Mosquito Repellant?

Funny how if one doesn't look too close, your avatar looks like a mosquito perched on skin drinking away. Maybe you're subconsciously throwing off a mental invitation to the little buggers?

That claim is 100.000% correct. It's a fact!

I like non-DEET formulations due to chemistry preferences in substances applied topically to the skin - however I have less concern about it when applied to clothing.

In prior years the best DEET complemented solution I ever used was Muskol (from Canada) and that now comes in both aerosol as well as a straight fluid/lotion. It's in my bag but probably lost a lot of it's power due to age and have wondered about how the non-DEET variants are performing in the field. Buzz-Away ain't bad - but proved ineffective when I was working in the yard after a very heavy rainfall a week or so earlier - I had over 10 bites on my head alone after liberal dosing with the Buzz-Away.

Recently I came across some nutritional info which indicated consumption of vitamin B1 (100 mg I think) would help reduce one's attractiveness to the critters - so I have started on a daily B-100 complex supplement regimen to hopefully reduce my radar signature although I didn't find it to be a quick fix. Drat.

However, I'll give the Corn Huskers a try (Dad used it regularly years ago for dry skin) and really ---- let's get DDT back on the market!!

Ha!! Always a possibility...!! Ah, I love the pain... (I think).

Hmm... that's possible. Although garlic (even if deodorized) may be somewhat neuro-toxic, so I'm not quite ready to pursue that option just yet. You are right though, I have found it in recipes for gardeners to use as an organic pesticide as well. Potent stuff.