Can Jellies help me to be less delicious?

If you use Skin So Soft lotion by Avon, it actually keeps the bugs away from you.

I came across a non DEET repellent last week that’s a mixture of various plant oils. Let me see if I can find a link.

@KatetheGreat : This is a lifelong issue with me. SkinSoSoft (and all the others for that matter) merely keep them from devouring me down to the bones. I like it best, though because it does make my skin…so…soft! ;-)
I also don’t eat sugar, wear any kind of cologne or scent or anything. I’m so dull you’d think I was a plain rice cake, but apparently not.
Deep Woods toxic stuff keeps me from bleeding to death, no more.

I have found Skin-So-Soft to be useless and suspect that many biting summer insects are attracted by the scent.

This outfit is foolproof. I believe that @Janbb wore one over a nice outfit at a wedding she recently attended.

You can opt for long linen pants and a shirt, plus socks and only wear the headgear.

I used to live in mine when I summered in Lake Placid where the black flies attacked in swarms. The only difficulty occured when a fly was inside the protective netting around my face.

I’ve also heard that if you take garlic or B-1 supplements, it makes you less susceptible.

Befriend an even tastier person and let him/her accompany you when around bugs

I bet incendiary_dan would know the answer to this.

I’ve heard the same thing about Avon Skin So Soft lotion, as well as the garlic capsules.
I also keep a little spray bottle of diluted body spray on my deck and misting myself seems to help repel the mosquitos, been a low mosquito year over hear.

I can always send you a half dozen lizards to wear in your hair, maybe a new fashion statement

Aw, bloody hell, @gailcalled , I may have to resort to that! It’s so hot and humid that the thought of any extra covering is awful…
@KatetheGreat : So it’s the B-1? I already eat all of the garlic (I love garlic!) but Yeah, I was wondering which B it was. Thanks.
@rebbel : I am the tastier person people invite along to protect them! Rumor has it that @KatawaGrey’s boyfriend may be tastier, I’ll have to try that out.

@Coloma : I like lizards, send them on over! They will soon be fat lizards.

Brewers yeast. It has all the B Vitamins, tastes horrible, but if you can swallow down a tablespoon in your juice it will kick in quickly

Did the brewers yeast for years, the B complex tab works just as well and is a bit easier to cope with.

For the first time I have planted mosquito plants on my deck and have not yet been bitten once while on the deck and I rub the leaves and wipe the oils on my skin and it really cuts down on the level of attack when I am off in our woods. Though not nearly as good as mosquito repellants, these plants have almost my need to drench myself in those yucky sprays.

@Cruiser, your link won’t load for me. Do you mean this?

@gailcalled It wasn’t me in that mosquito netting.

Taking B-complex vitamins and eating garlic and onions may make skin less tasty to mosquitoes.

Does whether or not you attract insects have to do with your blood type?

Bath yourself in Raid. After you come back from the hospital you’ll feel so lucky that you survived, you won’t give a damn about those pesky bugs.

@JilltheTooth Yes. I got mine a Lowes this spring.

@Cruiser : Thinking a trip to Lowes may be in order…

Couple of “home” remedies that you might try—I’m not attractive to the bugs, so these anecdoctal antidotes are recommended by a tasty friend: cinnamon tables and/or dryer sheets (rubbed on the exposed parts). Let me know if you find these effective—and good luck!

@picante : Dryer sheets? I wonder why…I’ll definitely try, I’ll try anything these days, I’m almost afraid to go outside anymore…

Mosquitoes thrive on me. I have tried every natural thing and every unnatural thing. None of it works on me. I use the strongest DEET I can and the mosquitoes find the one square centimeter I haven’t covered and bite there.

The only thing I haven’t tried is that mosquito suit. ;)

The dryer sheets are said to keep bees and flies away. They don’t work for skeeters.

The only other tips I have for you @JilltheTooth is to reduce your intake of bananas if you eat them and to keep any water around your home circulating so the pests can’t breed.

Oh, @SpatzieLover , we should get together and see who can protect whom! My intake of any fruit is at a minimum damn, I love fruit! and no water stays stagnant near my house. My neighbors think that squirrels knock over their birdbath…they think that because I told them so…evil me. My friends think I’m just being a drama queen when I refuse to dine al fresco at charming local bistros, until they see the bites, and they still complain about the smell of whatever repellent I have on. Even the damned lightning bugs have been bumping into me this summer! Who’d a thunk that would be the quitting smoking problem??? :-)

You know what does work in place of the smoking? Incense sticks. I did use those as a kid when I’d sit out on the porch or balcony so I could remain sane outdoors. They help a little.

I have found tiki torches filled with Citronella oil to work a bit. Especially if you take the torches and surround yourself with them ;)

I don’t know what it is about me, but I literally get flocked with the damn things. My husband and son get no bites. I have a strong reaction to the bites…which is even worse for me :(

My husband’s cousin, an avid hunter and fisherman, swears by his ThermaCELL. It’s non-toxic, odor free, and has a 15 food radius for keeping mosquitoes away. It clips to your belt or pants.

The only downside may be the cost. The device costs about $20 and the refills are anywhere from $8 to $15, depending on what size refill pack you buy. It runs for 4 hours before you need to change the “mat,” and you get 12 hours out of the butane cartridge. Read the reviews on Amazon, and that will give you a better idea if it would work for you.

@MissAusten It doesn’t work for me one bit. :( I have that one and some yard ones by OFF, too. None of them work. We also have a bug zapper. It certainly kills a lot of moths. If I place it by a swarm of mosquitoes it will work to kill the swarm, but it still doesn’t keep them off from me.

Those bug zappers are a waste of money and do more harm than good. The insects that find people tasty aren’t attracted to the lights. The zappers kill off harmless, and often beneficial, bugs that would never think of sipping your blood. Mosquitoes find you because of the carbon dioxide your body gives off. They could care less about some pretty lights.

There are also mosquito magnets, but they are expensive and not portable. We had one near the playground at the daycare where I used to work. I’m sure it cut down on the overall number of mosquitoes in the area, but we still had to use bug spray on ourselves and the kids or we’d all have multiple bites after spending time on the playground.

@MissAusten I’d love to buy a magnet. We’ve heard mixed reviews in our area. It sounds as though for our yard size we’d need two of them and a lot of replacement parts…which would be seriously costly. I’ll have to look into them further.

Oops, just noticed my typo “over HEAR, instead of HERE! Bah…stoopid! lol
Maybe it’s all those pesticides from the 60’s catching up with me.

Seriously though, I think one should always go for the organic remedies first, before taking a bath in the Malathion.