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Camp-tested mosquito hack: zero bites at Assateague, but there’s a catch…

Reddit r/camping·u/Silly_Lecture8917·about 1 month ago
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Camp-tested mosquito hack: zero bites at Assateague, but there’s a catch… For repelling mosquitos while camping… has anyone tried sulfur for mosquito repellent. I once read an old anecdote about how back in the day, this guy said their mother would give them a match head to chew on to repel mosquitos before they went out to play in the south somewhere. This was probably before they invented bug repellent or common sense but the story stuck with me. I hate mosquitos bc I’m a super attractor to mosquitos. I get bit a lot when no one else does. Might be my metabolism but that’s a different story. It’s been like that since I was young. So I thought maybe it’s the sulfur. So I bought a pound of powdered sulfur on Amazon for like 8$ and went to the worst mosquito infested place I can think of…. Assateague island national park to go camping. In the summer mosquitos will cover your entire tent and eat you alive. To apply it, I took the smallest amount I could shake onto my hand.…

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