Bug Spray Test for no-see-ums
We have been staying in a RV Beach site on Stone Island just South of Mazatlan. We do have no-see-ums tho not horrible but not good. We brought down with us every bug spray/repellent we could get ou...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Ask a Mexicano about Aután and they will double over with laughter. The last load I brought to Michoacan contained vials of 100% DEET for las garrapachas y tabanos, and there is only one treatment I know of the repels all (several hundred) varieties of of jejenes (No-See-Ums)
PENNYROYAL OIL EXTRACT
Not available in Mexico or California.
I treat the legs of my granddaughters up to the knees and they suffer no bites. Friends and neighbors are sharp and before a week passed I had orders for a lot of pennyroyal oil. So I purchased in bulk four quarts in the USA.
Even though pure DEET is effective against jejenes, I don't like to use the stuff on my kids.
But Aután, and Mexican "Off" cream are useless on bug magnet people. The local joke, is to call "Off"
"On"
Thanks MW. Had your post of old and tried to find some pennyroyal oil in USA before we left but could not. Ask at a specialty store near Mega and they did not have it.
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
