What a drag Tangles, I used to feel bad for myself but after reading your anecdote I feel pretty lucky.

By way of follow up here is a link to a source for Ultrathon 3M I mentioned earlier, and here is the 3M Ultrathon Military Products Webpage

Sorry Tangles but it does contain deet albeit at a reduced [concentration]. Look for a citrus/eucalyptus based repellant, or one based on pyrethrins perhaps.

At Amazon they offer a 12 count case of the Ultrathon 3M for 69.95 that is considerably less per ounce than the Sawyers lotion we usually purchase.....

Do NOT get the sponge applicator version Ultrathon...it sux from an application standpoint.

Thank you Bear...I double checked the 12 count is the regular lotion application...Whew!

There is a radio station in France that plays, beyond the hearing of humans, the sound of a male Anopheles mosquito. Since the famale is already impregnated she is not looking for a mate and therefore flys away from the sound.
There was no scientific evidence to prove this worked but people say that when they listen to that station they do not get bitten.

Those of you that are MAGNETS for the little buggers it is because you are putting off to much CO2.

A friend told another that if he ate a match a day the sulfer would keep the mosquitos away. He figured if one match was good then one match box (20sticks) would be even better. After our little outing in the woods for a few days he really stank to high heaven. When his lovely wife picked him up she made him ride in the back of the truck. Her name was not Mosguito, but it did deter her from him for about a week. He slept outside at home.

Damn! I'm the cause of global warming...and eating matches result in SO2 emissions which is a precursor to acid rain...what a conundrum.

So, about the CO2 thing; what does that say about us (lucky ones) that don't get bitten very often - are we good or doomed to some other malady\

H, It means you need to stand next to me...to either keep the bugs away and/or sequester my CO2 emissions...

Harriette,
If you stand next to Bear, CO2 generator, then you can sell your carbon credits to him and offset his ozone depleteing self. I would give him a discount on the carbon credits, seems like a nice person.

Mea culpa, massive CO2 generator I am, if bugs are any indicator, and yes Harriette will make a bundle sequestering those tons of carbon emissions. She actually ought to be able to buy that induction cooktop AND the gas range she wants.