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Insects having a good bite!

  • 16-07-2007 7:43pm
    #1
    Ashewood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    every year I go on holidays and get eaten alive by mossies. Going to Austria in 2 weeks and dreading it because I get eaten here. Anyone have any idea of what is the best insect repellant???!!


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  • #2
    DrIndy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭DrIndy


    if you are going to central/eastern europe also remember that lyme's disease is endemic amongst the tick population there so stay out of long grass in shorts if you are leaving the city.


  • #3
    Ashewood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Ashewood


    Thanks for that. Probably be going out into the countryside a good bit. Its terrible because every year I end up bitten from head to toe and most of the time end up having to end up getting antibiotics as I react badly to the bites! Here's hoping the Austrian mossies will like me and stay away!


  • #4
    Love2love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    Eat lots of Oranges before you go, it comes out of the skin and repels them.


  • #5
    oneeyedsnake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭oneeyedsnake


    Love2love wrote:
    Eat lots of Oranges before you go, it comes out of the skin and repels them.

    Its the same with garlic?Or is this just another old wives tale?


  • #6
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    I've heard the same thing about Vitamin b and Chillies.

    Jungle Formula is one of the best repellents in my experience. Don't get something that's more than 25% deet as it doesn't absorb into the skin very well. Long trousers and sleeves are also good but unpopular way to avoid getting bitten :)

    Things containing citronella and various other essential oils do work but I prefer to get chemical on their bitey asses, the more toxic the better too.

    Tiger Balm is great for taking the itch out of any bite you get.


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  • #7
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    oneeyedsnake wrote:
    Its the same with garlic?Or is this just another old wives tale?
    There was a piece on a program on the BBC a couple of days ago on this. It involved someone using a number of remedies and putting his arm into a perspex box full of mozzies. Basically, garlic didn't work at all, a citronella based product worked quite well but not 100% and with Deet the mozzies just didn't come near him.


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