Insects on the course

[JGolfer]

Does anybody else seem to get bitten to absolute hell when they wear shorts on the golf course.

I have tried sprays and everything and nothing stops them, and wearing long pants in 20+ heat is a killer.

I play parkland courses, anybody got any suggestions other than wear long pants.

 

[tugglesf239]

Avon Skin so soft.

Its amazing at combatting scottish midgies and english bloody horseflys etc.

I get targeted and this suff is better than any jungle formula spray ive tried due to the citronella in the recipie. Also smells lovely

read the reviews pal

link

 

[sunshine]

I've always found the Boots insect repellent works great - the tropical version designed to deter mosquitoes in India etc. I play on a parkland course with several lakes so the insects come out to feast on golfers in the evening.

 

[126849660]

Get 3/4 essential oils and dilute them into a spray bottle and spray on your skin, insects hate most essential oils and wont come near you.

 

[CliveW]

Avon Skin so soft.

Its amazing at combatting scottish midgies and english bloody horseflys etc.

I get targeted and this suff is better than any jungle formula spray ive tried due to the citronella in the recipie. Also smells lovely

read the reviews pal

link

A favourite of the Royal Marines, but not any more. The formula was changed a couple of years ago and no longer works as a midge repellant. Smidge is the best now. https://www.smidgeup.com/

However if the OP is being bitten on the legs, then probably not midges, but could be berry bugs which tend to bite where elastic is restricting things such as top of socks or belts.

 

[Tommy10]

I was on antibiotics twice in a 3 week period last summer from horsefly bites, one on my hand which made it look like a boxing glove and another on my calf which looked as if I'd had a red hot iron pressed against it, got the skin so soft and not happened since although that might just be luck.

 

[JGolfer]

A favourite of the Royal Marines, but not any more. The formula was changed a couple of years ago and no longer works as a midge repellant. Smidge is the best now. https://www.smidgeup.com/

However if the OP is being bitten on the legs, then probably not midges, but could be berry bugs which tend to bite where elastic is restricting things such as top of socks or belts.

Always on the legs, never been bite elsewhere, always back of my calve / knees. Though did get a seriously bad one just above my sock a few months ago, that I had to get antibiotics for due to how bad it got.

 

[CliveW]

It could possibly be tick bites especially if there are deer on the course. Just be careful as they can carry Lymes disease.

 

[Diamond]

Avon Skin so soft.

Its amazing at combatting scottish midgies and english bloody horseflys etc.

I get targeted and this suff is better than any jungle formula spray ive tried due to the citronella in the recipie. Also smells lovely

read the reviews pal

link

Used that myself and also the Trek50 mosquito spray.

 

[chellie]

Smidge that Midge

 

[davidy233]

Smidge is wonder fluid - I used to avoid the West of Scotland until I discovered it. Game changer.

 

[tugglesf239]

A favourite of the Royal Marines, but not any more. The formula was changed a couple of years ago and no longer works as a midge repellant. Smidge is the best now. https://www.smidgeup.com/

However if the OP is being bitten on the legs, then probably not midges, but could be berry bugs which tend to bite where elastic is restricting things such as top of socks or belts.

I’d heard they changed the formula.

must admit I only bought a bottle a few weeks back and it worked a treat for me.

 

[KenL]

Thankfully for me, not many midges on my east coast links.
Have been bitten 2 or 3 times by horse flies. They can make a right mess of your leg. ?

 

[patricks148]

we had a spate about 2 months ago up by 10,11 and 12 which was next to barley and oats crops, lots getting bit by Cleggs (horse fly) i started spraying jungle formula on my legs and that appeared to stop them. crops in now and not a problem at the moment

 

[patricks148]

A favourite of the Royal Marines, but not any more. The formula was changed a couple of years ago and no longer works as a midge repellant. Smidge is the best now. https://www.smidgeup.com/

However if the OP is being bitten on the legs, then probably not midges, but could be berry bugs which tend to bite where elastic is restricting things such as top of socks or belts.

i though berry bugs were a sort of mite you get in clumps

 

[Sports_Fanatic]

Sounds like an issue with slow play, have you tried playing faster so they don't have time to catch up and bite you?

 

[clubchamp98]

Sounds like an issue with slow play, have you tried playing faster so they don't have time to catch up and bite you?

More an issue of being in the rough to much.
I just don’t wear shorts now.
Had some really bad reactions to horsefly bites.
The Adidas 365 trousers are great for hot weather as are most lightweight golf trousers these days.

 

[CliveW]

i though berry bugs were a sort of mite you get in clumps

They are, but if you brush against them they tend to climb up and bite where your clothing is tight or in the creases of your skin. Very common in the Lothians when I lived there but not so rife in Perthshire.

 

[davidy233]

They are, but if you brush against them they tend to climb up and bite where your clothing is tight or in the creases of your skin. Very common in the Lothians when I lived there but not so rife in Perthshire.

Bizarre as the Lothians aren't famous for berries but Perthshire is

 

[patricks148]

Bizarre as the Lothians aren't famous for berries but Perthshire is

might be more to do with them being red rather than on berrys???