Tips for avoiding mosquito bites

[Priya Mehta]

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.



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[David Horne]

Priya Mehta <priyam...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
> when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.

If you can afford it, staying in high quality hotels is also a good
idea. I wasn't once bothered by mosquitos on a just completed trip to
India, including Goa. At the hotel in Agra, there were a large number of
mosquitos outside in the evening (and several stuck outside our window
in the morning) but not a peep of them anywhere inside. Ironically, the
only place where they were a mild annoyance was at Delhi airport as we
waited to depart! I had skin spray with me, but only rarely used it, and
even then, probably didn't need it.

(By contrast, I remember being bothered by mosquitoes at night when I
lived in Delhi in a private home for 6 weeks in the late 80s.)

I've been quite bothered by mosquitoes in cheaper hotels in Greece, even
Spain- staying in more upmarket places (the norm in recent years) I
haven't had any problems. They don't seem to like air conditioned spaces
IME.

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[Bill]

In article <6aa0dfc5-293b-4136-b4d9-14610432d561
@qd3g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>, priyam...@gmail.com says...

>
> The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
> when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
>
>

My experience is that if there's a reasonable electricity supply an
electric 'mosquito coil' is better than nets as nets need re rigging if
you need to get up in the middle of the night and are right buggers to
get right if you're half asleep.

The only people I know in India who use nets are those without a
reliable electricity supply.

--
William Black

When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.

[Paul Aubrin]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

> The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
> going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
>

The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe.
A long time ago they were proliferating along the Mediterranean sea.
They can be no more found in holiday or tourists' places. For example
they were long ago very annoying all along the Languedoc coast in France,
no more, except perhaps, outdoors at night on windless days, in Camargue,
the Rhone river marsh wild life natural park.

http://www.arlestourisme.com/home.html

http://www.costieres-camargue-authentique.camargue.fr/

(babelfish translation here : http://minilien.fr/a0mpg8 )

Paradoxically, in northern Europe, midges can be much more annoying than
mosquitoes are in southern Europe.

http://www.highland-midge.co.uk/

[Surreyman]

To our surprise about 10 years back we were told that the Side/Med
coast of Turkey was still a malarial area and needed the old tablet
treatment that I used to endure for Nigeria!

Surreyman

[Bill]

In article <4f923892$0$1726$426a...@news.free.fr>, chu8...@free.fr
says...

>
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:
>
> > The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> > especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
> > going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
> >
>
> The most efficient solution is to use a fan.

Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten.

We run fans, big ceiling fans, in India almost all the time but if we
don't switch on the 'coil' at dusk we get bitten.

[Bill]

In article <15da827f-6681-406c-baad-c7f377de0147
@h5g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>, alansp...@googlemail.com says...

>

> To our surprise about 10 years back we were told that the Side/Med
> coast of Turkey was still a malarial area and needed the old tablet
> treatment that I used to endure for Nigeria!

The tablets upset me, and they're only about 60% effective anyway.

Good anti malaria discipline when sleeping or going out at dusk is
perfectly adequate.

[Paul Aubrin]

On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:54 +0100, Bill wrote:

> In article <4f923892$0$1726$426a...@news.free.fr>, chu8...@free.fr
> says...
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:
>>
>> > The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
>> > especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
>> > when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
>> >
>> >
>> The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
>
> Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten.

I tried it in several tropical countries in South America and S-E Asia.
With a good revolving fan, mosquitoes never bite you during the night.

Before that, I used a mosquito net on my hammock and occasionally some
voracious mosquitoes managed to find their way underneath and bite my
back through the thick cloth.

In southern France, in those places with mosquitoes at the mosquito
season, those UV electrical trap can help a lot, electrical plugs
diffusing chemical are efficient too.

[Bill]

In article <4f92a287$0$20168$426a...@news.free.fr>, chu8...@free.fr
says...

>
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:54 +0100, Bill wrote:
>
> > In article <4f923892$0$1726$426a...@news.free.fr>, chu8...@free.fr
> > says...
> >>
> >> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:
> >>
> >> > The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> >> > especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
> >> > when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
> >
> > Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten.
>
> I tried it in several tropical countries in South America and S-E Asia.
> With a good revolving fan, mosquitoes never bite you during the night.
>

They do in India.

