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glallotments wrote:
After beibg bitten lots last year I am using Skin-so -Soft too but use the spritzer type oil spray which I don't find at all oily. It does seem to work.


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There are some nasty biters in the alottment that are silvery grey and moth like nobody seem to know the species. I managed to catch some and wonder who can identify them, They leave a nasty red dot and painful swelling for weeks. :?
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Victor, could they be the Blandford Fly?
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Clegs are my number one nasty biter - silent and painful even through jeans - but I'm not sure I would mistake them for a moth.
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Blandford fly looks a bit bee like, not moth like. Interesting Victor, can you try to get a picture?
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