wifes just orderd a pair of net curtains of ebay for night time (sleeping ) think they will help with the mozzie bite (deterent)??? anyone else tried this idea?
Hi!
It is a very good idea with a mozzie net.
Every year I take one with me for the bed.
It is very good and I had no problems with them.
I slept under the net and all the mozzies are outside :)
The only thing is that the problem with the mozzies is, if you sit outside somewhere.
So, you need a lotion or something else for them for the evening! :)
But maybe after the cold winter there are not so many mozzies this year, I hope :)
Marika x x x
I'm sure they will be there, even after the cold winter. They hide and when they see me they think " Lets get him" lol :(
riggers....
If it's not cold enought around Loch Lomond to get rid of them pessky blighters then it's not cold enought in Arillas. And thats another story :-). Mick.
riggers is right. they sit there waiting for you (in particular jenny...) They hate me - I have spent two months there in total and never been bitten but jen has been eaten alive. Her suffering kept us away for four years.
fine mesh net curtains will keep them out if it is tucked in all the way round your bed with no gaps - just like any other expensive net. But without any nets and a deet plug-in, last year she didn't get one bite overnight. (Don't sleep on the balcony with very little or nothing on though - that could be disastrous)
Most of the bites happen in early/mid evening when you are sitting eating and drinking. They go for feet / ankles / calves. She used Jungle Strength lotion from Boots plastered all over lower legs, and wore pop-sox every evening (under floaty trousers rather than Norah Batty style!) and it worked.
We also are hoping we can keep this up when we go in July. The first time your guard is down, the little b***ers will get you.
Best wishes
Phil
I always get bit on the ankles. Do you think I would look OK if I wore shorts, sandals and pop-sox?
The mind boggles Terry! I daren't even picture it....
Jen just erupted when she saw your post (laughter, not mozzie bites!)
Best wishes
Phil
Mick, the midgies up here are worse than the mozzies!lol.
Maggie, last August I was riding around Scotland, fantastic, except for when I stayed near Loch Lomond, midgies, I have never seen so many in the whole of my life even if you added them all up together, I must have eaten a few thousand whilst having my meat the first night outside. But none bit me, just drove me mad. I will go up again but not there.
Whilst in Greece 3 or 4 have a bite out of my ankles each time I stay. Mick.
Quote from: TerryW on April 25, 2008, 11:06:33 AM
Do you think I would look OK if I wore shorts, sandals and pop-sox?
Terry
Only if you let me take a photo of you for a " picture of the day" which Dimitris will let run for two weeks!
Negg
Ha ha ha lol EGGY. Or even a month- Sorry Terry.
riggers.....
Riggers
I'm told that Terry took a pair of lace curtains with him one year and after he'd hung them up, never left the Appt for a week.
All he did was sit on a stool, behind them, peering out at all the passers by.
That year, many holidaymakers were heard to say:-
" Everytime we walk past here those curtains twitch! "
I think it was the same year he tried out the sandals,shorts and pop sox.
Negg
Anyway -
Forgot to say but I'm sure there is a place, locally, that rents out those curtains that fit above the bed. ( Easy fit and cause no damage to the ceiling )
If I can find out more I'll post details on.
Negg
M&M
Know what you mean about the midgies. We were touring Scotland last year & spent a few days camping at Loch Long - quite near Loch Lomond. It was impossible to cook anything without it containing several hundred of the pesky things. Yuk! Consequently we lost a few pounds while we were there. Beautiful place - shame about the midgies!
Apologies, last post should have read M n M not M&M!!
Used to be able to modify posts to make corrections but don't seem to be able to do this now.
Yes noticed that myself about modifying posts...
I am sure M n M won't mind..............
riggers.............
There was a place Eggy, but I`ve lost the details.
Mosquito-nets are quite effective but in combination with the following strategies:
1) avoid to use "sweet perfumes"
2)avoid to have windows open together with lights that atract them (aircondition use
would be perfect to avoid them)
3)Mosquitos are hidden in the dark (under the tables,behind and under the beds etc)so whenever you are outside use an antimosquito
lotion on the feet (angles,etc)and prefer to wear long pair of trousers in light colours.Darc colours attract them for sure!
