Sand flies TRNC HELP!!!

Garfield


Joined: 06/05/2009
Posts: 61

Message Posted:
25/05/2011 19:38

Help I am covered in bites,what can I use ?? I was told they would not bother me this year,(only first year here) well they just love me,Help what can I do?

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
25/05/2011 19:56

Bastards nearly saw me away.



Get down the hospital. My temperature was 104f.



wyn

IbrahimAbi


Joined: 24/10/2010
Posts: 245

Message Posted:
25/05/2011 20:06

Find a bed partner that they love more

mags111



Joined: 17/08/2008
Posts: 251

Message Posted:
25/05/2011 20:08

Splat the little devils, spray bedrooms about half an hour before you go to bed. It helps but theres always one or two demons who wont go down without a fight!! Good luck!

Chelpet


Joined: 10/03/2010
Posts: 253

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 11:10

I found taking vitamin B1 complex tablets daily and a liberal sraying with "Jungle Formula" twice a day (the 50% stuff) plus spraying bedroom as mentioned before, if itching becomes intolerable, then go to chemist and have an antihismine injection, (beware this is in yer bum), advice oringinally given to me by Nurse Awful, this has always helped me as I used to get eaten alive, but now ok, or you could eat vast quantites of marmite not tried this but have been told it works, best of luck.

BoTanica


Joined: 22/12/2009
Posts: 714

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 11:15

VAPE pump spray is a 95% deet product and I find this brilliant. You can also buy it in cream form for hands etc. Having a fan oscillating across you literally "blows them away", together with mozzies.

bazzagirl


Joined: 09/05/2010
Posts: 525

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 11:27

A lot of my local friends tell me that the lemon spray they use helps a lot ,I tried it and it seemed to help

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 11:35

Try this recipe

1 part Baby oil

1 part Citronella oil

1 part Dettol

Mix thoroughly in a spray bottle or any bottle , spray all over your skin , or rub onto skin

Just try it , Simbas

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 12:09

For those who say that the sandflies still come through their Mozzie blinds, despite the installers saying they won't, the answer is quite simple and it does work. Resist the urge to clean the mozzie blinds!. Let the dust build up in the plastic netting, so there is no space left and they can't get through. With all the dust in the atmosphere here, it doesn't take long.



Tango1

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 12:20

give the mozzie nets an occasional spray with Vape..or spray with simbas cocktail,,,especially at night..I tried rubbing half a lemon on the mozzie nets before bed ,it seemed to do the trick....

rosylee


Joined: 22/07/2010
Posts: 158

Message Posted:
26/05/2011 13:05

TANGO 1...sand fly mesh is twice the strands compared to mozzie mesh .we have imported sand fly mesh from China and can vouch for its density.Unfortunately ,no matter how well you screen ,it can't protect you whilst sat round the pool in the evenings :( we have dogs which go out last thing before bed and THEY bring in little biters. I am allergic to mozzy bites,so you can guess that i am quite paranoid about ANYTHING that buzzes past me !! I am sure there is a big finger above my head which says "bite this one"!Since moving to Cyprus I can do a fare impression of the "River Dance" when at outside,evening entertainment )))good luck-try all the suggestions-1 will work for you. PS keep mozzy nets CLEAN -it extends the life of your investment.

Janet (the New Mr Fly)