As if our rubbish weather this year wasn’t bad enough in itself it’s also likely to lead to increased numbers of mosquitoes, ticks and other biting insects.
*shudder*
I hate Mosquitoes! The only thing keeping them away these days from me is the best mosquito repellent for african safari I’d found online.
As well as bites being itchy and quite often making a random part of your body puff up to three times its usual size there’s actually also a risk of contracting horrible illnesses from ticks like lyme disease. Enough to ruin anyone’s holiday!
The key to staying safe according to Ray Mears (and let’s be honest, he knows a thing or two about this sort of thing) is not to go for the insect repellent with the most DEET because that evaporates quickly leaving you unprotected later but actually to find one that will release the DEET over the longest period.
3M have developed their range of Ultrathon long lasting insect repellents to keep you safe for up to 12 hours and are kindly giving away a set made up of:
- 60ml lotion (12hr protection)
- 125ml spray (8hr protection)
- 100ml pump spray (12hr protection)
If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning then leave me a comment telling me where is the most annoying place you’ve had an insect bite. I had one on the sole of my foot once, aargh! You can get all the usual extra entries by tweeting etc and recording it in the rafflecopter widget below. The giveaway will run until Tuesday 2nd July.
The Ultrathon range is available from Amazon, Tesco, The Co-operative pharmacy, chemistdirect.co.uk and 3Mdirect.co.uk.
jo glasspool says
On my ear!
tracyJo says
On my big toe, it wasnt so much annoying, just stung like mad, though I was a child then so probably hurt more and I wouldnt stop screaming!
maureen findley says
the tip of my nose!
JO JONES says
On my ankle just where my trainer touched so very uncomfortable
S.Richards says
On my lip.with a horse fly .iit got so swollen couldn’t eat or drink for 3 days
Alan C says
On my neck. Scratched it and it looked like a love bite
Kathryn Davies says
I had one on my toe and ended up on anti-biotics!
simon sims says
on my nose
sarah birkett says
everywhre but in an effort to keep it clean, behind my ear just where the arm of my glasses sit
Cat Williams says
On the inside of one of my bum cheeks – it was traumatic
Alison M says
While in Cairn’s Australia, was bitten on the foot by something. Was intensely itchy so after 2 days being driven mad (and my ankle starting to swell), went to a local pharmacy for something…told the lady behind the counter who said…”well, you’re still alive so wasn’t one of our more deadly residents at least!!”
Bob Clark says
On my neck
lyn burgess says
On a long weekend away, with only one pair of shoes, I was bitten on the foot right where by strap of my shoe. Boy was it sore and itchy. New sandals were rapidly purchased.
adeinne says
At the bottom of my nose was so annoying and irritating
angela sandhu says
on my fingers, just on the knuckles, so everytime I moved my hand, it really hurt!
melanie stirling says
Inbetween my toes and it was so painful!
Charlotte Adams says
Behind the knee, pure itching agony!
Paul Wilson says
Norfolk
Sarah Benn says
On my neck
claire grigg says
has to be on the foot, shoes always aggravated and it never stopped being itchy!!
Gee Marshall says
On the end of my nose. I looked like a Rudolf the Reindeer tribute act!
Claire Smith says
Between 2 of my fingers – my whole hand swelled up right up to the wrist
Liz Simpson says
On my eyelid – the swelling closed my eye completely and made me look distinctly unattractive.
Jim Milligan says
On my face
Danuta Myszor says
knee
Laura says
Just this week, on my neck…it looked like I was growing an Adam’s apple!
Louise Lumsden says
midge bites on my eyelid because I could feel them with every blink and Scottish midge bites last for weeks,vile!
Dawn Taverner says
on the back of my neck….as i cant see it and calm my niggling mind that its just an insect bite and not the start of some horrific disease like smallpox!! haha!
Ritchie says
I had a horse fly bite on my eyelid which swelled up so much that I look like I’d done 10 rounds with David Haye.
liz denial says
When I was in Mexico I had hundreds of bites which all went septic. The worst ones were between each of my fingers, they turned into massive blood blisters 🙁
Annie Costa says
on my eyelid!mega annoying!
Tammy Tudor says
Embarrassingly on my bottom and now i have a big scar 🙁 I couldn’t sit down or walk without crying for days haha what a holiday but I am able to laugh about it now!
Alice Matthews says
In my arm pit. It was very itchy and I couldn’t shave for days.
Hilda Hazel Wright says
They’re all awful, when I visit my sister in Mallorca I tend to get bites around my ankles that swell up horribly. But the most annoying would have been in a rather embarrassing place…weeing in bushes when out walking for miles in the hills is a dangerous occupation!
