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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 2:22 am    Post subject: Bug bites Reply to topic Reply with quote

The mosquitoes are populating here in Michigan. I have tried many remedies and bug repentants. I just read a new one...licorice. Studies show that eating it keeps the itching down.

So what do you use to keep the bugs away and to ease the itch when they bite?

Linda
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I have never had bite issues in the desert. That's part of why I live here.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I guess I must be a pretty sour individual, because they don't bite me too much! I do use Cutter's or anything like that with 100% DEET in it when I'm in really buggy places. If I do get bitten I put peroxide or rubbing alcohol on the bites to ease the itching. I have also used a couple of over-the-counter itching remedies, not calamine, but this clear stuff in a tube, and another one that's a lotion. They worked ok, too, for the itching.

Also, taking benedryl helps some people, especially at night because it also makes most people sleepy.

Did you know that malaria was once common along the creeks in Arizona? It is a mosquito-borne illness. We have lots of mosquitos up here in the White Mtns., especially during monsoon. But I remember there were a lot in Tucson too, in August.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Caladryl (clear)
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I found the tube. It's called Rhuli. My son took it to Boundary Waters, the mosquito capital of the world.

I think the other stuff was called Serna.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote


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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Eating fresh garlic the night before you go out. I hear that mosquitos don't like garlic.

I also read something at the post office that Bounce sheets keeps the bees and mosquitos away. I think it was Bounce anyway.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

There is not a single mosquito up on Charleston. I've never been able to comprehend that.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

IGO wrote:
There is not a single mosquito up on Charleston. I've never been able to comprehend that.

They're all down in the valley feeding on sangre, tourista, prima.
Wouldn't you be? After all, isn't Vegas all about the free drinks?
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

GTG wrote:
IGO wrote:
There is not a single mosquito up on Charleston. I've never been able to comprehend that.

They're all down in the valley feeding on sangre, tourista, prima.
Wouldn't you be? After all, isn't Vegas all about the free drinks?
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I literally grew up with a swamp in my backyard (Louisiana) so I know all about mosquitoes. I've heard you should stay away from sweets.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

I use melaleuca (tea tree oil) and eucalyptus oil mixed with some witch hazel. It keeps the mosquitos away.

Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

GTG wrote:
IGO wrote:
There is not a single mosquito up on Charleston. I've never been able to comprehend that.

They're all down in the valley feeding on sangre, tourista, prima.
Wouldn't you be? After all, isn't Vegas all about the free drinks?
GTG

Come to think of it, I think I did see one at the bottom of a Long Island Ice Tea once.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Here's a bug repellant skin patch that I recently heard about:
http://www.dontbugmepatch.com/

Anybody know if this works? I'm skeptical.
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PostPosted: 6/7/2007, 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

SaguaroHiker wrote:
Here's a bug repellant skin patch that I recently heard about:
http://www.dontbugmepatch.com/

Anybody know if this works? I'm skeptical.


Backpacker just recently ran a series of tests and found it fairly ineffective at times.

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