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Welcome to Arillas => Arillas general information => Topic started by: tonynglenda on May 12, 2009, 10:28:12 AM
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Morning all. Does anyone have any recommendations for deet free mosquito repellant? I used to use one called 'deet free' but it has been discontinued. I've looked on the site and there are some others but i wondered if any are proven. I am allergic to deet which is in most of the usual ones, even a small % is no good to me. I carry bottles of lavendar, citronella, and eucalyptis but i need a spray as well. If you see me i smell like an aromatherapy shop, honest! But when you have such a bad reaction you try everything. It has cost a fortune in medical bills around the world. I even carry antibiotic cream because its 30€[yippee it works €] for a tube at the local docs. I need a big handbag as well! Any advice wecome, thanks. Glenda
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Hi, try mosiguard, i am sure it comes as a spray as well as a roll-on & cream. It smells lovely & is recommended by masta the travel health people. You can get it in superdrug & other chemists & on-line.
Karen
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try avon skin so soft not actually classed as a repellent but does better job than any mozzie repellant i have used.contains citronella which mozzies hate.
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try ebay ,,tap in deet..i paid £4.50,inc delivery..yammas
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I'm told the Army use Avon Skin-So-Soft for that very reason. The result? We have highly-trained killers with complexions like babies' bums!!!
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Michelle was attacked by a platoon of the most agressive mozzies ever seen on corfu. She looked like a horror movie. went to the Arillas Doctor. The good man didn't waste any time, told Michelle she needs treatment, took a needle, put it in Michelle's bottom, wrote a bill, and by the time he charged our Mastercard michelle looked like the cutie I know again.
The anti-bodies the doctor injected still seem to work, one way or the other. It's almost three years ago now. Had no problems ever since.
So forget about deet, won't help, visit the doctor and ask for a shot.
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I had an email today about "bounce" tumble drier sheets... they apparently ward off mozzies and golfers put them in their pockets to ward off bees.
Anything's worth a try... a couple of sheets of bounce tucked into your undies might just do the trick!
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I trust and recommend the Jungle Formula spray. It is a bit pricey, but no bites :)
http://www.jungleformula.co.uk/
I did get one last August because I had none on, but it was actually Phil and Jen's fault because we got stuck in Thalassa one afternoon in the shade with lashings of beverages, which was nice ;)
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I trust and recommend the Jungle Formula spray. It is a bit pricey, but no bites :)
We also swear by this. I think we've probably got the whole range - spray, roll-on, cream. lotion, gel, milk - all good!!
Angie
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thanks for the posts everyone but jungle formula unfortunately contains deet, i shall be trying skin so soft and tony says ive to try some bounce in my knickers as well!! if nothing else i wil small clean & fresh
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a couple of sheets of bounce tucked into your undies might just do the trick!
BG
I'm not sure if I need extra bounce in my undies!
Mozzies , so far, don't seem to be around and at the moment wasps are few and far between. I still think the Superdrug "Buzz Off" is a good one to have.
( Works for us anyway, and not a bad price )
Negg
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Tonynglenda,i will be taking Avon skin so soft dry body oil spray its the soft and fresh kind they have stopped selling the cream.i can bring extra with me as im an Avon rep so its no problem.just let me know.
valerie.
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Thanks valerie I'll take you up on that offer. Put an extra one in your case and i'll get it off you at the other end. I used to be an avon lady but packed in when i started working full time hours. The more lotins and potions i take the better as far as i'm concerned. See you soon.
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Mike use SSS, bottles of it!... he doesnt mind the smell and he uses it all the time, you do need to stand on a towel or go outside when you do it though as it sprays over the floor and gets slippery on the marble floors.
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Yes, I use the SSS (Soft and Fresh) too, and found it pretty good, along with other sprays as well.
