Gnats bothering you?

[bowhunter]

We have some mean gnats in the late spring and early summer in the Midwest. I have used Vanilla extract it works ok. I have used Citronella oil works great but strong smelling and burns the skin a little. I use Bug Soothers a bug repellant made locally. It works ok and smells good. I recently have been using Dettol. It is an antiseptic soap. It works great and last for a long time. I mix mine half Dettol and half water in a small bottle that makes a fine mist. Just spray a bit on and it works and lasts. It has pine oil in it and reminds me of pine sol. Here is a link to where I bought mine.

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[Lark Bunting]

The mosquitoes have been HORRIBLE at my home this summer. Any idea of this works on them?

 

[colorado russ]

Lark, I think they\'re bad everywhere in CO! Hoping for a relatively dry July. My wife has good success with Skin So Soft as a mosquito repellent. It doesn\'t seem to work as well for me but is better than nothing.

 

[mtnmutt]

Skin So Soft has Picaridin as its repellent. It works okay for me.

I was using the pump spray. This year, I am trying the aerosol spray and sunscreen lotion versions. Pump spray was difficult to get coverage and the bottle was prone to leaking.

Black fly bites are worst for me than mosquitoes bites. Without any protection, I receive lots of bites.

Thermacell works well at lower elevations, but not well at 10K. I use one at the outdoor archery range. The flies were steering clear of me.

 

[F M]

Skeets are our state bird here. We use any spray the has Deet in it. The more Deet the better.

Now if I could find something that works on horse and deer flies.

 

[elky McElkerson]

that Silent \"G\" bothers me. who came up with that move? hahaha..

 

[bowhunter]

The mosquitoes have been HORRIBLE at my home this summer. Any idea of this works on them?

I don\'t think it does much for the skeeters. I use DEET products for them.

 

[colorado russ]

mtnmutt, we take the spray bottle and just pump a puddle into one hand then rub hands together and apply that way. I have the wife get my back and spray on my clothes too. Thermacell is the way to go but like said they don\'t work well at high elevations.