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Originally Posted by Gaina
When I'm in Spain or in the Summer here I swear by the following on the peak of a baseball cap...
10 drops neat Tee Tree Oil
or 5 Drops neat Tee Tree and 5 of Lavendar
If the worst comes to the worst, you can also dab the neat Lavendar on any bites but so far the cap has done the trick  |
My family use tea oil and citronella oil mixed ... which sometimes works. I'm pretty thick-skinned and seldom seem to get attacked - perhaps the insects find the rest of the family an easier touch?
On the other hand, there are different sorts of mossies *and* other insects which bite. I often recall a holiday in the south of France. One week in the Camargue and the family were a mass of bites while I could sit out all night reading and drinking without being touched. The next week we moved along the coast to Narbonne: no one else was touched but me ....