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frizkie
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Vitamin B for bugs
A year or so ago somone posted that vitamin B1, or vitamin B3, was a good insect repellant if taken for a couple of weeks prior to meeting up with
your first Bo Bos, mosquitos, or biting bugs of anykind.
I tried it and it did work well but I don't remember what number vitamin B it was....any ideas???
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DENNIS
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Here's one thought. If you Google the subject, there's lots more info.
http://altmedicine.about.com/b/2008/08/18/can-vitamin-b-prot...
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bajaguy
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Eat lots of garlic....that will keep anything away
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Russ
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This guy came visiting tonight. I think he wanted my B-complex & half my finger. Short visit!
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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desertcpl
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vitamin b-12
many years ago when I was living in Puerto Vallarta,,, we took weekly vitamin B-12 shots
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BajaDanD
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B1
Its B1 thiamin. It works for Misquitoes and fleas. I dont know about the no-see-umms.
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oladulce
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Good lord Russ, please tell me those are only found on your side of the peninsula (even if they're not).
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by frizkie
A year or so ago somone posted that vitamin B1, or vitamin B3, was a good insect repellant if taken for a couple of weeks prior to meeting up with
your first Bo Bos, mosquitos, or biting bugs of anykind.
I tried it and it did work well but I don't remember what number vitamin B it was....any ideas??? |
There may be some truth to this, but for me it's merely a myth. Mosquitos and all bugs love me and none of those remedies did ever any good. Just made
for healthier bugs.
Even slathered in Deet the buggers still feast on me.
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elizabeth
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There's actually no scientific evidence that vitamin b, garlic, or any other food will repel mosquitos. I've tried everything...and like Vandenberg,
I've just contributed to a population of healthier mosquitos.
Mosquitos, and other biting things seem to love me. They don't even seem to mind biting through a layer of deet or my clothing to get my blood. I
read somewhere that people who have capillaries closer to the skin are more attractive to biting insects...makes some sense, but I can't find it
again.
For normal people...here's an interesting chart which probably needs to amended for Baja mid summer sweating.
Table 1. Protection Times of Tested Mosquito Repellents
Products
Active Ingredient
Average Complete Protection Time
OFF! Deep Woods
23.8% DEET
5 hours
Sawyer Controlled Release
20% DEET
4 hours
OFF! Skintastic
6.65% DEET
2 hours
Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent
Oil of lemon eucalyptus; p-menthane 3,8-diol (PMD)
2 hours
Bite Blocker for Kids
2% Soybean Oil
1.5 hours
OFF! Skintastic for Kids
4.75% DEET
1.5 hours
Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard Plus
7.5% IR3535
23 minutes
Natrapel
10% Citronella
20 minutes
Herbal Armor
12% Citronella; 2.5% peppermint oil; 2% cedar oil; 1% lemongrass oil; 0.05% geranium oil
19 minutes
Green Ban for People
10% Citronella; 2% peppermint oil
14 minutes
Buzz Away
5% Citronella
14 minutes
Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard
0.1% Citronella
10 minutes
Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil
Active Ingredient not known
10 minutes
Skin-So-Soft Moisturizing Suncare
0.05% Citronella
3 minutes
Gone Original Wristband
9.5% DEET
0
Repello Wristband
9.5% DEET
0
Gone Plus Repelling Wristband
25% Citronella
0
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elizabeth
There's actually no scientific evidence that vitamin b, garlic, or any other food will repel mosquitos. I've tried everything...and like Vandenberg,
I've just contributed to a population of healthier mosquitos.
Mosquitos, and other biting things seem to love me. They don't even seem to mind biting through a layer of deet or my clothing to get my blood. I
read somewhere that people who have capillaries closer to the skin are more attractive to biting insects...makes some sense, but I can't find it
again.
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I am also one of those "lucky" people that all biting insects love---John says all he needs is to have me around and he is safe from all mosquitoes,
etc.
I can't remember where, but recently I read that one study concluded that people who were less uptight were the ones who attracted the little monster
bugs--they said it was a chemical reaction in uptight people who repelled them--
Not sure I buy that one very well, but it is interesting.
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David K
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OFF! Deep Woods
23.8% DEET
5 hours
WHY only 23.8% DEET... ? As the chart shows, the more DEET, the better the product! 
I avoid mosquitos and try to not camp where they are, however I do get bit even though I am a big fan of vitamin use... To put a stop to the
mosquitos, I use 100% DEET (actually 95% with 5% other isomers)... Purchased at the camping department at WalMart. The scan isn't the best because the
bottle is not flat! 
[Edited on 10-20-2009 by David K]
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Sallysouth
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Good grief Russ!What kind of nasty looking critter IS that???Think its a spider but looks more like a mutant of some sort. I also am one of those
"lucky" people that attract the bugs away from everyone else.I've tried it all, only deep woods works and not all that well.
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
Good grief Russ!What kind of nasty looking critter IS that???Think its a spider but looks more like a mutant of some sort. I also am one of those
"lucky" people that attract the bugs away from everyone else.I've tried it all, only deep woods works and not all that well. |
Do a Nomad search for 'Deer Killer'. Here is a post with photo from Russ: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=38330
Good photo by vagabndo here:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=31329#pid3187...
Also called Camel Spider and Wind Scorpion... Matavenado in Baja.
[Edited on 10-20-2009 by David K]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elizabeth
There's actually no scientific evidence that vitamin b, garlic, or any other food will repel mosquitos. |
I tried to point that out above but, It's Nomad. Nobody listens. They just want to be heard.
What ever happened to "Skin So Soft" that would repell critters? Made by AVON I believe.
Good enough for the military in Nam. Should be good enough for you bug-infested folks down south.
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Sallysouth
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David, the latest pic that Russ posted looks quite a bit different than the photo in that thread.It looks like a cross between a spider and a
scorpion.
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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DENNIS
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Actually, I'm guilty of the sins of my tirade. Elizabeth mentioned the stuff above.
Sorry folks.
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DENNIS
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Got it David. I think we're posting all over each other.
Thanks.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
David, the latest pic that Russ posted looks quite a bit different than the photo in that thread.It looks like a cross between a spider and a
scorpion. |
Yah looks different, see Vag's photo... identical.
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David K
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No worries Dennis... I wish I was outside working! I will remove that post.
Anybody need some irrigation or landscape lighting done?  
(Get me off Nomad)
[Edited on 10-20-2009 by David K]
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frizkie
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone!!
Yup, Baja Dan D,
That's it Vitamin B1!! Someone on here posted last year, that if you take B1 for two weeks prior to coming into contact with mosquitos, or
no-see-ums, or biting bugs like that, then continue, while you are still in the infested area, to take 50mg of Vit B1 per day, you will get some
relief. I tried it, and it worked really well for those darned critters, that I get at my place in El Chorro (Baja Sur), that love to bite my ankles.
The locals call them "sancudos", and they drive me nuts usually....mostly at dawn and dusk, like no-see-ums and mosquitos. I won't say it totally
solved the problem 100%, but it sure did help.
So, I'd better get out and buy some tomorrow, cuz' I leave Victoria, BC, on Oct 26th, to drive to Baja Sur...YAHOO  only 6 more sleeps and I'll be on my way to Southern Baja, and I'll be there for 6 months!! YAYYY!!!
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