Handy Tip for mozzie n midge bites

[Ian Leach]

Toothpaste won't help your crab bites mate.

Sprinkle some sugar down there....doesn't kill them but rots their teeth out

 

Cheers for the advice, I'm guessing you've learnt this from past experience 😁. Definitely a fly thought unless crabs have wings too :eek:

 

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[dogman]

Aldi do a bite relif in a stick/pen style so easy to keep in the pocket, & it works instantly, not impressed with there mozzy wipes though.

 

Rob

[Ian Leach]

How long does it take, just asking!

 

Depends how many I guess, but the rumours I've heard about you...going on josh's advice two bags of sugar should be enough.

 

 

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[Taupotreeman]

Aloe Vera. Cover the entire bite area so the air can't get to it and, itch gone.

 

 

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[Gardenmac]

for mossie and cleg bites,press a hot teaspoon onto the bite, the heat kills the protein that causes the itching, not that hot it burns you mind

 

Yup tried this and it also works. .The Toothpaste cures the itch and dries out the bite.

[geoff]

Depends how many I guess, but the rumours I've heard about you...going on josh's advice two bags of sugar should be enough.

 

 

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[Billhook]

I realise you guys all use Avon So Soft to prevent insect bites. (Mine's on order from Amazon).

I'm a person who would get bitten in the Artic and that's why I ve been trying different cures to the bites other than chem based stuff.

 

things that worked for me short term on preventing the itch was The inside of the Banana skin, making a cross on the bite by pressing the finger nail into the bite.

But by far the best result for anti itching has been...... Toothpaste yup Toothpaste

 

Just bitten on stomach last night,and itching like hell. Put Aquafresh toothpaste on it which had an initial effect of soothing which lasted all of five minutes. Tried again with Colegate. No better and wife will not come near me complaining of smell and.sheets and nightie staining!

 

Any particular brand of toothpaste you recommend?

 

This was the sort of bite I am familiar with and aloe Vera seems to work but the other day I was bitten by something very different in the woods

 

I had no feeling at all of being bitten but had four or five big red weals on my legs. I felt a bit stiff a a little dizzy all day . Put some antihistamine cream on but they took a week to go. Should have taken some horror photos for you all!

 

I was wondering if it could have been ants but peculiar not to have felt anything.

I suppose when chainsawing you are less aware of such things amongst the nettles and briars.