UNDER my wedding ring, really!

Ate!

A friend told me that he and his wife are half a teaspoon of Marmite every day and mosquitos now avoid them. I don't know if that really works or they've suddenly become luckier.

Several year ago we went to Venice and having been told of the high number of mosquitos that year, I rather inelegantly tucked thick socks into my shoes and wore long sleeves. I was also smothered in some sort of cream that had been recommended. Suffice it to say, I got badly bitten. I had a a custard yellow lump about the size of an egg cut in half on my leg, subsequently with red streaks running from it up and down my leg. The pain was dreadful. After struggling for the whole of that day we found a Pharmacist who dispensed, I know not what, however it worked. But for several days I had to pluck up courage to put my foot down. I had always been the one on the beach the these little devils homed in on, but nothing like this. I was told it was a result of the canal water being so polluted, don’t know whether this was true.

vinegar for bites
for water butts put a tablespoon of cooking oil olive, canola it keeps them from> the eggs to hatch. been be doing for 4 decades and i live near a swamp

I’m the same. Get bitten and suffer the bites for days. I take a B1 supplement which helps from February each year. When I’ve been bitten I take a B6 supplement as well which helps with the healing.

This happened to me last summer and I had to have my wedding and engagement ring cut off as my finger had swollen so much. I’m always being bitten - I hate the little buzzers!

I get bitten all the time. I swear, even when there's snow on the ground they'll find me. It drives me nuts. They particularly like my feet. I know this is supposed to be linked to odour but honestly, my feet are dainty and not smelly at all.

Jaxjacky

A bit late, but the Afterbite pen really works, a delightful waft of wet nappies though!

The ammonia!😁
Germaline also good on bites.We were asleep the other night and I was woken up by a whine going past my head, put the light on and found a small mozzie on the wall by the bed.
Zapped it.In the morning found I had two bites, they don’t hurt at the time sneaky little buggers.

Smother yourself with Listerine mouthwash - they hate it!

A bit late, but the Afterbite pen really works, a delightful waft of wet nappies though!

You have my sympathy they love chobbling away at me as well. I can be standing next to my husband and he doesn't get even one bite. I've had that under a tightly fitting ring and you wonder how the little devils get there.

Mozzies love me - I’ve been bitten in places I’d only show to a gynaecologist!

Also, an insect repellent containing deet might help you.

That sounds very uncomfortable Whethertomorrow. Are you able to take an antihistamine tablet? I find they help with allergic reactions to bites and stings, plus a cream such as antisan cream.

Ooh ouch, that sounds very nasty.

Whethertomorrow I can empathise with you completely! I’ve had exactly the same - under my rings. Our mozzies live in the water butts and I always have a squadron of them circling me, waiting to pounce! Although, having said that, I’m often bitten when there’s no sign of them… They avoid everyone else!