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13-07-2007, 01:29 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2
| | | Re: insect repellent
Like "richew" Me and the wife both swear by "Avon Skin So Soft" |
13-07-2007, 02:03 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Warwickshire
Posts: 84
| |  Re: insect repellent
Yes, Avon Skin So Soft dry oil spray - soft & fresh version
Rose  |
13-07-2007, 04:08 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Broad Hinton (thats near swindon)
Posts: 874
| |  Re: insect repellent
oh dear....just to add to the saga, have just tried neem oil, bought from the local health shop (thanks to the recommendations of eeyore and stripee) and apparently its a get-it-off-my-skin-oh-god-the-burning type stuff. i've developed a nice angry red rash where i tested it. lovely.  so ruling out:
deet - doesn't work
citronella - ditto
avon skin so soft - allergic
neem oil - apparently very allergic
loosestrife flowers - hayfever
bog myrtle - ditto
cigars - cancer risk 
midge nets - don't work against clegs
and finally
plastic bubbles - these will quickly puncture or i'll suffocate
i'm now down to accepting that the horrible bugs will get me no matter what, and resigning myself to a lifetime of angry welts. sigh.
thanks for all the suggestions....
sarah
p.s. why am i allergic to the ones that don't have deet, and yet deet is fine (but doesn't work)?
p.p.s. not blaming eeyore or stripee in anyway for current angry rash - its my own fault! crummy genetics have made me a ticking bomb, apparently, of waiting to pounce allergies.
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13-07-2007, 06:51 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: West Molesey, Surrey
Posts: 2,697
| | | Re: insect repellent
Schweppes Indian Tonic Water. |
13-07-2007, 07:01 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 1,338
| | | Re: insect repellent
I've said this before in an older thread but it's worth repeating myself to save you getting bitten...
Take 1 baseball cap, and put 5 drops of pure t-tree oil and 5 drops of eucalyptus on the peak. That keeps the little suckers at bay! 
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13-07-2007, 08:30 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Letchworth Garden City
Posts: 1,368
| | | Re: insect repellent
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Originally Posted by Gaina  I've said this before in an older thread but it's worth repeating myself to save you getting bitten...
Take 1 baseball cap, and put 5 drops of pure t-tree oil and 5 drops of eucalyptus on the peak. That keeps the little suckers at bay! | Does it have to be a baseball cap? I hate the things |
13-07-2007, 10:52 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bewdley
Posts: 4,588
| | | Re: insect repellent
theres a few organic bug beaters on the internet that claim to do good things for your skin aswell keeps the bugs at bay. Going to have to try one myself as i'm stoked with the other organic products i bought. replied to another thread inregards to slug attack. I swear by chopped grapefruit and these organic lotions are said to be very lemony, perhaps its the citric? |
14-07-2007, 12:16 PM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 42
| | | Re: insect repellent
I wear long sleeved shirts, use a little super strength deet and when I get home I have a jolly good scratch. So satisfying. Plus I am in harmony with my animals. Woof!
Colin |
14-07-2007, 12:34 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hidden in the clover
Posts: 1,567
| | | Re: insect repellent
You could always walk around towing a skateboard on a length of rope attached to your belt.
Pop a cow pat on the skateboard and I'm sure all the bugs will go for that rather than you...
TBR |
14-07-2007, 03:44 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset, UK
Posts: 1,338
| | | Re: insect repellent
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Originally Posted by smartie Does it have to be a baseball cap? I hate the things | LOL no, anything with a peak on it (like a sun hat) can be used - you just don't want to get the essential oil on your skin. Make sure the bottle states clearly that the oil is PURE. If it has the latin for Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Globulus) and Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) on the label, then so much the better .
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15-07-2007, 07:59 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nottingham
Posts: 1,642
| | | Re: insect repellent
Try garlic, generally start 3 months before you plan on being out.
(you can either eat it in cooking or take it raw with water, or tablet form)
It takes a while to get into your system, once it there just keep eating it in meals, you don't have to top it up in the field as it comes out in your sweat.
Or you could just rub it on your skin, a bit whiffy but better than bites!
You might repel people too
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13-07-2007, 11:15 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Broad hinton - thats in wiltshire
Posts: 9,208
| | | Re: insect repellent
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Originally Posted by almostnormal i've developed a nice angry red rash where i tested it. | look on the bright side at least the rash will match your hair 
you could try one of the sonic bug reppellers i guess - tho not if you are doing insect survey
i'll send you a link
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13-07-2007, 11:26 PM
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| | | Re: insect repellent
Many people say sonic bug repellers don't work for them - caveat emptor!
henrya |
13-07-2007, 11:29 PM
| | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Broad hinton - thats in wiltshire
Posts: 9,208
| | | Re: insect repellent
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Originally Posted by thunder Many people say sonic bug repellers don't work for them - caveat emptor!
henrya | tho at least they wont give you a nasty rash - the link i sent sarah has them for seven dollars american - at that price you can afford to experiement.
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14-07-2007, 12:26 AM
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| | | Re: insect repellent
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Originally Posted by eeyore tho at least they wont give you a nasty rash - the link i sent sarah has them for seven dollars american - at that price you can afford to experiement. | Very true on both points - didn't realise you could get them so inexpensively.
henrya |
14-07-2007, 12:49 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Broad Hinton (thats near swindon)
Posts: 874
| | | Re: insect repellent
i'm glad my misfortune is giving everyone something to talk about...
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