ed in big _ed lumps "
Agreed. I'm taking te mosquito affection as a compliment!
Some anti itch cream is also good but I don't think it works as well as I inagine it would. |
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By *uzzy NavelWoman
over a year ago
so near and yet so far.... |
Lol if it helps, I've no idea how the stop the blight ers biting you other than spray and cover your skin, and keep the room you're sleeping in as cold as poss... But if they do bite you, pour boiling water into a cup and put a teaspoon into the boiling water, take spoon out and without burning yourself, apply to the bite, it takes the itching away, much better than any cream I've found... |
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"There used to be an Avon range called Skin So Soft and the body lotion kept them away they also used to do a sun screen with insect repellent in it that worked for me. Nowadays I use a traditional insect repellent and a ugly in device at night."
Yes, the SAS used to use it!
The Avon lady in Hereford did a good trade...
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There used to be an Avon range called Skin So Soft and the body lotion kept them away they also used to do a sun screen with insect repellent in it that worked for me. Nowadays I use a traditional insect repellent and a ugly in device at night.
Yes, the SAS used to use it!
The Avon lady in Hereford did a good trade...
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SAS?...seriously? ..right Avon shopping I go |
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By (user no longer on site)
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About 60% of humans are invisible to mosquitos, they don't produce the right pheromones for the mosquito to smell, at night while your asleep they home in on the carbon dioxide on your breath!... Well that's the excuse I told the wife when she woke with me holding a pillow over her face
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"There used to be an Avon range called Skin So Soft and the body lotion kept them away they also used to do a sun screen with insect repellent in it that worked for me. Nowadays I use a traditional insect repellent and a ugly in device at night."
Avon is really good.
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"About 60% of humans are invisible to mosquitos, they don't produce the right pheromones for the mosquito to smell, at night while your asleep they home in on the carbon dioxide on your breath!... Well that's the excuse I told the wife when she woke with me holding a pillow over her face
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pmsl ...so I should hold my breath for 6 hours then lol |
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By *uzzy NavelWoman
over a year ago
so near and yet so far.... |
"What blood group are you princess butterfly?
o neg. ...do they like o neg? ...because I'm drawing the line at a complete blood transfusion lol xx"
Lol I just heard they are drawn to the 'o' blood group that's all... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What blood group are you princess butterfly?
o neg. ...do they like o neg? ...because I'm drawing the line at a complete blood transfusion lol xx
Lol I just heard they are drawn to the 'o' blood group that's all..."
they bloody would be for chuffing sake! !!@!@$!@ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My mum in Scotland has one of these bad boys
http://mosquitotraps.co.uk/Products/All-products/ProductId/30?gclid=CKzPsbadqswCFSsz0woddWMDZA
In her garden, it's so good all the neighbours have them also, making about a square mile a Migy free zone
You can get cheaper options for £100 ish says its best thing she has ever got |
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By *eywestMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
I use the Avon Skin So Soft Oil.. Had a bad holiday in Florida with over 200 bites on my legs, used the Avon the following year, not a mark on me.... You can get it on Ebay if you don't have an Avon seller... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Right ...vitamin b...garlic. ..citronella. ..Avon so soft. ..change blood group ...and cover myself up. ..oh and sleep in a bath of water whilst using a snorkel ..looks like I'm sorted! !!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A low dose antihistamine like Piriton will greatly _educe the amount of bites, and stop any bites you do get from itching. If you get as badly bitten as me, take a Piriton daily over Summer, as well as vitamin B12 and use a 50% Deet spray in the early evening. |
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"There used to be an Avon range called Skin So Soft and the body lotion kept them away they also used to do a sun screen with insect repellent in it that worked for me. Nowadays I use a traditional insect repellent and a ugly in device at night.
Yes, the SAS used to use it!
The Avon lady in Hereford did a good trade...
SAS?...seriously? ..right Avon shopping I go "
i was going to reccommend it too
i went to swanage bay for a school trip and got sent back to wiltshire as id been bitten in one night around 450 times..
worst experience camping ivee ever had.
someone told my mother about Avon SSS and ive never been bitten since |
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"I use the Avon Skin So Soft Oil.. Had a bad holiday in Florida with over 200 bites on my legs, used the Avon the following year, not a mark on me.... You can get it on Ebay if you don't have an Avon seller...
 wonderful .... "
I have an elderly friend who goes to Australia every year, always got bitten. I sent her with the Avon skin so soft (green bottle, original), she has not been bitten for two years |
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I've read that rubbing a bit of Vicks vapour rub on wrists, behind knees and on ankles is an effective deterrent. And if the buggers do get you, a dab of Vicks will _educe the itching. Nothing to lose by giving it a go. |
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"I've read that rubbing a bit of Vicks vapour rub on wrists, behind knees and on ankles is an effective deterrent. And if the buggers do get you, a dab of Vicks will _educe the itching. Nothing to lose by giving it a go. "
Vicks is good for fungal nail infections too. Irrelevant to the thread, but it popped up in my mind |
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By *edMan
over a year ago
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Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help 
I'm off to hide now |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help
I'm off to hide now "
brave man!! |
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By *edMan
over a year ago
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"Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help
I'm off to hide now
brave man!!"