[Doug Anderson]

Paul Aubrin <chu8...@free.fr> writes:

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:
>
> > The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> > especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
> > going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
> >
>
> The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
> You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe.

I don't remember the name of the town, but we were prety bothered by
mosquitoes in France one night in Brittany near Briere Regional
Natural Park.

And yes, it is also hard not to believe they are a hazard in the
Camargue.

Having said that, apart from isolated experiences, I have found
mosquitoes much less prevalent in the parts of Europe I've spent time
in than in east coast or midwestern US.

Still, when they are annoying, they are very annoying, and screens
seem not yet to have been invented in the old world. I recall one
very hot night (in southern Brittany) where we were told "at bedtime,
close the bedroom window, spray this big can of Off around the room,
leave for ten minutes, and then come back to the room and go to
sleep." (Keeping window closed.)

It was amusing that this was how guests were expected to cope, but it
didn't make for much of a night's sleep. Either stifle with the
window closed breathing "Off" fumes, or open up the window and welcome
back the mosquitoes.

Still, malaria seemed like no danger.
M

[poldy]

In article <1kiulvt.qt7xcbwsjxomN%d4g...@yahoo.co.uk>,

d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne) wrote:

> Priya Mehta <priyam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> > especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
> > when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.
>
> If you can afford it, staying in high quality hotels is also a good
> idea. I wasn't once bothered by mosquitos on a just completed trip to
> India, including Goa. At the hotel in Agra, there were a large number of
> mosquitos outside in the evening (and several stuck outside our window
> in the morning) but not a peep of them anywhere inside. Ironically, the
> only place where they were a mild annoyance was at Delhi airport as we
> waited to depart! I had skin spray with me, but only rarely used it, and
> even then, probably didn't need it.
>
> (By contrast, I remember being bothered by mosquitoes at night when I
> lived in Delhi in a private home for 6 weeks in the late 80s.)
>
> I've been quite bothered by mosquitoes in cheaper hotels in Greece, even
> Spain- staying in more upmarket places (the norm in recent years) I
> haven't had any problems. They don't seem to like air conditioned spaces
> IME.

Didn't someone say on this group years ago that staying above the 2nd or
3rd floor is the way to avoid getting bit while sleeping?

[S Viemeister]

That doesn't work in NJ...

[Erick T. Barkhuis]

Priya Mehta:

>The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
>especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
>when going to sleep.

At daytime, just lie down and wait until they have passed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA7ny6KegFQ



--
Erick

[gtr]

On 2012-04-21 16:11:26 +0000, poldy said:

> Didn't someone say on this group years ago that staying above the 2nd or
> 3rd floor is the way to avoid getting bit while sleeping?

Maybe that works someplace.

I got eaten alive on the 7th floor of a downtown hotel in Salvador de
Bahia in Brazil. I finally managed to get crush my tormentor against a
wall. When I did it looked like he had about tablespoon of my precious
bodily fluids. It made an amazing smear on the wall and the size was
astronomic.

A friend who opened a shop in his garage, not far from a small mosquito
breeding farm found that he could buy citronella bracelet and it
operated as a force field for about one day. They cost 50 cents in the
US, and you can buy a big ol' bag of them.
--
I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us
with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
-- Galileo

[Dave Smith]

On 01/05/2012 5:24 PM, gtr wrote:

> I got eaten alive on the 7th floor of a downtown hotel in Salvador de
> Bahia in Brazil. I finally managed to get crush my tormentor against a
> wall. When I did it looked like he had about tablespoon of my precious
> bodily fluids. It made an amazing smear on the wall and the size was
> astronomic.

You were being eaten alive by that one insect? There are lots of places
where the mosquitoes fly in swarms around any warm blooded animal, and
sometimes there are blackflies thrown into the mix

> A friend who opened a shop in his garage, not far from a small mosquito
> breeding farm found that he could buy citronella bracelet and it
> operated as a force field for about one day. They cost 50 cents in the
> US, and you can buy a big ol' bag of them.

