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Just chew a couple of cloves of RAW garlic and wash down with a glass of milk (i don't think anyone can swallow raw garlic without the milk) a few hours before an observing session. The mozzies will leave you alone for the night.
As one who suffered horribly in past years - the mozzies would drill through sandshoes and socks to get to the motherload (my feet), I can vouch that this does work. I used to suffer dozens of bites per night before I resorted to garlic.
The snag comes when you go home as anyone will smell it too.
The latest dry sprays (OFF ! and Aerogard) do seem to work but keep them away from your optics (they will ruin coatings) and anything plastic.
The last solution is one I used at Mt Bowen occasionally in calm conditions - take a whole box of mozzie coils and encircle the entire observing site with them, spaced at about 1 coil every 2-3 metres. Light the lot and a whole group can be reasonably free of these pests for several hours.
Last edited by Wavytone; 20-01-2010 at 12:30 AM.
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