Anniemarshy is right about Avon Skin So Soft. A Scottish friend gave it to me when she heard that we had a lot of midges. I thought it was a joke.
It really works. The smell is quite overpowering and my husband refuses to wear it in case visitors get the wrong idea, but one person wearing it seems to do the trick for two.
"I am off walking in the Outer hebrides on Monday"
OH, LUCKY, LUCKY YOU, New Boy2! After the most memorable experience of my life (after having my babies!) and aboard the Calmac Ferry from Tarbert to Uig I watched the the boat split a pod of porpoises and all around us were the most beautiful Tammienorries ..... Puffins!
Enjoy every moment!!
... and - Skin So Soft - YES!!! It's the only thing I use and I never travel without it! The day I got bitten in my own garden I'd forgotten to lather myself with it - stupid!
... and - I've not been getting email notifications either.
Help I'm being eaten alive by flower bugs. They have been a problem for the last few years but this year has been dreadful. It's not just me others in our village are having the same problem. They start mid July, they sneak in to all your soft warm bits of skin and bite along pant and bra lines. To keep them out is very difficult they are so small they can squeeze past ordinary cuffs. It has truly spoilt my gardening this year. Nothing seems to prevent them biting ,and I can only treat the bites, using hydrocortisone cream and antihistamines. The hot summer has made it difficult as wearing long sleeves with rubber bands on cuffs and long trousers tucked into socks seems to be the only working prevention. Avon skin so soft is a small help but still I end up with loads of bites. I don't like to spray, but......
If they are in your pants and bra lines it’s harvest mites. There are a couple of other threads about them. Nearly at the end for them now, I don’t think I have ever had one past 1st week in September. I don’t think insect spray or lotion will work at all.
Nobodies mentioned flea bites? Usually very prevalent on public transport during the hot summer months. I was told a few years ago that they had to spray the buses every night, although I haven't had any problems this year. I reckon it's ant bites though, particularly the red ones, they're really vicious! I get very itchy painful red wheals which last 5-6 days so the symptoms sound the same.
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You'll probably get plenty more midge bites in the Outer Hebrides
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I tend to wear my jeans in the garden now, i love being out there but cant stand the itchy bites.
Anniemarshy is right about Avon Skin So Soft. A Scottish friend gave it to me when she heard that we had a lot of midges. I thought it was a joke.
It really works. The smell is quite overpowering and my husband refuses to wear it in case visitors get the wrong idea, but one person wearing it seems to do the trick for two.
"I am off walking in the Outer hebrides on Monday"
OH, LUCKY, LUCKY YOU, New Boy2! After the most memorable experience of my life (after having my babies!) and aboard the Calmac Ferry from Tarbert to Uig I watched the the boat split a pod of porpoises and all around us were the most beautiful Tammienorries ..... Puffins!
Enjoy every moment!!
... and - Skin So Soft - YES!!! It's the only thing I use and I never travel without it! The day I got bitten in my own garden I'd forgotten to lather myself with it - stupid!
... and - I've not been getting email notifications either.
My son was bitten on his heel years ago, 2 puncture marks about 5mm apart. It was a viper and he was very ill.
I don't like to spray, but......
I don’t think insect spray or lotion will work at all.
I reckon it's ant bites though, particularly the red ones, they're really vicious! I get very itchy painful red wheals which last 5-6 days so the symptoms sound the same.