Samantha Smith says
middle of back where cannot be scratched!! 🙂
Heather Tuby says
Always getting bitten on my ankles – grrr….
Gary Topley says
On my ear. My ear all swelled up.
Tamara Payne says
I had one a bite at the end of my nose – looked hideous and spoilt my holiday.
Nikita Hopkins says
In between my thumb and finger :S
laura banks says
on my hand drove me up the wall keep itching it
Gilla01 says
Middle of my back – just couldn’t reach it! Drove me crazy. I wanted to do a Baloo from Jungle Book and keep rubbing my back against trees and things.
kathleen hooper says
on my ankle, which then turned into cellulitis, I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks and was on antibiotics for 3
Jill Webb says
An intamate area on my boob very annoying
Kieran Walsh says
on my ear, so annoying, for such a small thing
Bryony Sayburn says
On my nose – It looked more like a spot than an insect bite!
frances hopkins says
I’ve started swelling up after getting bitten so anyway is very annoying as it seems to irritate everything
Kathy Cakebread says
my forehead
valerie myburgh says
My ankles
Tracy Newton says
My ankle. I kept scratching it with the sandal that was on my other foot. It got infected, the infection spread up my leg and I became really ill.
iain says
on my cheek
Pamela Downey says
on the corner of my eyebrow near the eye lid, it swelled so much I could hardly open my eye for a day
Helen Porter says
on my toe you cant itch it properly very annoying!
Kirsty Fox says
On the top of my foot
andy harris says
back of the hand
John Jones says
On the back of my neck
esshevlin says
On the arm,, so itchy afterwards,
LynneH says
On the back of my knee; It was murder every time I tried to bend it.
Sheila Sloan says
On my belly. It turned septic and ended u in hospital on iv antibiotics after having it lanced in theatre.
Andy D says
Between my toes
Maya Russell says
On my back – where it’s unreachable!
Julie Booth says
I’d rather not say!! It was in a rather intimate area!!
Kenneth Coleman says
On my nose. It came up as an embarrassing red spot.
James Seale says
At the back of my knee.
Wayne Howard says
On my eyelids!
George Alexander Pow says
The most annoying bite i had was between the fingers, so annoying.
Claire D says
They re all annoying, sooooo itchy
Ken Brown says
On my hip-just where my trouser waistband would be sure to rub against it!
Karen Barrett says
On my feet a couple of weeks ago, twenty bites on one foot and fifteen on the other! There was only the tiniest bit of flesh showing and the little blighters found it.
Dominique Bailey says
My bum cheek! Most awkward place ever!
Susan Sargent says
On my forehead and into my hairline
wendy moore says
on my bum! Very embarrassing to scratch
andrea miles says
my ankle – right on the bone
Adele Hill says
on the top of my foot, which swelled up so I was unable to where shoes and my foot hurt every time I stood on it.
Simon G says
In Nirthumberland at Kielder last weeek – everywhere !!!!!
Bryan Murphy says
Between my big toe and the toe next to it
Simon Oakley says
entered
miriam krutska says
on my foot i hate it 😉
Julia Linsley says
In my armpit ! Really itchy and uncomfortable !
Irene Bolton says
On My Eyelid, which swelled up. I looked like I had been in a fight!
andrea lloyd says
On my neck
ANJI says
Elbow
lynn lewer says
On my eye, it swelled so bad I could hardly see
Jean Bolsover says
On the back of my leg near the top. Everytime I went to sit down it hurt!
Stu W says
Africa
Amanda Goldston says
On the back of my knee, right in the crease of the joint – so painful!
Keith says
Just the thing for my trip to Goa
Irene Wright says
on the side of my nose
Liz ferguson says
On my nose .. It wasn’t all that painful,or itchy after the initial sting .. but, if seemed to me that I had the Himalayas on the side of my nose. I almost went crossed eyed looking at it .. although, everyone else said it was the size of a pin prick!
Mark Palmer says
Sole of my foot
Sarah Spencer says
A wasp sting in my nostril
Joanna Smith says
Scunthorpe
tony allan says
my toe
Kristy Brown says
133 bits from the neck up (midgy bites) – I looked a right mess!
Michaela Turner says
On my foot, i am so ticklish i couldn’t touch it!
stuart g says
My face ruined holiday pics
esther james says
On my legs, they look terrible!
Pippa Saunders says
I had three infected mosquito bits on my eye lid (whilst I was sleeping) when I woke in the morning my eye was so swollen I couldn’t open it!
