mosquitos.........help

[mummypoppins]

OK so normally a problem for me when I o abroad but we live in the Midlands and by a river and with all the recent floods I am being chewed!

Great big red lumps all over..........apart from the obvious repellent sprays etc any tips as to what I can do ?

Eat more garlic. We have a similar problem and they never bite me because I'm a garlic and onion eating stinker. DH on the other hand is constantly nibbled.

They're not meant to like the smell of some toiletries either - someone once mentioned citrus or tea-tree puts them off
(the Original Source shower gels etc are pretty potent)

Avon so soft spray was recommended to me by a mnetter just before I went to cornwall last week in a tipi (by a lake). I got one bite and that was when I hadn't sprayed any on. Dh reckons there weren't that many around so who knows. Could have been that so it's worth a try. I think the police use it in Mull, or marines or something.

Roll on deodorant (not alcohol free). An Aussie doctor told me this.... blardy best advice ever. Roll over the bites. The sting/itch goes instantly!

hey guys thanks..............will def try he deorderant. I look like I have the plague...........also very hairy legs as forgot to get a waxing appointment. Not been a problem thus far this year! mmmmmmmmmmm sexy!

Eat marmite or take vit b, they hate the taste of it so won't come near you.

really, samsmam? That explains why dh gets bitten much more than me on holiday (I take marmite with me...can't live without it )

This stuff is only available mail order, but it can even beat the Scottish Midges.So it is very very good.

Thats interesting, it has geraniam in, someone else recommended that to me.