Mossie bitey little feckers

Xaracatz

One day into a holiday, and I'm bitten in places I didn't know I had.

Early start tomorrow, and I'm alternating covering myself with the Don't-Be-Biting-Me spray, and the I've-Already-Been-Bitten-So-Stop-Itching cream. I even got a bite on my eyelid - so one of my eyes has that super-sexy hooded look - which doesn't work so well when the other one is just sitting there being all normal.

Advice? Fire? Stop complaining 'cause I may be a leper but at least I'm on holidays?

Surreptitious

Avoid sugar, they like sweet blood. Light the special candles in your room and use repellant.

Miss Demeanour

Burka?

jester77

Where are you out of interest?

I find that in certain countries, they bite me more than others. Greece is the worst for me, they eat me alive there. Here I have only been bitten twice the whole summer thus far. Just spray on some deet and that will help.

Plus if the room is impossible to keep them out, then get a mosquito net for over the bed

CFlat

If you don't smoke then take it up, that will keep the MBLFs away from you.

Also, smoking is really good for you and will lengthen your life by, jez, 20 years at least anyway.

Junkyard Tom

Well if Alien predators, with their multiple-spectrum vision modes, can't see you when you're covered in mud shirely those little bastards couldn't either.

Cover yourself in mud.

bobbysands81

Xaracatz wrote: »

One day into a holiday, and I'm bitten in places I didn't know I had.

Early start tomorrow, and I'm alternating covering myself with the Don't-Be-Biting-Me spray, and the I've-Already-Been-Bitten-So-Stop-Itching cream. I even got a bite on my eyelid - so one of my eyes has that super-sexy hooded look - which doesn't work so well when the other one is just sitting there being all normal.

Advice? Fire? Stop complaining 'cause I may be a leper but at least I'm on holidays?

Get Deet, as strong as you can buy, works a treat.

Grandeeod

Xaracatz wrote: »

One day into a holiday, and I'm bitten in places I didn't know I had.

Early start tomorrow, and I'm alternating covering myself with the Don't-Be-Biting-Me spray, and the I've-Already-Been-Bitten-So-Stop-Itching cream. I even got a bite on my eyelid - so one of my eyes has that super-sexy hooded look - which doesn't work so well when the other one is just sitting there being all normal.

Advice? Fire? Stop complaining 'cause I may be a leper but at least I'm on holidays?

The last bit.

Now **** off!.

Xaracatz

jester77 wrote: »

Where are you out of interest?

I find that in certain countries, they bite me more than others. Greece is the worst for me, they eat me alive there. Here I have only been bitten twice the whole summer thus far. Just spray on some deet and that will help.

Plus if the room is impossible to keep them out, then get a mosquito net for over the bed

Yah - Greece. They're like little stealth bombers. Not sure why it's so bad here. I'm usually the one who gets bitten the least - not sweet blooded at all. Unless they've got a taste for savory...

Mickey H

Xaracatz wrote: »

One day into a holiday, and I'm bitten in places I didn't know I had.

Early start tomorrow, and I'm alternating covering myself with the Don't-Be-Biting-Me spray, and the I've-Already-Been-Bitten-So-Stop-Itching cream. I even got a bite on my eyelid - so one of my eyes has that super-sexy hooded look - which doesn't work so well when the other one is just sitting there being all normal.

Advice? Fire? Stop complaining 'cause I may be a leper but at least I'm on holidays?

You need some of this man.

Xaracatz

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Well if Alien predators, with their multiple-spectrum vision modes, can't see you when you're covered in mud shirely those little bastards couldn't either.

Cover yourself in mud.

Is it Predators or dinosaurs that can only see you when you're moving? May actually be frogs though. Will take all this into consideration.

Surreptitious

If you go into a chemist in Greece and show them your bites they'll give you a gel for them. Happened to me before when I was bitten alive there.

Xaracatz

Surreptitious wrote: »

If you go into a chemist in Greece and show them your bites they'll give you a gel for them. Happened to me before when I was bitten alive there.

Thanks. Yeah - have done today. Just wanted to complain in the transitionary stage between gel working and mossie repellent kicking in. And AH seemed like the place!

El_Dangeroso

Surreptitious wrote: »

Avoid sugar, they like sweet blood. Light the special candles in your room and use repellant.

Bit of myth I'm afraid, you only have about 1 teaspoon of sugar in your roughly 5 litres of blood at any given time, unless you're seriously diabetic, in which case mosquitoes are the least of your worries.

Grandeeod

Xaracatz wrote: »

Thanks. Yeah - have done today. Just wanted to complain in the transitionary stage between gel working and mossie repellent kicking in. And AH seemed like the place!

Honestly dude, if you are on holiday in Greece/sun/etc. and consulting AH for advice, you are either with the wife/husband and kids and bored out of your brains, a total loser or with your boyfriend/girlfriend. Sorry, but this needs to be said. Personally, if I was on a sun holiday right now, human beings could be biting chunks out of me and Boards.ie would still be the last place I'd visit. In fact once I got on the plane the internet would be a no go. Have you posted this on your FB account?? Probably.:rolleyes:

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I feel a bit discriminated against. They never bite me. Lexiephobic mossies

everlast75

get some geckos in the room. the best defence is a good offense!

LDN_Irish

Antihistamines. Cream or just your usual cetirizine (brand name Zirtek in Ireland) tablet.

rafatoni

Greek island? Some of those syrian doctors might help you out

Widdershins

Patchouli oil. It will repel more than mosquitoes though .

Gen.Zhukov

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I feel a bit discriminated against. They never bite me. Lexiephobic mossies

They actually might be biting you but you just don't have the skin reaction that others do (if that helps ya feel better)




Quick general tip: Wash feet before hitting the scratcher-(they'll prefer someone that didn't)-that's assuming one can find ones feet after a feed of Amstel.