We also found Eggy's Superdrug recommendation "Buzz off" very effective, but we had to spray this on outside as well, not so much because it was slippery on the marble floors, more that the fumes choked us! (Not sure that anyone else wanted to get too close either!) No, seriously, it didn't remain that strong.....
lynn xx
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It seems that we wont have to worry about mozzies in Cornwall this year... just read an article about a venomous form of black widow spider that has come off the banana boats and is spending the summer in Cornwall! Any remedies for that? I hate spiders in any form let alone the black widow variety... this women got bitten in bed by one!
Just typica! we go somewhere else and have something else to worry about! I would rahter have the mozzies
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Haven't heard about that and I live here!! Will have to do some investigating.
becky
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If you should see a "black widow" wave a pasty at him, that should scare him away. Especially ones of those awful excuses for pasties that are made by a company that begins with a "G"
I know it's not the same as Arillas, but if you haven't been to Cornwall before, there are some lovely beaches to enjoy, several secluded ones if you know where to go - unfortunately you can't guarantee the weather.
Hope you have a lovely holiday even if it's not Arillas.
Becky
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just got back and nothing worked for me this year had jungle formula and skin so soft and got twenty bites and they are driving me crazy as i type this message.
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I was really surprised this year. I get attacked like mad they just home in on me but none what so ever the other week. Think maybe it was due to swallows nest on balconey and mozies getting eaten before they cold eat me. lol. Viv
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I have tried various treatments for Mozi bites.
I always spray myself with jungle formula but this year I have been told to take antihistamine tablets about two weeks before going.
It will not stop you being bitten but you will not be so badly affected by the bites !. That’s the theory and I have been on the stuff for a week now. Just one more week to go and we will see.
I will report back on my return. Yamass
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This is an interesting video. Look carefully at the mosquito's body filling with blood!!!!!!
No wonder you get red splats over the walls when you kill them.
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We tried Repel 55 at christmas in Thailand and didn't get one bite, though some people in our hotel suffered badly.
So I am taking it to try in Arillas this year and hoping for the same results, though I must add it's no good for anyone trying to avoid Deet
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skin so soft has always done the trick for us.
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Hi all!
Just got back from my 'May' trip to Arillas. Must admit I got well bitten at first, despite my liberal application on 'Jungle Strength" mozzie lotion. Seems to happen in the evenings when out for a meal. I just covered up, wearing socks and shoes, long trousers, and concentrated my attention to my bare arms, and face. That seemed to stop the b***ers!
Yammas,
Martin.
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Had a tip today.... Listerine is supposed to be good... put it into a small spray bottle and they hate it.. spray it everywhere in your room... We also use lemongrass/citrus incense sticks at home and away, seems to work
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I always get bitten quite bad, especially in the first week. So if anyone wants to hire me as the decoy Mozzie blood bank my rates are very reasonable. I'd rather be bitten and in Arillas than not be there at all. :-)
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MARMITE
i dont mean rubbing it over your body !!
it loads of it before you fly out then keep eating it when your out there on your toast.
it will seep through your pours.
the mosies will either love ya or hate ya
bih lee
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Hi All,
Marmite is yeast extract based so it should work. A friend of mine takes yeast tablets two weeks before traveling and every day whilst abroad and he swears by them. Never seen any bites on him.
Yammas,
Martin.
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We got back yesterday, and the mossies seemed far, far worse than we have previously experienced (usually in Sept & Oct).
I don't usually get bitten as much as my husband - but I reckon even I ended up with over 50 on my face, as well as another 20/30 elsewhere. I'm a regular Marmite eater - so blow that theory out of the water. I think my face was the target as the only bit not covered by bed clothes - well, I've got to breathe sometime! Overnight is when we got "done": we can't be the only people who find it too warm to leave the shutters closed all night?
We've tried citronella-based repellents, but they seem to wear off quite quickly ... and I'm a bit reluctant to use anything too "chemically" in case I'm allergic to it ... I have a tendency to such things ...
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Hi KarenL
in 2003 Jen got so badly bitten it stopped us going to Arillas for 4 years. She had 17 one-inch wide blisters lanced on her legs by the local doctor.