Distance maketh man a warrior lol |
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"This year I swear I'm going to try everything to prevent the chuffing things from sucking on me. ..any tips? ...please xx "
Mosquitoes and midges are attracted by the CO2 in exhaled breath and perspiration. If you really want to avoid being eaten by them buy yourself an activated charcoal mask and underwear. Otherwise stay close to things that breath and sweat heavier than you. |
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"Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help
I'm off to hide now
brave man!!
Distance maketh man a warrior lol"
yeah! !!!!...come over here and say that! ! |
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"Avon - Skin So Soft cream definitely worked for us last year. We were a little sceptical but absolute converts by the time our holiday was over! "
Here I was moaning about the Avon catalogue I didn't ask for being put through the door. All is forgiven if Skin So Soft works, because the mozzies adore my blood! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Avon - Skin So Soft cream definitely worked for us last year. We were a little sceptical but absolute converts by the time our holiday was over!
Here I was moaning about the Avon catalogue I didn't ask for being put through the door. All is forgiven if Skin So Soft works, because the mozzies adore my blood!"
seems like it does. ..I'm definitely going to try that one and at the moment it's half price £2.50 a bottle so the website says |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you want a "non- pharma" method; citronella candles work reasonably well: as does citronella oil on the skin
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I will agree with this. Being in the pest control trade theres nothing else more you can do apart from not being around water as this is a breeding ground for them. If you go to the doctors they can prescribe you with some sort of anti-biotic which _educes the pheromone in your body which attracts the midges. Hope that helps |
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By *edMan
over a year ago
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"Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help
I'm off to hide now
brave man!!
Distance maketh man a warrior lol
yeah! !!!!...come over here and say that! ! "
Well, I do have a good mosquito net ... All it needs is to be hung over your bed
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Avon - Skin So Soft cream definitely worked for us last year. We were a little sceptical but absolute converts by the time our holiday was over!
Here I was moaning about the Avon catalogue I didn't ask for being put through the door. All is forgiven if Skin So Soft works, because the mozzies adore my blood!
seems like it does. ..I'm definitely going to try that one and at the moment it's half price £2.50 a bottle so the website says "
You can also get it on Amazon. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This year I swear I'm going to try everything to prevent the chuffing things from sucking on me. ..any tips? ...please xx "
Have me walk next to you, they love my skin and I get eaten alive, they will all be after me leaving you clear to enjoy |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help
I'm off to hide now
brave man!!
Distance maketh man a warrior lol
yeah! !!!!...come over here and say that! !
Well, I do have a good mosquito net ... All it needs is to be hung over your bed
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best come over and do some hanging then |
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"Them midges in Scotland are real evil little sods.was always hoping there was going to be a breeze blowing....you could always get a full midge suit."
I remember once years back when I was away with my parents we were by a loch in scotland in a cottage alongside were trees etc it was lethal for mosquitoes either the water or the trees or both attracted them I was thinking it was around september time but I remember a pair of house martins nesting so it had to be around may/june time How the locals get used to them I can,t Imagine they must either become Immune to the bites or know how to keep out of the way, luckily something I don,t have to worry about here apart from the odd ones and most of those I squash.. and only rarely do I get bit (venom for blood) and always in my bedroom when I,m a sleep that quick buzz near my ear alerts me but they can be buggers to find they have a clever habit of dropping out of sight, more some years than others but the bedroom walls are where they usually settle. |
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I've got a solar powe_ed insect attracter and killer: it partly goes against my principles to kill insects that are needed as food by other animals, though I do like not to be bitten.
Citronella, such as from candles, will also deter them. French Marigolds, which are frost tender annual plants, also have a deterrent effect as do their smaller flowe_ed cousins Tagetes: these can become smothe_ed in tiny bright flowers during summer and look lovely.
Wear cool clothing over as much of your body as possible too. |
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By *edMan
over a year ago
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"Allegedly.. And don't shoot the messenger..
Women are far more likely to be bitten cos mozzies like the CO2 that we exhale when breathing and talking...
And .. Allegedly.. Women talk a lot more than men, so logically.. Shutting up occasionally would help
I'm off to hide now
brave man!!
Distance maketh man a warrior lol
yeah! !!!!...come over here and say that! !
Well, I do have a good mosquito net ... All it needs is to be hung over your bed
best come over and do some hanging then "
Or I could let you do it, and I'll sit down low and watch |
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