Fighting Mosquitoes: A Beginner’s Guide

Nick-H · Oct 27th, 2008, 01:53

All supermarkets, general stores, even the small ones, medical shops... very easy to obtain.

Nets.. Ummm... was looking at another thread just a minute ago,

-->Here

You might find tha discussion useful.

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sorry to be a pest

That's OK... I've got the mossie things we're talking about, mossie spray, fly killer, ant and cockroach killer, natural-orange ant killer --- which do fancy a squirt of?

engelsen · Oct 28th, 2008, 22:38

Natural Orange thanks! though it might not work

Nick-H · Oct 28th, 2008, 23:48

Got it all ready for you

max_w · Jan 12th, 2009, 06:01

When my dad went to india he didn't drink any alchohol and didn't get bitten (maybe hes got tough skin) but he said every person he met who drank got bitten alot, especially the night they drank. maybe they like the smell? or maybe they get a kick out of the booz in our blood.

Pigdog · Jan 12th, 2009, 07:03

I'd love that to be true, but as a non(alcohol)-drinker all I can say that I've been bitten more than enough.

Nick-H · Jan 12th, 2009, 22:55

Me too, no alcohol but regular bites.

I can say that veg or non-veg makes no difference for me either. Even fresh out of the shower they find me, and they are said to like their bodies a bit sweaty

.

Whatever I do, or don't do, seems to make no difference; they just head straight for me. I still need to put cream on the bites, but I'm finding they swell and itch for less time than they used to.

Many people who claim not to get bitten do get bitten but don't notice. Even my doctor told me that the immune system gets used to it and stops responding.

Darmabum · Jan 12th, 2009, 22:59

I drink, and smoke, and don't get bitten. I even went to Varanasi during monsoon to put it to the test. My hypothesis: when they land on me they sense something more toxic than anything they can dish out. Then they head for the nearest vegan

Indizen · Jan 12th, 2009, 23:25

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Originally Posted by Darmabum

I drink, and smoke, and don't get bitten. I even went to Varanasi during monsoon to put it to the test. My hypothesis: when they land on me they sense something more toxic than anything they can dish out. Then they head for the nearest vegan

Nice theory!

ChrisHayes · Jan 13th, 2009, 01:31

Deet. The ultimate repelant. Sadly it also disolves plastic. Still the army swears by it.
Nets. I brought my nets and treatment kits in the uk after discovering the WTO hasn't done much to promote them here yet.
Finally if its really bad get paint impregnated with DDT. Death to all forms of insect life but within the home so less environmental damage.

max_w · Jan 13th, 2009, 01:36

gutted, its a shame that theories been proved wrong, i had a lovely image in my head of drunk and disorderly mosquitoes. ah well

ITFC1978 · Jan 14th, 2009, 20:49

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Originally Posted by ChrisHayes

Deet. The ultimate repelant. Sadly it also disolves plastic. Still the army swears by it.
Nets. I brought my nets and treatment kits in the uk after discovering the WTO hasn't done much to promote them here yet.
Finally if its really bad get paint impregnated with DDT. Death to all forms of insect life but within the home so less environmental damage.

Yep be very very careful with Deet around plastics, I sprayed some on my ankles and the overspray went on my sandals (not leather one's)immediately my feet went black, the foam had started to dissolve, by the morning my sandals had fallen apart!
And it is a smelly product!
We Prefer Odomos as it can be used by the whole family.
Using Good Knight mats or liquid is a very good deterent to the Mossie and we have never had any problems! Using the coils fills the room up with noxious, irritating smoke it is most disgusting.

karuna · Jan 14th, 2009, 20:51

Can we have a Biting Beginners: A Mosquito's Guide thread?

Oh pleeeease!

ITFC1978 · Jan 14th, 2009, 21:05

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Originally Posted by karuna

Can we have a Biting Beginners: A Mosquito's Guide thread?

Oh pleeeease!

Sort it then

This is not a very friendly site is it

Nick-H · Jan 14th, 2009, 22:00

It's a site with a sense of humour, ITFC. Quite a strange one at times

solo_trekker · Jan 14th, 2009, 22:14

Mosquitoes are an intelligent species...

Over the years, they have gradually become immune to all these chemical weapons being used against them a la Saddam Hussein...!

What I do is keep changing the weapons, keep alternating in a random manner with no particular sequence (or they might work that out too...!) and then, just hope for the best...!

Thankfully, it has worked till date...!

Cheers...!

p.s. - Yet to work out the best option when I'm out in the open.

Jan 12th, 2009, 06:01	#19
max_w Learner Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 19	i hear there alchoholics When my dad went to india he didn't drink any alchohol and didn't get bitten (maybe hes got tough skin) but he said every person he met who drank got bitten alot, especially the night they drank. maybe they like the smell? or maybe they get a kick out of the booz in our blood.

Jan 12th, 2009, 07:03	#20
Pigdog Porcinus Canis Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 29	I'd love that to be true, but as a non(alcohol)-drinker all I can say that I've been bitten more than enough. __________________ Long time listener, first time caller.

Jan 12th, 2009, 22:59	#22
Darmabum On the Road, wherever I am Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho . . . now the red-rock plateau of southern Utah Posts: 1,110	I drink, and smoke, and don't get bitten. I even went to Varanasi during monsoon to put it to the test. My hypothesis: when they land on me they sense something more toxic than anything they can dish out. Then they head for the nearest vegan __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure - Marianne Williamson

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karuna Just a big girl with a small dream Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: A little town you've probably never heard of Posts: 2,976	Can we have a Biting Beginners: A Mosquito's Guide thread? Oh pleeeease! __________________ Mosquitos suck.

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Oct 28th, 2008, 22:38	#17
engelsen Family of Five Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Victoria, Canada Posts: 16	Natural Orange thanks! though it might not work

Oct 28th, 2008, 23:48	#18
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,225	Got it all ready for you

Jan 12th, 2009, 22:55	#21
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,225	Me too, no alcohol but regular bites. I can say that veg or non-veg makes no difference for me either. Even fresh out of the shower they find me, and they are said to like their bodies a bit sweaty . Whatever I do, or don't do, seems to make no difference; they just head straight for me. I still need to put cream on the bites, but I'm finding they swell and itch for less time than they used to. Many people who claim not to get bitten do get bitten but don't notice. Even my doctor told me that the immune system gets used to it and stops responding.

Jan 13th, 2009, 01:31	#24
ChrisHayes Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hiland Park, Kolkata Posts: 22	Deet. The ultimate repelant. Sadly it also disolves plastic. Still the army swears by it. Nets. I brought my nets and treatment kits in the uk after discovering the WTO hasn't done much to promote them here yet. Finally if its really bad get paint impregnated with DDT. Death to all forms of insect life but within the home so less environmental damage.

Jan 13th, 2009, 01:36	#25
max_w Learner Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 19	gutted, its a shame that theories been proved wrong, i had a lovely image in my head of drunk and disorderly mosquitoes. ah well

Jan 14th, 2009, 22:00	#29
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,225	It's a site with a sense of humour, ITFC. Quite a strange one at times

Jan 14th, 2009, 22:14	#30
solo_trekker Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: around delhi Posts: 880	Mosquitoes are an intelligent species... Over the years, they have gradually become immune to all these chemical weapons being used against them a la Saddam Hussein...! What I do is keep changing the weapons, keep alternating in a random manner with no particular sequence (or they might work that out too...!) and then, just hope for the best...! Thankfully, it has worked till date...! Cheers...! p.s. - Yet to work out the best option when I'm out in the open.

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