If it's any use, we diagonosed that night time was not the main culprit. The worst is early evening, as the sun goes down, and you sit eating in the gorgeous fragrant atmosphere. Just about anywhere. But 50 bites on your face? They usually go for legs and feet, with only a few elsewhere.
Seems quite likely they happened to you in the night (you don't usually know at the time - they inject anaesthetic and you find out later...) because you would have noticed them on your face unless you were asleep.
Have you tried mossie-nets? We did once but what a palava. You need to stay where there are mossie screens over the doors. Or with aircon and keep the place shut. Have you always used the plug-in repellant? They do work.
Jen's solution is to wear pop-sox and floaty trousers, and spray feet and legs up to knees and any other exposed skin with Jungle Formula (50% DEET) before the sun sets. She has only had half a dozen bites in 8 weeks in Arillas since.
Best wishes
Phil
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if you have aircon in your room use that as they dont like the cold and as its now hitting the 30d mark im sure you ewill need it
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Marmite works, we ate it every day, even took it down for breakfast, took Vit B tablets before and during holiday.
My friend is in Corfu now... they buy a newspaper every day, take a roll of sellotape with them and tape up the newspaper at the shutters everynight... I cant be bothered with that, we just pull the curtains, use the plugs in but leave the shutters closed so they can escape... the locals told me the plugs are a deterrent, they dont kill them so they need to leave the room somehow. We have only had an occasional mozzie in the room.
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Had to tell you all, we came back on friday and i've only had one bite the whole holiday! Cant believe it. Either the little buggers have gone off me or my new spray worked. i got it from an outdoor camping shop, called natural essentials or something like that, its in a silver metal tin. Deet free cos as ive said before i'm allergic to deet. Also i 'blessed' our beds every nigt with lavender oil. They dont like that either. Whatever it was it worked, halleluyah!
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That is good news tonyandglenda! I think all the vitamin B in your beer might of of helped as well ;)
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Yes erja you know us well, that may have helped too, but i'll keep carrying my lotions and potions as well. yammas
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Well, we have used Skin So Soft, Boots Jungle Formula (50% Deet), sprayed the room before going out in the evenings, drank beer and still have lots of bites each!!
Always seems to be when out in the evenings. Colin reckons they only targeted the areas that he sprayed (his legs).
Have now progressed to Autan spray, which seems to be working better. That'll teach me to forget the Superdrug Buzz Off..............
lynn xx
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Hi
I have been researching this subject as get bitten badly. Has anyone tried incognito natural spary. Have read good review , even used under other deet products. Incognito (trade name) is sold at some Holland and Barratt stores or has its own web site.
Jo- jo
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I've found the only thing that works is a formula either in gel or cream that contain 50% deet, as Sprays evaporate ( well that's what I was told by a doctor ) as 3 years ago I got so badly bitten, I had to have a daily injection and antibiotics. Ever since then I still get bitten but only a couple. and once bitten dab one of those after bite with amonia in and they stop them from blebbing up, constantly dab them until the itch stops. Cover up at night as much as you can. Personally I think there is nothing that will totally prevent them. Lynn and Colin hope you get no more bites from the little blood suckers!
Enjoy the rest of your hols which I'm sure you are reading your amazing verses
Love
MaryXX
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well, I've got to breathe sometime!
use a snorkel
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biglee, the best thing that helped was a dip in a pool.
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Mary luvver, Jen so agrees. Moi? Me? Phil? I've never had a bite in all the years I've been to Arillas. I can sleep naked on the beach and never get bitten (no photographic evidence but I have done it.)
If I knew why they avoid me I would bottle it and be a millionaire. But truth is I don't know why. We used to think they hated men, but saw magazine coverboys with feet covered in blisters, dark skinned men with too much testosterone to talk about, fair skin, dark skin, yellow skin, any skin. Fair skinned women seem to get mullered. My Jen does too.
