how can i stop the biting

[marathon]

Well today I count 5 bites which means a totel of 16 so far this week.

I'm really fed up I have marks all over my ankles from old bites. Why is it that all the biting insects aim for me. No one else in family git bitten and other plot holders don't complain.

Any tips, other than stay in all day with windows closed.

[zazen999]

Insect repellent?

[marathon]

Insect repellent?

to cover my back, legs and arms everyday would cost a lot, £5.99 in Mr T for a small spray, but I guess that may be the only thing I can do

[louisesgarden]

My parents are golfers and get bit to death on the golf course, my mum takes vitamin B as its suppose build up in your body and stop the bites ! she swears by it, my dad doesnt take it and gets bit and my mum doesnt anymore, she learnt it in some far flung country she was ruining a good walk !!!!!!

[zazen999]

I'm still using the spray insect repellent that we bought last summer. You only need a quick burst just to try and keep them away.

Didn't skin so soft avon stuff also act as an insect repellent?

[Catrina]

My sister has lived in Zambia for years and she told us that after the first time we went there and got really bitten by mozzies, we had to take Vit B. Never tried it but I have heard it really works.

[coreopsis]

One more vote for vit B.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Having just been in the IOM for the weekend, unless you used insect repellent you got bitten to bits! I didn't put it on my face one night and ended up with a row of "nibbles" down one side - then there's my legs and ankles where I didnt use it either! DH swears by it - and now, I agree with him.

[growingkasbar]

i hear lots of bugs dont like lavender. Maybe try planting some on your plot?

[Lemon]

never knew about the vit b thing - some say eating marmite does the trick, not sure how much you need to eat or if everyday.

I have to put on a roll-on insect repellant on bare bits - I get eaten to shreds too and marks on legs look like old bruises!

[louisesgarden]

dexterdoglancashire My hubby just been to IOM and he got bit all over his legs !! he said it was a nightmare this year x

[marathon]

First thing in the morning I'm buying VIt B (strong dose) planting lavender near the PT(which will attact bees which will also be good and buying Avon cream. Oh and eat loads of garlic

[bluemoon]

I've never heard of Vit B before, but I'm definitely going to try it. I'm eaten alive every summer and some of the bites can become quite swollen and painful. The things never touch OH. I baby-sat earlier in the week and saw a bit of Springwatch. How come they are out in the damp and at dusk every night and never seem to even see a mozzie?

[Alice]

For Mozzies Autan repellant works well. It comes as a lotion, roll on or spray. Not cheap but it does work.

[marathon]

I get eaten to shreds too and marks on legs look like old bruises!

Yes bruises, lots and lots of bruises