Ok, thats the topic. My familly, excluding me, get bit to hell every year. So, I steped up my arsenal this year. We have the sprays, the lotions, the candles, and tiki torches with citrallalla, coupled with the most gruesome box fan imaginable. ( its bad , it was my painting fan). I have added to this, the thermocell, hopefully this will keep our blood out of the mouths of these vampiric creatons.
Mosquitos
- Thread starter Sjm9911
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Bought those also, lol. I will be like rambo. After all they drew first blood.
NLB
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Mosquitos have a negative ion charge. IF you are grounded, they will not be attracted to you. However, you have made your position pretty clear. Have you considered Calamine Lotion?
Susan Premo
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I bought a Thermacell on a recommendation from a person in this group, I'm hoping it works!
Thermacells is where it’s at!
Dingit
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- Mar 8, 2017
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Keep in mind that half of those precautions will be blown away by the fan.
![[:D]](/smileys/smile_big.gif "Big Smile [:D]")
My whole canvas is treated with permethrin. That, the awning, the sun shade, the blankets, ...
It may be "overkill" but I am not taking chances. Blankets are because during sleep when your in your skippies, if one is on your skin it will still work
Susan Premo
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Clothing like pants, just not skin.
Snow
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- Jul 19, 2007
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Well considering you have the ability to buy skeeter spray with high levels of Deet (up to 100%), unlike us folks further North. I'm surprised you need all that stuff in your skeeter arsenal, you sound like a guy from the Toronto area going camping in Algonquin.. And yes I've had all that plus skeeter coils in my arsenal for years.. just wish we could get sprays with higher levels of Deet..
tzmartin
Not here for a long time but here for a good time!
My father owns one of those foggers that work off propane. Campground may frown on using it with other people around. Or get the canned version of it. Basically you'll create an environment where they die when they land on the areas around your camp.
Cutter Propane Insect Fogger 190395 - The Home Depot
Keep mosquitoes, biting flies, and other flying insects away from your yard with the Cutter Propane Mosquito Fogger. This same effective system is used by professionals to kill mosquitoes that may carry
www.homedepot.com
Dugk44
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- Apr 17, 2022
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Somehow the kido gets eaten alive, lol. Its bad. They get me worse then others , but my daughter is way worse then me. Idk. Its everything though. Cats had flees last year. Kido looked like a leppor with flea bites all over her. Welts and open sores on her legs. I didnt get bit at all. And we didnt have an infestation, just normal feas. They died off the cats with the flee stuff but kid was still getting bit. Finally had to fog the house. And it wasn't even bad.
Cutter makes wipes, smell better than the others & work for us; Johnson Creamy Baby Oil lotion works on me, & the Thermacell has been a staple since they came out...send me a monthly check & I'll provide weekly online counceling for insect related stress issues thru October ![[8D]](/smileys/smile_cool.gif "Cool [8D]")
Mytime
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Always been lucky in that regard . Deep woods OFF and I don’t get bothered . My poor boy though… OFF helps but he still gets bit.
I don't have too many skeeter problems myself, but DW was a mosquito buffet. However, in the last year she has lowered her A1C to below 7 and now has very little problem. I still think she's sweet as candy but the bugs don't seem to agree.
Not a big fan of deet. It eats through plastics. Ive tried them all.. even that weird imr stuff.
My favorite go to is picaridin 20 percent. It might be slightly less effective than 100 percent deet, but it doesn't stain, smells good and doesn't burn on the skin.