Like the AIDS stuff, I would be willing to be the guinea pig to find out why. I can tell you now it isn't garlic, drink or tobacco. Marmite is also not the answer forum luvver who posted about that. I HATE it.
All I can say is I have never been bitten by a mosquito in Arillas so far. I might be eating my words after July, but if not I am a willing guinea pig for the medics to find out why.
Phil
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Yes , Phil it's just one of those mysteries mozzies have no preference and affects locals and tourists alike, or avoid them I think it's partly down to luck or bad luck . The taxi driver who took me to the airport in May had had a bad reaction and he had just been to the pharmacy to pick up his prescription for his bites - He said it's a hazard of being a taxi driver they just fly in and as it was too hot he couldn't bare to travel without the windows being opened - Let's hope in July they still avoid you. But your Jen and I I'm sure will keep covering up the parts the little blighters like so much. I now understand the sandal and sock look - I ended up embracing that look myself this year!! Next time I will make sure I have matching socks ha ha!
Happy Hols
Love
Mary XXX
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I'm wondering if you can become immune to the ole mozzies when you live here.
We've had no trouble with them yet and I've heard very few buzzing around.
Don't often use the "buzz off" spray now and only as a token gesture around the face n hands if we go out in the evening. ( And only then if I remember )
Maybe the ouzo in the pores keeps them away!
That's the answer then! - Live on marmite sarnies washed down with Ouzo.
Negg
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They don't usually bother us too much but this year (got back yesterday) the little bu**ers have eaten us both alive! Counted almost 30 bites, even one on the sole of my foot, must've been a brave one, going near my feet!
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glenny
same here ,i had to take wife to chemist to get antibiotic,due to bad bites,it did seem bad this year,than last......
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the little bu**ers have eaten us both alive! Counted almost 30 bites,
Glenny - Really sorry to have missed you this year.
Can't understand why
I must have sent, at least, 30 of my flying friends around with a message to meet y'all for a drink. But I know they do get side tracked a little. And... only 3 of em came back.
I'm told that 10 ended up as wall furniture, 8 finished up stuck to shoes, 6 were caught in mid air by some sort of gaseous spray and 3 are M.B.S. ( Missing Believed Swatted )
Hope your hol was a goodie. Try "buzz off" next time.
Cheers
Negg
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Lol Negg! So it was you sent them was it?
I'll get my own back next year, I'll eat a whole bag of jelly babies in front of you and won't offer you any, not one!
I did spray them and they just laughed at me then flew off to bite Kevin's wife.
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lmao
Glenny luvver, Eggy has a little mafia going there. He commissions the mossies to bite anyone who refuses to give him jelly babies. Poor old kay (lovely lady, kev.g's wife) just wasn't told. So it is all his fault.
Have you met my son?????
lmao even more - Eggy knows what I am on about....
Phil
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Ah Phil - Wot can I say?
Don't forget I'm still looking after your false teeth which you forgot to pack last year.
( Well. only the bottom set, I'm afraid - Wegg used the top set to make the crust around some home made pasties )
Now, Mozzies - Graham and Julie very sadly leave for the UK this evening. I wish I could have spent much more time with them and their month went sooo faaaast.
Anyway, Julie left me with some Buzz Off extra strength mozzie spray
( She says it was a bit like spraying paint stripper on - Burny or wot?)
Anyone else have a problem with this product?
Cheers
Negg
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I have bought some buzz off extra so would be interested too. I am taking a net but not sure how to keep it from falling down!! Need a hook!!
Lucky I am married to a joiner!! he always gets bitten badly. In pelekas never saw a mozzie last year, prob cos inland and high, but what views! Cant wait to sample Arillas. Do you pronounce the s? Still waiting for reply!! Any one have Roulas fax no at Kaloudis PLEASE .
Thanks!!
jo-jo x
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I always pronounce it with an "S".. I was wondering how it was said until we got there and heard others say ArillaS!!
