Treating insect bites in the field(or woods etc)

[TurboGirl]

You must give off one hell of a lure!

Can I ask which brand of DEET you were using?

Jungle Formula maximum. What can I say. I am a beloved of the Mothers smallest creatures I was on a wee workparty the first weekend, puffing and panting occasionally so making too much co2 attractant.... and the woods have a medieval most system that was full after alternate sunshine and showers, they were out in force! I was taking antihistamines for the second weekend and still blew up with reactions, complete pain in the.... well, hands, although they had a go through my deet'd moleskin trousers too, they're tough tongued!

[Man of Tanith]

what can I say!

Wilma's Nordic Summer. !!

the ultimate in prevention, and it doesn't melt anything.. and best of all. it smells like campfires

We used that
it was the five mins before we put it on that we got munched on!
and i think over night as we didnt reapply before crashing out

[Moscow_wolf]

I'd love to answer, but the way this forum works, you'll be fine before my remedy gets aired. :wink:

[treebloke]

Vinegar has a 1001 uses, or so wifey tells me.

[TRUEBRIT66]

Hi first post so please be gentle with me
Avon skin so soft, works for me and is a regular recommendation on fishing sites for application prior to "getting out there".

[TurboGirl]

Hi first post so please be gentle with me
Avon skin so soft, works for me and is a regular recommendation on fishing sites for application prior to "getting out there".

I tried that last outing and got eaten... but then I got eaten despite everything else I put on too, the only effective cure was retreating into the mozzie netted hammock or being close enough downwind of the fire to boil my eyeballs

Congratulations on your first post, TrueBrit

[santaman2000]

Hi first post so please be gentle with me
Avon skin so soft, works for me and is a regular recommendation on fishing sites for application prior to "getting out there".

If the internet is to be believed then it is popular among the military in the Middle east.
Anybody on here have 1st hand knowledge?

[TurboGirl]

... Wilma's Nordic Summer. !! the ultimate in prevention, and it doesn't melt anything.. and best of all. it smells like campfires

Just trying some out, HWMBO reckons I smell like Joan of Arc... if mozzies have similar tastes, it'll work perfectly

[udamiano]

Just trying some out, HWMBO reckons I smell like Joan of Arc... if mozzies have similar tastes, it'll work perfectly

LOL. Ill make sure there is plenty of wood near your pitch, just in case you start speaking in French and trying to throw the rest of us in the channel :-)
(its a bit like being at home the more I think about it LMAO)