Might work
(no guarantees mind).

We have our own mini-beast from hell in Scotland - the midge. These fuckers are relentless, and unstoppable .... until the SAS (yeah, those tough army types who storm embassies for laughs) let out the secret.

Avon Skin-so-soft products. There's something in them the midges can't abide. They'll give the wearer a wide berth and go and plague someone else.

I have tried this (the midge repellant, not the SAS) and it works! With the happy fringe benefit that your skin is in really good condition. Although the look on the Avon lady's face must have been a picture ("How many bottles? Delivered to whom?")

For mosquitos we discovered that they avoid the smell of lavender. And Tea Tree oil.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 24 Apr 2008, 18:48, Reply)