Mosquito repellants
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I don't think there is any but people use Avon skin so soft ,I've read Bog Myrtle is good maybe available in health shops .Good luck
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Stinky Deep!
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My wife is a Mossy Magnet. She started using "Avon Skin-S-Soft" after it being recommended by a friend. She has not been bitten since.
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Similarly, I listened to this one day, and was so impressed with the story I went out to Waitrose to buy a bottle of Incognito. I haven’t been anywhere to test it yet though!This was a useful programme, worth a listen.
BBC Radio 4 - Sliced Bread, Mosquito Repellents
Are mosquito repellents 'the best thing since sliced bread'? Which ones really work?www.bbc.co.uk
Davy
From Wikipedia: (“After contracting two life-threatening diseases from mosquito bites, despite using a high-percentage DEET-based repellent, he (Howard Carter) was motivated to invent a totally natural, equally effective mosquito repellent, incognito anti-mosquito.“
You and Yours - Gap Finders - Howard Carter from Incognito - BBC Sounds
Today's Gap Finder is Howard Carter from Incognito.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Generally speaking, mosquitoes are most active around sunrise and sunset. They rarely come out during the middle of the day when the sun is out, since direct sunlight and high midday temperatures can quickly dehydrate them. Sleep under mosquito netting. Use a fan to blow tem away. [LINK REMOVED BY ADMIN]
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I Have a usb powered UV zap lamp - nothing nicer than hearing the dam things zap themselves when wriggling through the high voltage bars!
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I got a 6 month contract in Nigeria where malaria based mossies proliferate. Phew, big words, I'll go and have a lie down . . . . .
. . . . . OK I'm back.
Rule one: you can't take anti malaria tablets for more than 3 months because they rot your liver
2) Mossies inhabit damp areas: swamps, slow rivers, and at ground level in hedgerows for example. So stay away.
3) Eating garlic keeps them away. It penetrates the pores on your skin and they don't like it so they stay away. It really works.
4) As they like damp ground, go up higher where there isn't any. I moved to the top floor of the hotel and I could sleep with the windows open.
So if you are in a camper, have garlic mushrooms for breakfast, garlic beer for lunch and chicken kiev for tea.
Garlic beer is an actual thing:
homebrewacademy.com
The Isle of Wight is Europe's biggest producer of garlic. They have an annual Garlic Festival that I went to. There was a beer tent that sold Garlic Beer. I thought no, that's impossible so I bought some. Tasted it. Nearly threw up. Thought: no it couldn't have been that bad. Tasted some more. Yes, it is that bad. Poured it away on a poor unsuspecting plant and went and bought some peppermints.
. . . . . OK I'm back.
Rule one: you can't take anti malaria tablets for more than 3 months because they rot your liver
2) Mossies inhabit damp areas: swamps, slow rivers, and at ground level in hedgerows for example. So stay away.
3) Eating garlic keeps them away. It penetrates the pores on your skin and they don't like it so they stay away. It really works.
4) As they like damp ground, go up higher where there isn't any. I moved to the top floor of the hotel and I could sleep with the windows open.
So if you are in a camper, have garlic mushrooms for breakfast, garlic beer for lunch and chicken kiev for tea.
Garlic beer is an actual thing:
How To Brew Garlic Beer [Full Recipe] Homebrew Academy
This isn't a beer that pairs well with garlic, this is a beer that's made with garlic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtgN2FjlLow Transcript: My name is Martin Keen. And on this channel, the Homebrew Challenge, where I brew a
homebrewacademy.com
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Tea tree oil, they hate it
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You need to change your BLOOD TYPE to something less appealing. You are either one of the people who get bitten or you are not. SWMBO has tried as you have most things. Light coloured clothing, mossi repellents, long trousers and she still get bitten. Lot depends on location. Next to swamp land is certainly not good. We have seen staff walking round spraying bushes in Spain and Turkey. Main difference with Spain is they are active all the while. The Turkish version tend to kip during the day when its hot 
Watched a video the other night about people living in the Tropical forests. They don't get bitten but they do have lots of campfires and lots of smoke. There was just a foggy haze hanging over the camping area. Evidently the moss dont like smoke.
Watched a video the other night about people living in the Tropical forests. They don't get bitten but they do have lots of campfires and lots of smoke. There was just a foggy haze hanging over the camping area. Evidently the moss dont like smoke.