"also, apparently they cannot land in the breeze, no, really, I'm serious... "
heh heh...the crosswinds beyond limits, eh?
I recently bought a little machine from Singapore which works on a small 9v battery (not included) and emits noises which scare off the mosquitoes. It stated eloquently on the packet that you are only bitten by pregant female mosquitoes "who are forced to suck the blood of man or beast in order to nurture their eggs".
On Setting I it makes the sound of a male mosquito which apparently scares away the pregnant females who have obviously had enough of the old mozzy jiggy-jiggy anyway and on Setting II it makes the combined sound of male mosquitoes and also a dragonfly, the mosquito's main predator, so they think they're going to be chowed. It also recommends that you switch between Setting I and Setting II every few hours. This probably makes other mossies think that the male mossie actually defeated the dragonfly, though, so I keep the dragonfly on. Works like a bomb but sounds like having your own pet insect farm next to the bed...
Otherwise its the Tabard cream and the long rods and the aircon on max if available. Mozzie nets are lovely at least you know they can't get you even if you can hear them (my revenge!) but when you take one on contract, they already have them and when you don't take one, they don't have them and you spend 1/2 the night hunting down mozzies which mysteriously dissapear just after flying out of the white background.
Local business opportunity!! Instead of the watches, locals can start selling their blood for a few sifas so we can put a saucer on the floor next to the bed for the mozzies