If you have a look at the Arillas Song you can hear how its said
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jo-jo, try some double sided tape.
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Haha Lindypops. Do the mozzies stick well to it???
best wishes
Phil
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Last year Di used Mosquit - ex which was recomended on this forum,now Di suffers badly from mosquito bites and seems to be the local target for the little b*****s, but last year only two bites all fortnight. But the only place we found it after serching all over was at the airport on the way out(Bristol). It certainly worked for her (and me).
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Hi Paul
I too find Mosquit - ex the best but there are only certain places that sell it I looked it up on their website and it said in the UK it's only airports and Superdrug that sells it, hence why in May I got the Boots version,I looked up the ingrediants and they were the same, 50 % deet and some others I can't pronounce. I think with Mosquit - ex the more you put it on it builds up a resistance, I put it on the day I fly and a week before stop wearing my beloved perfumes, but that's a very small sacrifice for not getting bitten.
Take Care
Mary
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Indeed justpil.
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Tried all sorts... they're bad this year.
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My first week started off ok. Then all of a sudden my right leg resembled the French Alps. I used mozi wipe to treat the bites. I did not realise it had an aesthetic in it until I accidentally wiped my mouth with the swab.
Had wubber lipths for a couple of hours.
Worked though. Stopped me irritating the bites so No pain.
I also have a zapper you put over the bite and press a button and a spark jumps across the bite.
Does not work but it brings alive the masochist in me.
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Only got 2 little bites in the whole fortnight. That was the night i went out unprotected. I always use Jungle Formula tropical strength. Works for me.
riggers...
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Hey 4X4, you reckon I could use that zapper on my kids as well?! :-)
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Hi Jo
Not sure if the Zapper will work on children.
When I find out what a “Child Board” is, that might do the trick.
You either strap them to it or hit them with it ( not that I would do such a thing )
I am sure your children are perfect examples. ))
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When I was there last week my daughter a mozzie spray and I used Avon Skin so Soft. Don't know if it was coincidence but she has loads of bites and I didn't have any. I'll certainly use it again as I normally do get bitten.
June
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Must admit, June, the only nights I didn't get bitten this year were when I used Skin So Soft all over, as well as repellent sprays.
lynn xx
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That's good to hear cos I have just bought some skin so soft & my usual jungle formula with 50% DEET. I assume it is the pink skin so soft as I got a free blue skin so soft.
Karen
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I always thought it was the blue bottle (dry body oil spray). You have one anyway and the jungle formula is very good.
riggers..
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I like the pink one better but then the mossies might like that one too. I can see i will be going out smelling like a tarts boudoir if I lather myself with the pink, blue &deet stuff!
Karen
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It's the blue bottle- Woodland Fresh- that acts as an insect repellent for some people. I think its got eucolyptus (spelling?) in it that acts as a natural repellent.
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Yes, definitely the blue bottle - Soft and Fresh - it contains citronella, I believe......
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Mike swears by it and gets through 2 bottles of the stuff...mind you dont slip on the marble floors if it gets sprayed on.
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Never mind the mossies over there what about the midges, horse flies etc over here in the UK. Last couple of days I've been bitten like hell in spite of putting on all the stuff i can think of. Jan reckons I look worse now then i did in Pefkos in May. Bytheway sat outside at 21.48 with a large glass of Merlot enjoying the lovely evening and surfing the old interweb. Only 10 weeks and 4 days before we hit Arillas.
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I dont normally have a problem here in the Uk but come to think of it what I thought were spots were probably bites from sitting in the garden at night. Will have to get the holiday kit out and spray it about a bit.
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The Failsafe Anti Mossie Kit !
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a159/Jacko1233/99.jpg)
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Barry - VERY good!!
Do you hire yourself out to visitng Tourists??!!
There is another way to reduce mozies - it's not exactly to everybodies cup of tea but DOES work - if you use a little of your own urine on your skin they don't like it - ureaic acid therein is somthing the buggers don't like, but as I say - not to everyones taste.....(!!!!)
