Who suffers badly with insect bites?
20 April 2009, 08:13 PM
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Who suffers badly with insect bites?
It would seem that the biting season is well and truly upon us, I'm covered in the blooming things already 
I work mainly outside by a river so don't stand a chance as far as mozzies and gnats go, they LOVE me
Why is this? What is it about me that they like? What can I change? I take antihistamines every day but still the itching is driving me mad.
Show me some empathy my fellow sufferers
I work mainly outside by a river so don't stand a chance as far as mozzies and gnats go, they LOVE me
Why is this? What is it about me that they like? What can I change? I take antihistamines every day but still the itching is driving me mad.Show me some empathy my fellow sufferers
20 April 2009, 08:39 PM
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I suggest not wearing anything day-glow yellow jackets, as they head straight for it.
I was searching a garden for drug-war related stuff last week and seemed to attract all the beasties in the garden. I suggest a couple of bottles of wine during the evening and one for lunch. It's not a case of the booze puts them off, but you'll hopefully be too tipsy to notice the bites
I was searching a garden for drug-war related stuff last week and seemed to attract all the beasties in the garden. I suggest a couple of bottles of wine during the evening and one for lunch. It's not a case of the booze puts them off, but you'll hopefully be too tipsy to notice the bites
20 April 2009, 08:47 PM
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I use 100% Deet but the buggers still find a way through it, plus it melts my handheld computer that I have to use whilst I'm out and about in the biting zone. I despise all anti-insect sprays, they're 'orrible
20 April 2009, 08:50 PM
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Avon 'Skin-So-Soft' Replenishing dry oil body spray 
(The light blue/green bottle)
Best stuff going for stopping the little blighters biting.
I spend a fair bit of time up at Kielder, and through the summer/autumn, the place is the 'midgey' capital of Britain.
It's not marketted as a repellant, but does a FAR better job than any insect-repellant I ever used. They sometimes still land on you, but don't bite.
I hear that even the SAS use it 'in the field'
(The light blue/green bottle)
Best stuff going for stopping the little blighters biting.
I spend a fair bit of time up at Kielder, and through the summer/autumn, the place is the 'midgey' capital of Britain.
It's not marketted as a repellant, but does a FAR better job than any insect-repellant I ever used. They sometimes still land on you, but don't bite.
I hear that even the SAS use it 'in the field'
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jungle formula is a fluid, you buty it in a little bottle and use a tiny amount of it...... worth a go surely.... if there are insects about i get bitten, unless i use the formula... then nowt!
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Its either all or nothing with me. Either I walk out unscathed or I get bitten to hell and back.
I have some great repellant, except when I'm competing in the wood, I can't use it as it melts the string material.
I have some great repellant, except when I'm competing in the wood, I can't use it as it melts the string material.
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The one in the blue bottle (soft and fresh) is the one to get.
AVON SKIN SO SOFT REPLENISHING DRY OIL BODY SPRAY SOFT&FRESH
NOT the soft & sensual version in the pink/white bottle.
AVON SKIN SO SOFT REPLENISHING DRY OIL BODY SPRAY SOFT&FRESH
NOT the soft & sensual version in the pink/white bottle.
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