4)There are some special small antimsquitos staff that accept a tablet.If you plug them in ,then the specific smell which is produced can keep them away...
5)Spray your room in the evening before to go somewhere outside and close the window-doors.
6)When it s fresh and windy mosquitos are disapeared.The problem exists when it s
warm and humid
7)If you have a net above the bed make sure that it hasn t been trapped any mosquito
inside of it (it s the worst thing that may happens ,believe me)that s why the net must never been fprgotten"open"even during the day.
8)If you will be beaten avoid scrathing and put on imediately amonia or a special ointment like FENISTIL GEL to avoid the problem of contamination!
Some say that garlic smell keeps them away as well!
The above advises are the results of my long time experience and fights with them!
GOOD LUCK!!!
ELENI
Hi Eleni.
Thankyou for your advice. :) . I will take note.
riggers................
Thanks Eleni. As I've said before they don't like me but they think Jen is dinner waiting on the table. She will take note of all you say. She was going to post this but her computer decided to lose the wireless connection. B****y new technology....
Best wishes
Phil
Thanks for the information Eleni, but I have to ask one question that has "bugged" me since last year. Do the people who live and work in Arillas get bitten very often, and if so, do they have the same reactions to the bites as us tourists ie swelling and itching, or do their bodies get used to the bites?
I had never heard of Fenistil Gel before Eleni's post but after "Googling" it, it does seem to be a good substance to soothe the irritation of bites. I don't think it available in the UK, but it is available in Greece. Is it stocked in any of the shops in Arillas?
Cheers
TerryW
Terry, I think I`ve seen it in one shop. If my memory serves me right, I think it was next to the bakery. Also, the island used to be sprayed, but that stopped, I think, because of causing bad reactions etc.
You are right L.Pops I have seen it there too. I take germalene as it has an anaesthetic in it and also some 1% cortisone cream too, but I am not sure if you can put that on your face, you have to be careful with cortisone on your face.
Fenistil is a strong antihistamine, on the 2 occasions when I have had to have medical treatment for allergic reaction to the bites I have been given it by the doctors in tablet form and in a cream,Ive not seen it in Arillas only in the chemist in Kavaddes I think, but will look out for it in Arillas.My advice to anyone who gets a bad reaction is to go see the doctor....I still have some tablets and a special cream that was made for me from last year so I will be taking these just in case,those 3 bites on my elbo cost me 50 euro last year, but that did include an injection of I dont know what,but after 24hrs the swelling in my arm had gone down.
But I too have often thought how these little beasts avoid the locals
Ang
What i have noticed from my experience is that mosquitos are attracted more
from whiter and delicate skins like yours and that they can easier cause allergical
reactions.
Baby s skins for example attracts them as well !
The climate parametres are diferent in each country so eachone of us is adjusted to
react accordingly!What i m trying to say is that "you" are getting sweat much more easier than we do ,so the "body smell" that attracts them in combination with your delicate skin is an obvious and "clear target for mosquitos!!!
As for Fenistil gel ,exists also in stick for easier use and you could find it almost everywhere even
to the mini-markets as it s no need for doctor s prescription ! For external use is very
effective .For internal use as tablets it would be needed a doctor s advice ofcourse.!!!
So ,it s true that we do have diferent reactions in mosquito bites (i m getting beaten as well but i never apeared to have "blusters" like many English people do!!!)
Thank you
Well all I can say is that the mozzies in malaysia,thailand, africa must like me better as I have never had the same reaction as I do in Corfu, must go buy my gallon of jungle formula tropical strength...
Ang
The most effective method for dealing with mossies is to get them in a headlock, call them bad names or just go arround the room and kill them all before you go to bed. Seriously though advoid smothering yourself in perfume and aftershave, find neutral anti perspirants.