Insect Bites?

[BurleyJ]

Has anyone else experienced bites lately? I've been bitten for the last 5 evenings at home & have no idea why? No one else seems to be affected at home which is good news but it's really getting frustrating. Is anyone else experiencing anything like this? It always seems to be around 7pm as if it's dinner time & I'm on the menu.

 

[beansprout]

You’re def on the menu !!! Have you changed your spray as in deodorant if not- just think you are tasty!! Might be a combination of how sweat is affecting your body - at a loss but once these little bugger decide you are tasty they don’t disappear fast….

[BurleyJ]

I have changed my washing powder recently but surely that can't affect it.... can it? Oh dear i hope i start to leave a yucky taste in their mouth as it's bringing me down & becomes extremely itchy during the night. 

[beansprout]

Might well be the cause if you were free until this change….

[BurleyJ]

Oh wow I didn't actually realise that would attract the little pests. Thank you beansprout.

[ianr]

Recently on a bathroom shelf I discovered an old tube of Boots Insect Repellent Gel.  So old it doesn't even list any constituents.  But presumably such things still exist.  How the critturs distinguish attractants and repellants heaven knows.   Perhaps there are Influencers. 

[Sue]

On 29/08/2025 at 23:11, BurleyJ said:

Has anyone else experienced bites lately? I've been bitten for the last 5 evenings at home & have no idea why? No one else seems to be affected at home which is good news but it's really getting frustrating. Is anyone else experiencing anything like this? It always seems to be around 7pm as if it's dinner time & I'm on the menu.

 

Sometimes what's biting you can be identified by the type of bite, and if there's more than one bite, where they are and how close together, for example.

You could try taking a photo (or getting someone else to) and posting it on something like  ChatGPT? Or just googling pictures of insect bites in the UK?

I know people put ChatGPT down, but I've recently discovered it, and it has been unexpectedly brilliant for a wide range of different things.

Including reminding me what a particular cloud formation was called when I uploaded a picture (along with lots of interesting additional information about these particular clouds!)

It's free unless you need a load of more complicated stuff doing. Even if it tells you you've used your quota for the day (or whatever), it generally just lets you continue on regardless, in my experience!

Edited September 3 by Sue