DEET--insect repellent--long term use - Page 2

LOL Missbeeb

For some reason, the midgies don't seem to bother me. Maybe my skin is too thick to bite lol. Thousands of the little b------ gather round the conifers in the evening and bite everyone except me lol. They dont seem to bother the dogs either, so maybe I smell like a dog or something lol

At least the midges are miniscule, I counld't cope with big creepy crawlies lol

The first time I spotted a wolf spider down here, I wanted to call the nearest Zoo... I honestly thought it had hitched a lift in bananas or something LOL, I'm used to them now but I hate the mosquitos with a passion and I don't miss the wee clouds of midgies hovering over my head. LOL we need more things that eat biting bugs!

I have a "big" spider in my garden shed, and every time I go in my blood runs cold. Dont know how I would cope with "a really big spider" We are lucky though, at least we don't have dangerous animals running loose in the woods, well not four legged ones anyway lol.  The only problem we have is wasps gathering round our blue recycling bin, and the black glass bottle box--they must be after the dregs from the empty Drambuie bottles lol

A little exposure to insect's is a good thing for man and beast.   There are alway's risk's but if you didn't ever get bit by something you'd have no resistance at all and that would be worst.

You risk something everyday.

Getting bitten by mosquitos, ticks etc., does NOTHING to confer resistance to anything. It does provide the opportunity, depending on what part of the world one lives in, to be infected with a variety of very, very nasty diseases. These include malaria, erlichiosis, RMSF and other tick borne diseases, a variety of encephalitis', dengue, West Nile, Rift Valley Fever, Yellow Fever and on and on and on. For canines, risks are also very great when the dog is not protected from these vectors. It is about risk vs benefit. Each must make his or her own decision about what risks one is willing to take. The benefit of preventing bites to humans and animals from disease carrying insects is clear.

We agree to disagree then.

I see it as evolution.     A creature can not exist if it can't survive in it's habitate.   

Kid's and germ's and their resistance to them is something being discussed right now and make's absolute sense.

Yes there are thing's that we are not immune too.   But hiding from them doesn't help a species survive.

Sometime's you don't have a choice in what risk's you take..  

Your right about most of it  Hodie, but in the long run and about resistance I disagree. 

We'll have to let time decide what survive's and what doesn't.    Give it a million years or so...  :)

Brady, A good country is scotland as well as Ireland.Not too much on the media here in the USA.You have friends in Ireland Yes? I hope so.Be well. regards. Candy

Thank you very much Rainhaus

All things considered, Scotland is a good place to live. Just a pity we don't see the sun more often!!! No really dangerous creepy crawlies or wild animals. lol No friends in Ireland, but I do have Irish blood way back in my family--does that count???  

Regards

Fiona------Good Scottish name LOL