I read on the today's Arkansas list http://birding.aba.org/maillist/AR that birders there commend the use of lavender oil to drive away insects; as an extra bonus, it is said to attract hummingbirds to alight on oil on one's clothes. Better smelling than DEET, so might be worth a try... BW ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]