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I seem to get bitten almost every time i go to the beach by a very very small fly. It is only about 1mm long and has tiny tiny wings. You often cant feel them bit until its too late. These little critters leave me with a boil about the size of an old silver dollar. I dunno if i m alergic to them or what. What are they doing to me?

Any ideas on how to stop them. (Yeah - dont go to the beach. Funny)

Or - if they bite, what can i put on them to stop the boil coming up?

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If they are the same crtters as we have here in Oz, they dont exactly bite but piss on you to extract their requirements, what we used to do in Queensland was to make up a mixture of dettol and baby oil in a bottle and apply liberally before exposure to the little buggars

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If they are the same crtters as we have here in Oz, they dont exactly bite but piss on you to extract their requirements, what we used to do in Queensland was to make up a mixture of dettol and baby oil in a bottle and apply liberally before exposure to the little buggars

Thanks for this. BTW how does pissing on me work ?

Will get some Dettol and baby oil and give it a go. What quantity ratio do you use?

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I would take some anti histamine too.

The problem with dettol and baby oil is that i m on the beach so would cook!

Anti histimines are fine but really i want something preventative.

Any ideas?

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Sandflies make me itchy and luckily I don’t get the big itchy boil type reactions.

If you use a good insect repellent you should be able to scare them away.

I’ve just looked through my supplies and found an Aussie repellent called AEROGARD Tropical Strength that contains

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE

DI-N-PROPYL ISOCINCHOMERANATE

and

N-OCTYL BICYCLOHEPTENE DICARBOXIMIDE

There’s also STOP ITCH and STINGOSE type products available to reduce the itch but I personally haven’t found them to be very effective.

STINGOSE has an active ingredient of ALUMINIUM SULPHATE

The best one for stopping my sandfly itches is Dettol Antiseptic Spray which contains BENZALKONIUM CLORIDE.

Possibly take a look in your local BOOTS pharmacy and ask what they recommend. I’m also sure some of the Thai insect repellents will work just as well.

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Sandflies make me itchy and luckily I don’t get the big itchy boil type reactions.

If you use a good insect repellent you should be able to scare them away.

I’ve just looked through my supplies and found an Aussie repellent called AEROGARD Tropical Strength that contains

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE

DI-N-PROPYL ISOCINCHOMERANATE

and

N-OCTYL BICYCLOHEPTENE DICARBOXIMIDE

There’s also STOP ITCH and STINGOSE type products available to reduce the itch but I personally haven’t found them to be very effective.

STINGOSE has an active ingredient of ALUMINIUM SULPHATE

The best one for stopping my sandfly itches is Dettol Antiseptic Spray which contains BENZALKONIUM CLORIDE.

Possibly take a look in your local BOOTS pharmacy and ask what they recommend. I’m also sure some of the Thai insect repellents will work just as well.

Thanks for that. I ll have a look in Boots and see if they have the dettol spray.

Nice one

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If they are the same crtters as we have here in Oz, they dont exactly bite but piss on you to extract their requirements, what we used to do in Queensland was to make up a mixture of dettol and baby oil in a bottle and apply liberally before exposure to the little buggars

Thanks for this. BTW how does pissing on me work ?

Will get some Dettol and baby oil and give it a go. What quantity ratio do you use?

half and half worked for me.just buy a little spray bottle and mix yourself.You do tend to smell like a clap doctors clinic though..not that I would know what they smelt like.... :o

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