Avoiding mosquitos whilst on holiday?

[SueEllen]

Anyone got any tried and proven methods for managing not to get eaten alive by the little buggers?

Wear long clothes and use insect repellent on the bits that aren't covered. Then use anti-histamines for when they have dined on you.

I'm currently getting bitten when I do circuit training in the evenings.





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[TimberWolf]

The powerful semiochemical that triggers the mosquito's keen sense of smell is nonanal
Mosquito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thank goodness for that.

I may have been swatting innocent insects in my tent the other week. I gather mosquitoes make a characteristic whine, but those mosquitoes-like critters appeared pretty silent, even when I chased them around the tent.

[TimberWolf]

IR3535 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unfair insect repellent for IT contractors?

[minestrone]

The little feckers like to change strategy and they differ on attack in different countries. Some do not make any noise at all, some dive bomb you from a height, some come in under the radar.

[SimonMac]

This is gonna sound totally out of left field but, try Avon's Skin So Soft range. It might sound daft but really works

[minestrone]

This is gonna sound totally out of left field but, try Avon's Skin So Soft range. It might sound daft but really works

That is the one I could not remember.

[TimberWolf]

This is gonna sound totally out of left field but, try Avon's Skin So Soft range. It might sound daft but really works

AKA IR3535, so called because the Labour government thought IT contractors were pests to be repelled.

[NotAllThere]

If you do get bitten, wash the affected area with soap and water - it gets rid of the nastier chemicals and stops the reaction being so bad. Otherwise - spray on repellent, and a vapouriser at night, if you've not got nets.