Mosquitoes

[grabow32]

I also have had good luck with Thermocell. 

[Chas.Alpha]

Where I’m from, these are a protected species... 😳

[dominattorney]

When outdoors in the summer evenings in mozzie country (NJ slang for mosquitos. Some out west have taken it as a racial slur which it is certainly not), I will rock a pair of seer sucker pants with a white linen long sleeve shirt over a tee. Does wonders to deter bites on the legs and arms. Also I wear thin socks and driving loafers for footwear rather than sandals. The cigar smoke also deters the little buggers. But my wife sitting next to me always gets eaten alive. 

My uninformed 2 cents is women get eaten more than most men. Most likely because they use lotion and perfumed beauty products which I always avoid. 

[bates40]

On 6/12/2022 at 3:02 PM, Shrimpchips said:

We’ve been using thermacell repellents.  Work well, but it has to be a completely windless night or else it disperses too much and they don’t work well.  
 

FWIW, lighting up a good cigar seems to be just as good.

Che made the same in his book when in the Bolivian bugs- a Cuban Cigar was the best mosquito repellent he had ever come across. 

 

OFF spray0 smells horrible but works. 

[SenorT]

Covered but not screened porch with a ceiling fan on high helps a lot.  Dunks in the rain barrels.  I know a lot of folks do it, but I'm not a fan of spraying b/c of the damage it does to pollinator populations.

[tom153]

Just got this recently and have been testing it out. Appears to actually work well! We tested it out with my wife and the sceeterz were avoiding her while had no problem landing onto me.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VV5KRD8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

[clickbangdoh]

1 hour ago, tom153 said:

Just got this recently and have been testing it out. Appears to actually work well! We tested it out with my wife and the sceeterz were avoiding her while had no problem landing onto me.

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VV5KRD8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

That's actually one of the better DEET alternatives out there from my experience.