Gnat Bites
burton07
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Has anyone else been bitten to pieces by gnats or midges? Mr B and I are covered in itchy spots. Even though we spray the bedroom at night, they are still biting us. They get in our clothes because he has bites on the back of his knees and I have them on my torso. I have a new one or two every day.
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Today there is only a mild discolouration around the bite and the bite itself is fading .
What puzzles me most is why there are biting insects in my garden. I don't have any pets and aside from the occasional moggy passing through and exercising its bowels there's no other animal life. So what the devil do they feed on when I'm not around? Has an insect Mordetis Andrue Matutínis evolved in Brackley?
:mad:
However, I did get bitten by a horsefly this year which I would not wish on anyone. It was absolutely horrendous. My foot was on fire and the itching was unlike anything I've ever experienced, I felt like clawing my own foot off. I had to go to the doctors and ended up on antibiotics and with Fucidin cream for the intense (and relentless) itching!
I'd rather be stung by a wasp than go through that again (and that's saying something!).
Brewer's yeast is high in Vitamin B1, which is excreted through your pores when you sweat. Brewer's yeast gives off an odour that gnats/mosquitoes find offensive and they usually leave you alone. I started taking them in May and It seems to be working ok for me at the moment.
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It seems to be healing but is still a bit dark.
There are lots of biting insects. We get tiny little black flies with disproportionately large wings. They're little buggers. They draw blood. We also get some form of mozzie too. The bites they make end up swollen and very itchy for 3-4 days.