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I'd kill for a bug spray or something that will actually keep them away.



Sadly you and I are in the same situation, we just have the chemicals that attract the damn things. The only thing that I've found that actually works, isn't repelling them, just attracting them with something stronger away from you.

I've got one of these in my yard, works like a charm so I can keep grilling: http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/

My wife could walk through a cloud of them and they wouldn't touch her.. me? I'm drained of blood in seconds...