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Floods= really bad mosquito problem
Are you guys having the same problem?
Every time we open the door at night we get bombarded with them in our house!
We are going to a crawfish boil Sat., so what type of repellent should I get? What do you use?
Every time we open the door at night we get bombarded with them in our house!
We are going to a crawfish boil Sat., so what type of repellent should I get? What do you use?
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Re: Floods= really bad mosquito problem
Whatever you hatters be hattin. -Tay Prince
I don't have any recs for specific repellents - OFF! is probably a good one. Just don't do things like wear nice smelling lotions or things like that. I used to keep dryer sheets in my pockets when I went to watch my ex-boyfriend's softball games, that may or may not have worked.
Up here our cities do really well with city-wide spraying of mosquitoes so they aren't too bad in the city limits. When I go home to the farm now though (especially with the way it's been flooding up there non-stop for years) it's insanity. I'll usually just say fuckit to repellent and just go inside!
Some people I know who farm though will buy mosquito magnets. Those things are the shiit. And they work pretty well.
I hate misquitos!!!
Edit: Citrinella oil/ candle! I could not for the life of me remember that name
I can't do DEET, so I do the Clean Feel OFF mist with picardin. It works really well for me.
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[QUOTE]I prefer the deep woods OFF! as well. I swear <strong>I must have done something to piss off an important mosquito in another life. I can be sitting with 10 other people and I will get like 20 bites to everybody else's 2.</strong> It drives me crazy. On a side note, is it weird that I love the smell of bug spray? It reminds me of summer and lakes so it makes me happy.
Posted by KaylaSue19[/QUOTE]
!! finally someone else! People laugh at me because I can go to a bbq with 20+ people and be the ONLY one that gets bit! Repellant or no repellant I will still get a gazillion bites.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Floods= really bad mosquito problem : !! finally someone else! People laugh at me because I can go to a bbq with 20+ people and be the ONLY one that gets bit! Repellant or no repellant I will still get a gazillion bites.
Posted by undyingmizery[/QUOTE]
I am glad I am not the only one!
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Floods= really bad mosquito problem : I am glad I am not the only one!
Posted by KaylaSue19[/QUOTE]
I tried the whole "make sure you wear long sleeves and jeans" .. BULLSHIT! I still get chewed on. Those little bastards will find anyway possible to get you lol.
[QUOTE] Some people I know who farm though will buy mosquito magnets. Those things are the shiit. And they work pretty well.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
I want one of those for outside my screened in pool because I know I'll be killing a shiit ton of mosquitoes lol.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Floods= really bad mosquito problem : I tried the whole "make sure you wear long sleeves and jeans" .. BULLSHIT! I still get chewed on. Those little bastards will find anyway possible to get you lol.
Posted by undyingmizery[/QUOTE]
I distinctly remember one night last summer where I got over 10-15 bites on my hips and legs. I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, I have no idea how they got through my pants.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Floods= really bad mosquito problem : I distinctly remember one night last summer where I got over 10-15 bites on my hips and legs. I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, I have no idea how they got through my pants.
Posted by KaylaSue19[/QUOTE]
Ninja mosquitos I am telling you.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Floods= really bad mosquito problem : Ninja mosquitos I am telling you.
Posted by undyingmizery[/QUOTE]
Something like that!
Also, I've had a little luck with the Off! fans. You clip them on to your belt loop, turn on the battery-powered fan, and it creates like a little mosquito force field around you. I mostly used it on my porch last summer, not moving around, but it's worth a shot.
[QUOTE]I second the recommendation for Avon Skin So Soft. It's not going to work quite as well as Deep Woods with DEET, but it'll help a lot, and it won't smell as gross and leave you feeling sticky. That's what I hate about bug spray. So if you're going somewhere where you don't want to be smelly and/or you can't use something as hardcore as the Deep Woods stuff, try that. Also, I've had a little luck with the Off! fans. You clip them on to your belt loop, turn on the battery-powered fan, and <strong>it creates like a little mosquito force field around you</strong>. I mostly used it on my porch last summer, not moving around, but it's worth a shot.
Posted by meep2[/QUOTE]
That left a very interesting and almost starship troopers visual.. lol
[QUOTE]I second the recommendation for Avon Skin So Soft. It's not going to work quite as well as Deep Woods with DEET, but it'll help a lot, and it won't smell as gross and leave you feeling sticky. That's what I hate about bug spray. So if you're going somewhere where you don't want to be smelly and/or you can't use something as hardcore as the Deep Woods stuff, try that<strong>. Also, I've had a little luck with the Off! fans.</strong> You clip them on to your belt loop, turn on the battery-powered fan, and it creates like a little mosquito force field around you. I mostly used it on my porch last summer, not moving around, but it's worth a shot.
Posted by meep2[/QUOTE]
<div>I'm going to try these this weekend. I also must have pissed off a mosquito god in another life because I get covered in bites when no one else does. Every bite swells to the size of a quarter and hurts! Nothing works. Grrr...</div>
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My mosquito repellants tend to be as chemical as possible - if there's DEET in it, it's my friend.
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