MOSQUITOES   FLIES   BEES

From: lekollar@nyx10.cs.du.edu (larry kollar)
Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: Re: Mosquitos, Flies and Bees
Date: 6 Dec 1996 13:58:55 -0700

Bigfoot  <bigfoot@ktn.net  wrote:

 Patton M Turner wrote:
   
   Consumer Reports or some similar magazine did a test and found no
   differance between Skin-so-soft and untreated skin for mosquitos.

  Don't tell the skeeters about the CR report. I've been using S-O-S
 for years, and it works for me. True, it isn't as effective as DEET,
 but S-O-S will outlast most commercial repellents in wet weather.
 {An important consideration here in SE Alaska)

It's also effective against chiggers, according to first-hand
observations.  I don't worry about glopping it all over the kids'
legs, either.

I hadn't realized that it stayed on in the wet -- that's good to
know for dewy mornings.