Looked like the elephant man!
michele omalley says
My inner thigh
Kevin Honey says
On my bottom…
Natalie Crossan says
Definitely my bottom!
jessica agyin says
had a bite on my earlobe
Alison says
Next to my eye
hannah oneill says
On the back of my knee
Kirsty Woods says
On the end of my nose (last week) and its still a bit red 🙁
Stevie says
On the back of the knee.
Patricia Walker says
I was bitten on my chin – very visible, sore and irritating!
Nicola Holland says
Side of my nose.
Matthew Pont says
They just love my legs
Jane Henshaw says
on the thumb, right on the joint so every time I bent it, it really hurt!
c tindale says
on my baby toe!!!
Lucy Carter says
Behind my knee, it swelled up so much i couldn’t bend it!
Mickie Bull says
On the underside of my ‘index’ toe 🙁
Carolynn Woodland says
On my face – yuck
Alison Johnson says
My nose!
Amanda Williams says
inside my ear. Impossible to treat or scratch
Michelle Williams says
My face
Becky Shorting says
forehead! whats worse is it looked like a massive spot and i kept scratching it without thinking until i had a massive scab! shame!
Gemma Clark says
just come back from Monterrico and the mossies were bad, i got a bite on my thumb right near my thumb nail…was really annoying
Daniel Adams says
Always my feet! I always end up scratching them raw
Muddling Along says
Ankle – for some reason the itchiest place
Samantha R says
last time I was bitten I had a trail of bites all the way up my leg, very itchy and annoying
lynn neal says
both ankles!
leanne williams says
on my wrist whilst fast asleep
eddie britton says
ankles definatly!
lucinda duxbury says
in my cleavage 🙁
olivia kirby says
On my neck!
SUE says
In Tunisia om my bum!
bernette hammersley says
under my armpit
Rebecca Nisbet says
The back of my leg where it bends it got soooooo itchy!
Karen wright says
Ankles & legs.
Janet Puttock says
On my elbow, doubled in size!!
Elizabeth Smith says
under the strap of my hiking sandals (although under the underwired bit of my bra comes close second)
Jeremy Hards says
On the top of my foot. It became so swollen I couldn’t get my shoe on. My girlfriend thought it was justice as the same happened to her on holiday the previous year
Penny Crumpton says
bottom of your foot!
anita hargreaves says
my nose
Kayleigh says
On my foot!
Matt Brooks says
the back of my legs, they get so itchy
Ruth Davies says
Toe same thing rubbing shoes!
Julie Ward says
On the cheek
CHARLOTTE BENNETT says
Back of knees!!
Francis Lee says
just in my lip, it gave me a thick lip making it looked like some one had hit me
claire little says
my armpit
cathyj says
back of my knee
caroline s says
in between my toes
Nicola Donnelly says
Sole of my foot
Maureen Williams says
On my feet – they swelled up so I couldn’t get my shoes on for a week
lisa tebbutt says
my knees
Diana Semionova says
Between my fingers ;s
Laura Asplin says
On my knuckle
Joanna Sadler says
Got one right now under my arm near the armpit, it’s very puffed up and stings like hell every time it rubs against my clothes (which is all the time!)
Rachel Edney says
On my big toe
Georgie says
Right in the middle of my back
Stephen Dittrich says
My ear
matthew collins says
On the top of my head
Sue Robinson says
On my shoulder blade – couldn’t reach to itch it and couldn’t see the damage 🙁
DAWN TOTTON says
On my ankle – very itchy!
SHAUN NEEDHAM says
ON THE END OF MY NOSE
maddy says
Groin 🙁
Naomi Buchan says
I won an incentive at work and was sent to a hotel in Florence that was riddled with bedbugs. I didnt know until it was too late and had over 40 bites all over my body including on my ears, it was horrendous!
Rebecca Brown Forden says
Going to Venice in 4 weeks and there the mosquitoes are called tiger mosquitoes, I desperately need something to stop me getting bitten to death
Jennifer Sample says
My blood is tasty to these little blighters and I always seem to get bitten but the most annoying/painful one was on my eyelid – ouch
pete says
testicle
Isabelle Smith says
FOOT!
Janine Atkin says
on my face!
Faye Huntington says
On the crease of my elbow!! Although on one holiday to Italy four years ago, I got a total of ….. 56 bites all over my body!!!! With love, Faye xx
Lorna Craig says
I got badly bitten by mosquitos in Canda 2 years ago. The burning itch drove me demented! the worst one has to be in my ear(they got everywhere!) cos I couldn’t get a decent scratch at it!
Ian Yates says
In the erm……testicular area!
Lewi says
I hate insects 😛
caroline gardner says
under my bra strap ouch
Bee says
I got bitten on the eyebrow 2 years ago ..and there’s still a red mark!
