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what is biting me and how can i stop it!!

11tearoom2774911tearoom27749 Posts: 4
in Problem solving
i have been bitten the whole of the summer months and thought i was safe in december but no went out to do some cutting back and clearing and was bitten on my face in three separate places - what can i do i don't want not to be able to go out in to my garden
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Where do you live and what plants were you cutting back @11tearoom27749
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • 11tearoom2774911tearoom27749 Posts: 4

    Where do you live and what plants were you cutting back @11tearoom27749
    i live in bishops cleeve, cheltenham - i am not sure of the name of the plant i was cutting back
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Can you show is a picture? It might give us a clue what biters are likely to be living in it 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • 11tearoom2774911tearoom27749 Posts: 4
    i will try
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    Possibly/probably mosquitoes. In London they are still around. You can go out into your garden. They were probably just disturbed by the cutting back. I emptied out some abandoned buckets yesterday and some flew out. It was a reminder to me to keep emptying out containers, even though it seems too cold for them.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Do you use insect repellent @11tearoom27749?   
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Probably mosquitos or midges. I've been told that Avon Skin so Soft keeps them away, they don't like the smell I think. Otherwise go to the chemist and buy a repellent.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    There is, in fact, a blasted mozi in my bedroom tonight. It was -3C here last week but the mozis don't seem to have noticed.

     🤬


  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Fire said:
    There is, in fact, a blasted mozi in my bedroom tonight. It was -3C here last week but the mozis don't seem to have noticed.

     🤬


    Culex pipiens? The Common House Mosquito.


    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • 11tearoom2774911tearoom27749 Posts: 4
    i have ordered avon citronella so soft spray - hopefully that will work
    thank you for your concern
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