Mosquito bites are a real pain, how do you stop them?

"Collar too gets irritated by the huge numbers"
"Anybody got any other eyeglasses for Collar to wear so He can see the unwanted guests? Please post your views on.........."
"Boblet you have more goes than Collar on here,.........."
"Collar once had a house beetle named 'Woodruff',.........."

We have been infitrated by a character from The Hobbit.

Gollum speaks in an idiosyncratic manner, often referring to himself in the third person, and frequently talks to himself — "through having no one else to speak to," WIKI

I live in a bungalow, the Eight-legger infestation is awful. I am 4 miles from a green-belt, I have to switch bug spray halfway throu the month then on all the window-sills 1/2 way round the apartment (I do not like this), then take a shoe that drops the critters after I have been called home 1/2mile from my work.

I have just checked the Daddy long legs at my work station called Dylan and he is OK this time, but he doesn't like being left alone for even 40 minutes.

I am not selfish, I have a family I want to spend as much of my money on, and provide a 'Spider free' environment for. I make products at work for the ladies to buy and enjoy. I am in a job I hate now and am no good at.

Yes I own a car....it`s a green Mustang 5Litre - not cheap to run I may add, so it's no small deal to keep coming home from work and dealing with these brutes for Mrs Collar.

Do I like it? No, I hate traffic and spiders, but apart from that I am an animal lover.

Without Spiders and the huge legs they have the world would be a far better place IMHO (In My Humble Opinion), we would be a kinder race to our insectile house companions.

Collar. Me old Pal me old Beauty, I would if I could but I cant. Admin has wielded his censorship scud still further. I am grounded old fruit. reduced to posting total crap, in order to get up the jocks nose without incurring a total ban. I realise that you are having difficulty with the rubbish you post too. But only being in possession of a small portion of your faculties could be a mitigating factor. Try posting in Welsh, whatever you do do not mention gnats. I have considered wearing a kilt what tartan do you suggest? I think that might be the problem a few gnats may well have flown up admins kilt. We two innocents have incurred his wrath as a result. We are getting the fallout so to speak. They say that truth is stranger than fiction, how is this for truth? I attended an auction this evening. I bid on one lot that consisted of a chanter & a walking stick, I did not win it. Later a bronze bust of Hitler came up, guess what? I won it, so now I have a bust of Hitler on my desk but no chanter. Do you think that admin will forgive me? Please read a post I have been trying to get past admin for the past 8 hours.

I tried to send you a polite reply samson, ref the five four. I had just not heard your nick name before. Here in bradistan they save the double blank for the count up in straight dom,s. Different parts of the country have different sayings & practices. However up flashed admins red X & the statement "You have been restricted to 3 posts per day". I was somewhat bemused having been earlier restricted to two post per day. Not having posted at all on 1st Oct I wander why I am being singled out for admins McCarthyism. However I will click this one. I think the appropriate term is "suck it & see" No, the Red X flash's up. I will save this post dated 1st Oct, perhaps those immune posters who get away with hate or idiocy might have a few tips for me. Maybe the Welsh brigade the myriad scamspellcasters or maybe the muslims?

Collar too gets irritated by the huge numbers of flying insects and creepy crawlies in the house in the summer. Particularly Bluebottle blow flies - buzzing around your head and of course they're a pain to deal with without resorting to a rolled Grauniad to shoo the little blighters out of the window. I'm not really too energetic these days, I just wish they wouldn't come in the house and try my temper.

Now I heard that there are a number of things you can do to stop them laying eggs, one of them being to leave small mounds of grated cheese in the corners of the room plus access to a water gun hung near one's belt gunslinger fashion. Alas it hasn't worked at all for me - unless I'm just a poor shot. Anybody got any other eyeglasses for Collar to wear so He can see the unwanted guests? Please post your views on maggits and how to deal with them and daddy long legses too.

Boblet you have more goes than Collar on here, that's not fair. Can you have a word in my favor please old thing?

Collar once had a house beetle named 'Woodruff', and he was the most gentle house beetle I've ever had. All the other creepy crawlies in the neighborhood loved him, he brang joy and even the trash men branged him morsals to get after. I think more often than not, it's not the fact that they bite or sting that's the problem, but the way they deploy their stingers that is. My trash man told me recently there's more to owning a dustbin and being a responsible tidy person than just putting a bowl of food and water out for one's house insects. I agree with others here and also my garbage man, people kill these gentle animals that they're not aware won't sting them ... so is it any wonder why they do sting?

C. Think of your poor colleagues. It is my considered opinion that the stinging pricks you are complaining about, are being attracted by your butties exuding copious amounts, of your Nans strawberry jam, in future do not overfill them. No amount of repellent will deter the blighter's from such a feast. It is also of paramount importance, to ensure that you do not have sticky rivulets of strawberry jam coursing down your stubbled chin. Such a situation will only add to the frenzied feast. Sliced bread is best in these circumstances, not a farmhouse doorstep, it will enable you to spread the jam more evenly. The lumps I am afraid will have to be attacked separately, a smack with a spatula might help, but be careful not to dissipate the sugary conserve over too wide an area. Use a gentle but determined crushing action on each lump, maybe you could use a car jack or paper press, this will eliminate gaps, that sometimes appear at a butties edge. I strongly advise you to wear gauntlets whilst carrying out these operations (Not those red rubber ones) a nasty strawblump might camouflage itself & avoid being crushed, & an industrial apron. Eye protection against flying strawberry pips is also a must. I could continue with more mindless rubbish but I can smell something burning.

They should put up screens so we don't get pestered on our tea-breaks at work. They're bad for your relaxation with their horrid high-pitched whining and the tickling they do as well. And do away with the daddy long legs too for goodness sake, sweets and crisps seem to attract them, which we often eat on our T- breaks at work from the daily grind, the suntanned boss with his huge profits doesn't care, these rotten animals are sending you to an early grave, with their stinging and tickling it's not fair after the boring work you do you want a bit of a sit down and relax in the breaks and the incompetent management don't care about putting spray or bug zappers up. It's all about making profits with the bosses are the only one's smiling and everything.

Please just let me enjoy my cuppa in peace!

Think of those with allergies, these creatures are a real pain. Rant over.

I swear by jungle formula cream to try to stop them biting, but resort to Aloe Vera plant to relieve th ed itching and help the healing process

Does anyone know of any natural ways to put off mozzies? I am having a real problem this year.

Heard that eating garlic repels them but maybe it would repel everyone else too! Anyone know if it works?

I don't think it has DEET in it. It isn't as good as DEET containing insect repellants, but should be safer

Just looked it up - it has DEET in it. Prefer not to use those kinds of chemicals on my skin but thanks all the same

It seemed good against midges in Scotland

Have you tried Avon Skin So Soft?

No, I haven't - have you?

Have you tried Avon Skin So Soft? Worth a go

The weather we have been getting is seriously weird. Summer storms used to cool down a hot spell - now it carries on being just as hot, only more humid.

I am not a fan of bug kind - everything seems to be getting bigger and more bad tempered. First time in my life I got stung by a wasp. Nasty thing. The mozzies have been eating me alive with all the windows open at night. Much too hot to keep them closed.

I tried the lemongrass tip but did not seem to work for me.

Just got back from hot climes - Bfriend say's UR covered in bites - I'm like WHAAAT! I used like MEGA amounts of CREAM!!! What is going on HERE dude!! I am like scratching all night long!!! Seriously, gonna stay at home next time!!!!