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Yeah AUS HAS Mossies in the summer months and yeah they are anoying lil buggers
lol use aloe vera takes the sting out of the bites..stops the bites getting all swollen and sore..

rub your skin in lemon juice .. doesn't stop them biting you .. but gives 'em a nice change from sweaty armpits flavour ..

Any old discarded Cans,Bottles,Old Tires!Keep the Grass around the place fairly short,since they rest in that during the hottest hours.We used to make smoke with Coconut bark.Kept the away pretty good
Cover your Rainwater-barrels with Window-Screen.
They breed in any standing water that is around a while,like a couple of weeks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito


We had this problem in the Islands,and that is how we got some control.

Thanks Radders...we have very little standing water here..but the fact is that they must be breeding somewhere..maybe in wells, and chunk left discarded..but they are quiet, strike silently, and are very good at being evasive..

I could smear myself with strawberries and give 'em a real treat!!...

I'd better not comment on line......

Chers might come round then ..

hello you where have you been hiding?

Wee Bast@@d-The Scottish Midge.


No academic work on Scottish weather and culture would be complete without mention of the ubiquitous Scottish midge. South America has the pirhana. Africa has army ants. Scotland has the Midge. The Scottish midge is a flying insect so small as to be virtually undetectable except when it bites you to suck your blood. When the midge bites it feels like a sado-masochistic nurse has used a rusty hypodermic to take a blood sample. The midge is one of the perils of Scottish life.

Midges come in two distinct varieties. First the lone kamikaze. This type of midge has no respect for its own life. Its sole aim is to hone in on your exposed flesh, bite you as painfully as possible, suck your blood and then heroically give up its life under the slap of your palm. At these moments traditionally one utters a Scottish meditative mantra designed to help one cope with pain “ya fuckin wee basta” (English translation -take that you nasty little illegitimate fly). There is some debate in the scientific community ( see for example McSporran and McCracken 1997 “Wee Midgies n ither nasty bastards“) about whether they kamikaze midge is a distinct species. It has been noted for example that almost invariably an attack by a kamikaze is accompanied some minutes later by the second variety - The Scottish Sociable midge.

The Scottish Sociable Midge shares the instinctive socialist tendency that is inbred into the Scottish character. The Sociable Midge likes to hang around with its pals when its “oot on the toon”. Much like Scottish Man the midge may drink alone but by preference it prefers to be carousing with others. And just like Scottish Man it has a tendency to get a bit loud, boisterous and argumentative when its had a few. The attack of the sociable midge is a thing to be feared. Your standing there rubbing the guts of the last kamikaze from your hands when the first squadrons land in town. They pop in for a couple of drinks and then rush back to tell their pals where the action is at. Next thing while your still rubbing your face from the last jaggy bite the whole airforce arrives and your being carpet bombed by Commander Midgie Harris. Not good.

The midge is, fortunately , only generally “oot on the toon” when the weather is damp. Unfortunately this is 364 days out 365 in Scotland. (See previous Chapters). In future chapters we will discuss the connection between the midge and Scottish outdoor pursuits.


http://scotlandthedamp.blogspot.com/2006/02/wee-bastard-scottish-midge.html

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YES.And they eat me all the time lunch or dinner.

Ok.....then could I have you for breakfast?

Lather yourself up in olive oil to which you`ve added quite a lot of Citronella oil! Guaranteed no bites! You cant smell all divine with your aftershave and deoderants and expect not to get bitten by mossies......

If you sensible enough (and desperate enough) to take this advice ... then take an average sized empty shampoo bottle of olive oil, add about 1/4 of a 50ml bottle of citronella, shake it up, and use. The oil is good for your skin too - also has a degree of sun protection factor in it, and soaks in quite quickly so you dont look like a greased piglet.

Citronela?

Ja Marki .... Citronella oil - most chemists/druggery shops keep it. Its that yellow stuff they put in all those candles that are supposed to keep mosquitos away - except unless you sitting on the candle they still get you! You`ll find Citronella oil where they keep all the concentrated oils, like Lavender, YlangYlang, etc etc.......

I will try that for sure

Citronella works quite well.

I use almond oil as a base also you can buy small spray
bottles to apply the mixture.