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........, but as I say - not to everyones taste.....(!!!!)
LOL...certainly not to Keith's taste.... ;-)
Barry your gorgeous, it's your socks that do it for me!!!
Eileenxxx
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Way hay Barry, wot a good idea. Must kit myself out.....
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Ha ha, love it, Barry, but did you forget the mask??
lynn xx
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Well, each to her own Eileen.....lol!!
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"There is another way to reduce mozies - it's not exactly to everybodies cup of tea but DOES work - if you use a little of your own urine on your skin they don't like it - ureaic acid therein is somthing the buggers don't like, "
LOL
As i spend most of my time on holiday P****d i should be Ok.
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I think i will stick to the sprays.........
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Eileen....those aren't sock's !
They're insect anti-infestation gasket's !
Tried the urine thing but got thrown out of Horizon whilst applying it !
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Oops....begging your pardon Barry Bond! Did Q design them?!
Eileenxx
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So, is the theory then that if you use someone else's urine, the mozzies WILL like it??
Maybe the donut man doesn't have vile habits after all.....perhaps he's just trying to protect himself from mosquitoes!!!!
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Dont lets go there.
I will continue to use my shoptgun . That seems to sort them out ))
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Err oops
Its late and my carer is trying to give me my medication. Spooling nistuks happen when you are as old as i am. I must go. This jacket is impeding my twypong
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"There is another way to reduce mozies - it's not exactly to everybodies cup of tea but DOES work - if you use a little of your own urine on your skin they don't like it - ureaic acid therein is somthing the buggers don't like, "
LOL
As i spend most of my time on holiday P****d i should be Ok.
no mate there is no watersports in arrilas
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"There is another way to reduce mozies - it's not exactly to everybodies cup of tea but DOES work - if you use a little of your own urine on your skin they don't like it
Or... If you are a bit shy then give me a call. I have to charge a call out as I probably wouldn't reach from Kavaddades. ( Trying to allow for the hills etc ! - Angles n all that! )
This hottie weather seems to have increased the Mozzie tribe a twinge and even me, who thought I was a twinge immune, had two bites yesterday. So be prepared all you new guests. ( Small price to pay though for a good time - must take some precautions )
Negg
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Maybe that's why those after bite sticks smell like that! thinks I'll stick to using them!
;) :)
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These new mosquito posts have just reminded me that I need to thank MaryH for her suggestion to use rub on repellent instead of spray on.
I've found the only thing that works is a formula either in gel or cream that contain 50% deet, as Sprays evaporate ( well that's what I was told by a doctor )
We found it really worked this year. We used Jungle Formula Extra Strength and it did seem to work as we didn't have many bites.
The rub on seemed to create a film on the skin whereas the spray on seemed to disappear after a few hours. When we were bitten, the Jungle Formula Bite and Sting Relief spray was the best we had ever used to alleviate the the irritation.
Next time I am in Arillas, I will make sure I use a "wee" bit more to feel extra safe :-)
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Thanks Terry
Yes I really do think the rub on repellants work better as I used to get horrendous bites but now I still get them but very few. The advise I was given about the rub on repellants was from a doctor in San Stefanos.
Take Care
Mary :)
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Hi!
Anyone know what the mozzie population is like in October? I got well munched in May despite my Jungle Formula till Mary recommended a rub on deterrent! Mostly feet and ankles and at night, but also forehead and neck! Deet (think that's how it's spelled) seemed to discourage the little b*****s!
Yammas,
Martin.
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Hi Martin. Jen finds that 50% DEET is the only answer. She uses the spray these days, and always keeps feet and ankles covered in the evenings when out eating etc. In our last eight weeks in Arillas she has only been bitten about six times, usually when defences were down. She swears by Boots Jungle Formula, and it has really helped her.
They never touch me...