Su Brett says
on the sole of my foot
Caroline H says
My waist. It rubbed on all skirts and trousers and I didn’t have anything in the way of winter dresses when I returned home!
Denise S says
on my ear , swelled up and incredibly uncomfortable , was in italy distracted me from the lovely food!!
tam p says
In the gents toilets at Athens airport
Laura Ingham says
In the garden!! Sorry, couldn’t resist that – the worst place was on my face as it showed.
elaine stokes says
bottom of my foot
Jill fairbank says
If there’s a bug it bites me! My grandma threw out a bed when I was younger thinking it was that but I guess I am just tasty and react quite badly too anything!
Agata Pokutycka says
foot
Adrian Clarke says
On my willey!
Michaela says
Well when i went to barbados I got biten from head to toe and my leg even swelled up but the ones on my neck really hurt 🙁
Amanda says
On my Ankle when doing a trekking holiday, so wearing walking boots with a swollen ankle/leg/foot that rubbed the bite was really not fun!!! This is how I got the knickname ‘CankleEater’ from my lovely frineds!!!
Elysia Benn says
I have been stung behind my ear by a wasp before and that was rather annoying.
Jenny Rogers says
In the middle of my back.
David Jackson says
back of my knee
Tracey belcher says
Oh that has to be in-between my fingers! It rubbed all the time 🙁
Clair Lewis says
My toe- rubbed on shoes and I couldn’t itch it with shoes on!
Hayley Davies says
On my face
antonia richardson says
middle of my back
claire toplis says
most annoying has to be on my foot .. it was ooozy for weeks
Sarah says
on the face!
joanne mccarthy says
i’ve got one on my thigh right now!
Jamie says
I think the only time i’ve been bit was by a bee when i was like 3 years old – guaranteed i get bit later on today now 🙁
Jo Booth says
on my ankle
sarah rees says
face definitely
Stephen Little says
Face!
Helen McCarron says
I was once bitten on the skin between my forefinger and middle finger. So annoying!
Joy Dehany says
Under my bra strap
Hannah Whitling says
Inbetween my fingers, it was made far more itchy than other bites I’ve had due to the rubbing and it being made warmer from whenever I held my fingers closed together.
Back of the knee too, as that was ridiculously itchy, think the skin is more sensitive there, along with being made too warm whenever my knee was bent.
carol boffey says
nice prize
Jayne Doolan says
Where the waistband of my trousers goes, really annoying!
Colette Sheeran says
A bee sting on my bum when I was at the lido. It came up the size of an orange!
S McNally says
Right on the knobbly bit of my ankle – it was really hard to scratch it effectively
Alex Cuckson says
Elbow – why oh why?!
Natalie Henderson says
Inside thigh! Don’t know how it got there but you certainly couldn’t itch it in public!! 🙂
israr baig says
between my thighs
Toni Boult says
got bitten on my foot, it swelled up and made it painful to wear shoes for a while!
kayleigh dudley says
inside ankle where every pair of shoes rubs and irritates it!
Maggie Osborn says
Face 🙁
Looked awful and itched terribly.
vivian allman says
behind my knee
Lynda Pace Avery says
All insect bites are annoying and they LIKE me whereas they leave my husband alone, however the most annoying place I was bitten was on my heel in the hard skin so it didn’t matter how hard I scratched I just couldn’t get to it.
Charlotte Hood says
I got bitten 5 times on the sole of my foot… made it very hard to walk!!
Louise says
anywhere is annoying – esp hate face
LORNA WIL says
I WAS BITTEN THREE TIMES ON THE CHEST LAST WEEK WHILE WORKING IN THE GARDEN. THE AREA SWELLED UP, BECAME VERY HARD, WAS VERY ITCHY, RED AND VERY SORE. HAD TO WEAR COLLAR BLOUSE TO HIDE THE DREADFUL AREA.
sarah parker says
on my ankle
Alexandra McGahey says
On the side of my neck!
Kim neville says
On my face
Becky Downey says
my hand
Jayne B says
On the backside when I had to stop in the bushes to relieve myself at night on the way back from a club – my bum was covered in irritating bites!!!
Amie Jones says
Face , EW!
Alyson Guy says
On the scalp, nicely hidden by hair but unfortunately right on top of a a bump I had the previous day. It itched like mad but was agony to touch and I couldn’t get cream onto it without making my hair look greasy.
victoria thurgood says
On my back the bit i cant reach
S Furniss says
Under my armpit!
Lisa Pope says
I had a mossie bite on my achiles tendon area of my heal which turned into a big huge boil – yuk I couldn’t even get my shoes on!
champaklal lad says
This will kep the SPOOKY BUGS away in this country
Tam p says
Too much of a gentleman even to mention where!