biting gnats

  • dan-tessmann
    Kieler, Wis
    Posts: 664
    June 19, 2011 at 1:08 am #1272705

    Does anybody out there know of any reliable way of detering these suckers from biting? I know of vanilla and absorbine jr but they still seem to get around that after awhile. I am willing to try just about anything at this point!!!! Thanks, dan

    tvfishermn
    Posts: 75
    June 19, 2011 at 1:35 am #974285

    The two things that I think work are Deet and Permethrin. Permethrin shold only be applyed to clothing and will also repel ticks.
    Rodney Bondele

    hootman
    DeWitt, Iowa
    Posts: 7
    June 19, 2011 at 1:58 am #974288

    If you are talking about what we call buffalo gnats I just came across a product that works. It is called Dettol Antiseptic Liquid. Just a couple drops last a long time. Gnats just disappear. You can find it online.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    June 19, 2011 at 2:23 am #974292

    Thermocell will keep them away if you aren’t moving around.

    dorancehefte
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 155
    June 19, 2011 at 3:54 am #974302

    Try a 50/50 mix of Skin So Soft and Absorbine jr. It always worked on the golf course at Wyoming, Iowa. The skin-so-soft is an Avon product I think.

    igotone
    Posts: 1744
    June 19, 2011 at 9:00 am #974305

    This stuff works great for bugs – gnats and mosquitoes

    Everyone I have turned on to this stuff loves the way it works

    Just mixed in a pastic jug and pour in a spray bottle

    shake it before U spray it

    The wife and I go nowhere with out it. It puts the on bugs

    I add a just a little more of the eucalyptus oil – great smelling stuff

    Bug Be Gone

    1 cup Skin so Soft

    1 cup White Vinger

    1 tablespoon eucalyptus oil

    2 cups of Water

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    June 19, 2011 at 11:37 am #974308

    They were brutal on Rainy.

    We just quit cleaning fish, at sunset, and went inside.

    Nasty

    bassmaster
    SE, MN
    Posts: 456
    June 19, 2011 at 3:29 pm #974325

    I’ve been using Banana Boat Sport sun screen SPF50. Been very happy with it plus no sun burn at the same time.

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