Have a great time in October - sounds like you'll meet up with JohnTheRef and riggers. What a trio! Wish I could make it four...
Phil
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They never touch me...
Phil
Course they do Phil. You have created a new strain of mozzie here.
It's called the "Black Russian Sucker" and can be easily recognised by the failure to fly in a straight line. This strain are resilient little pests and eagerly await the return of you and Jen.
( As we all do matey! )
Stay Well
Negg
Getting back to the usual Mozzie. - I'm sure we must build up a resistance to them, living here. I've had a couple of bites and although I get the little "bump" and a few seconds of itching , within 30 mins or so. it ceases to become a problem.
But I do spray the "Superdrug Hi=Strength Buzz off" when working outside during the day.
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Martin, I never find the mozzies as bad in October, but it's still worth taking precautions when you go out in the evenings!!
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I tried Avon's Skin So Soft after someone recommended it to me ,I must say I was a wee bit skeptical but in the two weeks we were in Arillas at the beginning of July, I only had two small bites.
So this gets my vote for now :)
stay safe
Skelly ( Jo )x x x
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Hi Phil
Like your Jen I now use Boots Jungle Formula with 50% deet, as I find the mosquit-ex a bit hard to find shops that sell it but I think I'm a bit obsessive I went on their website and noted down the ingrediants and the Boots one has almost identical ones, especially the main one Deet.
Martin years ago I went to Kavos the last week in October and although the rep said beware the mozzies are still about, neither me or my friend Gail got bit once and we never used any repellents. Saying that though I would still use a reppellant.
Take Care
Love
Mary XXXX
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Hi All!
Thanks for the advice. I will keep a good supply of repellents handy. Sandy, I hope you are right about not being so bad in October!
Phil, it would be great to have you along with Riggers and John &Dot, maybe some other time!
Yammas,
Martin.
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Our son in law owns a company that specialises in producing fly pheromones (hope I've spelled it correctly!) It's something to do with attracting (or detracting?) flies...
Even HE gets bitten when they go abroad...
We always have a jungle formula plug in in our room, although I didn't know that it didn't kill the mozzies and I've used their wipes on an evening. I'm usually the one that gets bitten badly, but this May it was Barry who suffered more. I like Mary's idea of the rub on rather than repellant spray - makes more sense
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Hi Janis
I think with the rub on repellants, especially the creams, the more you put them on they seem to sink in each day and build you up a resistance well that's my theory. I now always start putting it on the day I fly in the UK. See Arillas is brilliant, even though one of the things Corfu is famous for is it's mosquitoes, it doesn't stop us from coming back.
Take Care
Love
Mary XX :)
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well after 12 years and smugly thinking we have immmunity from the little buggers, and despite taking Vit B, lathering ourselves in Jungle formula, Autan, Skin so soft, liquid plug ins, we got ravaged this year as did most of my friends and family. The wird thing is, Harry didnt get a single one! And guess who didnt use anything the entire fortnight?!
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That's such a shame, Jo - bet it didn't detract from the whole Arillas/renewal of vows experience though! Great photos on Facebook by the way - I couldn't comment - "it" wasn't allowing me to...??
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October visit coming up, not worried about mozzies it's them wasps at that time of year. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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You'll be fine riggers...
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best thing i have found for mozzies is a cirtus stick never been bit in 8 years of going to arillas
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i must get one Craig.....
Sandy i hope soooooooooooooo. :) bzzzzzzzzz
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Ooh, hate wasps.......
lynn xx
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Me too Lynn, I hate wasps the little buggars dive bomb me both here and in Arillas - I've now come to accept every summer I'll get stung at least twice but they only itch for a little while then dissapear
Take Care
Mry
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Jen too. She must smell so sweet to them - the wasps just come and hassle her at every opportunity. In Kaloudis there was a notice "Please don't squash the wasps on the windows" but Jen was given a fly-swatter, and permission to break the rules. Many flattened wasps followed...
