Bites! Flies! Thorns!
Blackberries and roses have thorns. Some long grasses have nasty sharp edges.
Warning: I got bitten on my arms and legs. Where? Out by the bushes, cutting them down to reach blackberries for British blackberry and apple pie. So, I got bitten? Does it matter? Yes. Here's why.
1 Visual
It is unsightly. I saw a girl on the Singapore MRT train. She was wearing a fetching outfit of shorts and a crop top. Unfortunately, her legs were covered by pink pimples. It looked horrible. Her sour expression suggested she was feeling irritable, irritated.
If you scratch the bites, the blood stains your clothes. The blood attracts other insects, mosquitos, leeches, bed bugs.
2 Distraction From Work
The constant annoyance distracts you from work. You keep thinking about insect bites.
3 Disease
Mosquitoes carry malaria.
Singapore/UK/Europe/USA/Australia
What is the prevention? What is the cure?
If you are out and about in England or Singapore for a day trip, or week trip like Writers' Holiday in Swanwick, use insect repellent on your body.
UK
Also pack and carry sting relief. Plus water and a charged phone, sunhat with brim, insect killer or fly swatter, or glass and solid card base for throwing insects out of car/bedroom/conference room windows, plus cover for arms and legs.
What you might see in the shops
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Beconase is different, a spray for hay fever.
Cetirizine
Philistines
Pyrite
Suggestions
Stingoes (sold in Australia and online)
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