There are lots of good insect repellents on the market that are quite
effective. It also helps to minimize the amount of exposed skin. In my
experience, loose fitting is better because it the material is tight
against your skin an enterprising mosquito can squeeze right past the
fabric.

[gtr]

On 2012-05-01 21:31:55 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 01/05/2012 5:24 PM, gtr wrote:
>
>> I got eaten alive on the 7th floor of a downtown hotel in Salvador de
>> Bahia in Brazil. I finally managed to get crush my tormentor against a
>> wall. When I did it looked like he had about tablespoon of my precious
>> bodily fluids. It made an amazing smear on the wall and the size was
>> astronomic.
>
> You were being eaten alive by that one insect? There are lots of
> places where the mosquitoes fly in swarms around any warm blooded
> animal, and sometimes there are blackflies thrown into the mix

Yes one lousy mosquito. But he was raising welts on me you wouldn't
believe. Hell, maybe he wasn't even a mosquito. I know this: If
there's a mosquito at the garden party he's on my neck. It's really
quite amazing.

>> A friend who opened a shop in his garage, not far from a small mosquito
>> breeding farm found that he could buy citronella bracelet and it
>> operated as a force field for about one day. They cost 50 cents in the
>> US, and you can buy a big ol' bag of them.
>
>
> There are lots of good insect repellents on the market that are quite
> effective.

I hate putting that stuff on my skin. I haven't tried the bracelet
yet, but it sounds ideal for me, since I can carry them in the car or
in my pocket and "apply" without a minimum of fuss. They work on him,
I just hope they'll work on me as the season approaches.

> It also helps to minimize the amount of exposed skin. In my
> experience, loose fitting is better because it the material is tight
> against your skin an enterprising mosquito can squeeze right past the
> fabric.

Right you are. But my big problems eventualy become my hand, neck and face.

[Bill]

In article <201205011550455089-xxx@yyyzzz>, x...@yyy.zzz says...

>

>
> I hate putting that stuff on my skin. I haven't tried the bracelet
> yet, but it sounds ideal for me, since I can carry them in the car or
> in my pocket and "apply" without a minimum of fuss. They work on him,
> I just hope they'll work on me as the season approaches.
>

You can spray the stuff on a hat brim to protect your face, but
eventually you'll throw the hat away as it'll start to stink as the
stuff denatures.

[bizflats]

Doug Anderson;1035523 Wrote:
> Paul Aubrin chu8...@free.fr writes:
> -

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

> -

> The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
> especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
> when
> going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.

> -

>
> The most efficient solution is to use a fan.

> You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe.-

>
> I don't remember the name of the town, but we were prety bothered by
> mosquitoes in France one night in Brittany near Briere Regional
> Natural Park.
>
> And yes, it is also hard not to believe they are a hazard in the
> Camargue.
>
> Having said that, apart from isolated experiences, I have found
> mosquitoes much less prevalent in the parts of Europe I've spent time
> in than in east coast or midwestern US.
>
> Still, when they are annoying, they are very annoying, and screens
> seem not yet to have been invented in the old world. I recall one
> very hot night (in southern Brittany) where we were told "at bedtime,
> close the bedroom window, spray this big can of Off around the room,
> leave for ten minutes, and then come back to the room and go to
> sleep." (Keeping window closed.)
>
> It was amusing that this was how guests were expected to cope, but it
> didn't make for much of a night's sleep. Either stifle with the
> window closed breathing "Off" fumes, or open up the window and welcome
> back the mosquitoes.
>
> Still, malaria seemed like no danger.
> M

thats an interesting idea !




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[Nomen Nescio]

I recently came across these "bug pants":

http://www.railriders.com/men-eco-mesh-pant-with-insect-shield-p-837.html?cPath=104_110

They claim to have a physical barrier. Has anyone tried trousers like
this? I don't get how something that has "mesh" can stop a mosquito
needle. Or is the mesh part vulnerable?