In Graziella they use some sort of smoke bombs to keep them at bay.
riggers mate, they won't keep you away any more than they would me. You will enjoy October whatever it brings. Have at least one for me...
Phil
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Ah yes Phil can you remember when we all sat and had a drink in the Rainbow and me and your Jen were doing the wasp dance, because they were just making a bee line for the two of us. One time when having breakfast at Grazella there was a great big swarm of them and Thomas and his Dad surrounde me with these smoke bombs, and they all just flew away as quickly as they came. I was told in May, by a lady it is Greek coffee granuals they light.
Take Care
Mary
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Lovely memories Mary. Strange isn't it. Mullered by mozzies, harassed by wasps but we just keep going back for more.... The Arillas Masochists or what?? Hope life is good for you. Apart from my Arillas Blues us two are justfine.
love and hugs
Phil
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best thing i have found for mozzies is a cirtus stick
Wot do you do Craig? - Just hit them on the head with it or is it something technical I can't deal with.
Now, waspies . I've said before and will say again that the Greek wasp is very laid back.
It will sting you if, when it appears the "victim" does a ceremonial war dance or attempts to create his/her variation of "break dancing"
That will startle them and would even frighten me! (Unless I knew the music you were dancing to)
But, and it works for us, a very nochalent flick of the hand or blow at it and off it goes for new pastures <<<< Serious bit this folks!
Anyway, follow this simple procedure:-
3 nonchalent flicks and then swat the bugger if he still comes back.
( You can even get a stubborn Greek wasp - donchyerknow? )
Mozzies have been known to queue up during the day and select the victim on a shiftwork basis. Don't be fooled into thinking the repelant is for evenings only.
Splash it on, if you're walking through the undergrowth or having a lunchtime meal.
Wegg and me get a few bites, during the day when we're sorting the garden out.
Take no prisoners and if buzzed, even by a curious one, then remove him from the equation. ( His/her fault for being curious - Curiosity killed cat n all that )
Now, Riggers! - He will be bitten 10 times for every game of darts that he wins when playing yours truly. I have trained a select group of SAS mozzies who follow my orders to the letter. This is why I very rarely lose games now. The odd few players that beat me never get replays as they are laid up in a hospital bed somewhere with more bumps than you can see on the moon,
Hope this helps
Happy Darting Riggers
Negg
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Laughing here Negg. I shouldn't get a single bite then..
riggers...
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Neill, you just had Phil and Jen laughing their underwear off. Except we don't do underwear... How many ouzos did that take? So glad you got home in one piece. You won't with our riggers in October though. Just get a taxi.
riggers mate you are the only one who ever got me legless in Arillas. Jen agrees. This July I upset Tania at the doctors, but stayed upright the whole time. "Does he ever stop talking?" said he, but the doctor shared a high five with me the next day in Brouklis. He was just making sure his bill would get paid. I quite fancied Tania though, I love a stern confident woman... and she did give me such a lovely smile.
Ah Arillas. Leave me alone. Stop feeding my obsession. Well tough dears, I am out of the closet. I adore everything Arillas throws at me. And I am not alone....
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Lol Phil, my kids know the stern glance. Thing is, they`re bigger than me now though. Only in stature!
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Yes Phil that's the Arillas magic for us wasps, mozzies they won't keep us addicts away and Neil love your sense of humour -by the way today I got stung by a damned English wasp! My 1st one this year
Love Mary :)
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Mary luvver, we chased lots of wasps away today in pub garden but thank heaven we didn't get stung even though quite a few landed on me.
Thought of you too. We all just so should be having a "quiet" drink in the Nut. 5.30am, another Black Russian, breakfast provided by Hannah. Remember? Well I do. Will never forget.
much love
Phil
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I remember that night , well morning I thought it was brilliant being there till 5.30 it was the 1st night I met you and Jen. I would have loved to have stayed longer, but then I would have been asleep all day. But that is one of my happy Arillas memories
Take Care
Mary XX :)