7 Ways To Repel Black Flies Naturally

Anyone who enjoys the outdoors in Canada and the northern U.S. knows that black flies can be a bigger pest than mosquitoes. Here are 7 ways to repel them.

Mosquitoes are a much-dreaded fact of summer throughout the world, but anyone who enjoys the outdoors in Canada and the northernmost U.S. states knows that the real enemy of the wilderness wanderer is the malevolent black fly.

Black flies, also known as buffalo gnats or turkey gnats, are small flying insects that feed off the blood of humans and other animals. Though tiny—they reach a maximum length of 1/8” when fully-grown—black flies are a formidable foe.

When Do Black Flies Arrive?

Black flies, those pesky insects that make the great outdoors unbearable from mid-May to sometimes July, may not spread disease to humans, but their bites can certainly cause a world of hurt. They’re itchy, painful, and take forever to heal. In fact, some people are so allergic that they can have severe reactions to black fly bites, even leading to death. Adding insult to injury, black flies swarm their prey, which means you can end up with multiple bites in a short amount of time, increasing the likelihood of a dangerous reaction. For this reason, some US states try to control black fly populations for public health.

Unlike mosquitoes, which breed in stagnant water, black flies lay their eggs in clean fast-running water, such as rivers and streams. Female black flies lay hundreds of eggs in or near the water, so they are very common in wooded areas near bodies of water.

Try These 7 Strategies to Repel Black Flies

1. Protect Your Skin

Mountain Bike - Bicycle
It’s best to wear long sleeves when in the woods.

Black flies can be difficult to repel. The simplest way to prevent getting bitten is to protect your skin by wearing long sleeves and pants at all times when outdoors. Because they are attracted to dark colors, it’s also a good idea to wear light-colored clothing, such as khaki, tan, or white.

2. De-Swarm! 

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One particularly annoying habit of black flies is their tendency to swarm the face. This occurs because they are attracted to the carbon dioxide we exhale. A good way to protect your face is to wear a hat with attached netting, specially designed to protect the head and neck from black flies.

3. Try Some Pine

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Some recommended natural repellants include vanilla extract, lavender, and the extract from pine branches — just break open a young branch and rub the moisture from inside on your skin.

4. Avoid The Sweets

Soft Drink - Cola

Avoiding wearing sweet-smelling perfumes, fabric softeners, and indulging in candy or soft drinks when outdoors can also help to reduce your risk of attracting black flies.

5. Fan it! 

For a truly chemical-free way to keep mosquitoes and black flies away from your porch, use a fan. It might seem strange to use a fan outside, but it works! A simple oscillating pedestal fan or box fan will do the trick. This works in two ways: It makes it harder for bugs to fly in the area and it helps blow away the carbon dioxide that is produced when we exhale.

6. ACV to the Rescue! 

Apple Cider Vinegar in a bowl next to an apple

Apple cider vinegar is an old-timey remedy that many say helps with mosquitoes, black flies, and ticks. Start three to four days before your planned outdoor activity and take a tablespoon of vinegar three to four times a day to help your skin ward off biting bugs on its own.

7. Garlic 

Garlic - crushed with a garlic press

A clove of garlic a day might help keep the bugs away! Simply eat a clove of garlic each day, starting several days before you anticipate exposure to mosquitoes and black flies. For some people, eating garlic may cause you to release a sulfur compound present in garlic called allicin. This is what causes garlic’s smell and when the scent is produced by your skin, it’ll help mask your natural scent. It might keep the bugs (and people) away!

If you find that these home remedies are not effective, you may need to move up to a commercial insect repellent. Sprays containing DEET are often recommended, though their effectiveness against black flies is unpredictable — some even report that DEET sprays attract black flies. Repellents containing Permethrin (commonly used to treat lice) are more likely to be effective, but they are also more toxic than DEET sprays and can be harmful to fish, cats, and beneficial insects such as honey bees.

Soothing the Itch of Black Fly Bites

Aloe vera can help soothe bites.

Black fly bites usually turn into itchy welts. If you do get attacked by black flies, there are a number of things you can do to soothe the itch:

  1. Wash the affected area with soap and warm water
  2. Avoid scratching the bites as much as possible. Scratching can break the skin, increasing the risk of infection.
  3. Apply a topical agent, such as aloe vera, witch hazel, or a gentle over-the-counter remedy, such as calamine lotion, which can also help. If the itching persists or is very bad, an antihistamine cream may be needed.
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Jaime McLeod

Jaime McLeod is a longtime journalist who has written for a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, and websites, including MTV.com. She enjoys the outdoors, growing and eating organic food, and is interested in all aspects of natural wellness.

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janna

I am allergic to black flies and when bitten have severe hives. Witch hazel is very helpful and you only need to apply it a couple of times a day. It relieves the itching and also helps the skin to heal.
Using essential oils such as geranium is a very helpful deterrent but you need to apply it every couple of hours. Just be sure to rub it all over, behind your ears, around your eyes, temples, back of neck, arms, etc. You have to be completely covered in it.
Unfortunately, you may have to restrict your outdoor activities and may be forced to stay indoors if they are a big problem for you.

Heather

They sure are a pest! I also have an allergy to black fly bites – and love the idea to use witch hazel – thank you!

Cindy

Nasty little insects!!!! And their bites last for weeks…WEEKS!!!! They love me and the feeling is NOT
mutual! I appreciate the feedback in the comments from everyone. Some good ideas, especially re: once bitten remedies!

Heather

Agreed! Black flies are the worst part of Spring in Maine!

Elli

Truly? NO TOPICALS WORK. Netting oneself is the only way. I’ve spend a fortune on different Repeller’s ( home made, over the counter) etc.
The bite areas itch for weeks! Not few days. I mean for weeks leaving itching lumps as well. I hate black flies!

Heather

I’m in your camp! My black fly bites last for weeks, and they are the worst! Thank goodness it is a short season here in Maine. Good luck to you!

Athena

I haven’t figured out how to repel them other than wearing a net over my head, but the best remedy after being bitten is to ice the bite as soon as possible…less swelling and itch. Keep ice on the bite for at least half an hour.

Jasen

I recently have been getting bits on my face from a black fly or sand fly. I tried everything I saw and read plus soome thousands of dollars trying everything. It is unreal how some stay in my car my office and bedroom waiting to attack me. It’s like they know me and my blood is what they want even if I have garlic and everything else going to repeel. I have to run three fans in my office just to work and the minute I move off the fans it attacks leaving a big velt in seconds.

Heather

They sure are miserable! I hope you escape them soon!

Janet

The best remedy for the black fly bite is hemorrhoid cream. I use the Preparation H. The black flies love me and I really react to their bites. This works very quickly to take the swelling and itch.

Sylvia

Hi Janet,
I will try that, nothing else seems to help. One bite of those little black suckers and I look like Quasimodo. Thanks for your post.

Margot

Would witch hazel not work then…. Also great for shrinking hemorrhoids.

Victoria Schafer

Good article

Lisa

I rub the juice from a freshly cut onion onto the bite. It does not sting, and the juice pulls the poison out of the welt. This also relieves the itch. Not sure how this would work for folks with sensitive skin, but this method always works for me when treating black fly or mosquito bites. Also useful when trying to remove a deep splinter.

"No one"

I would use my aloe plant at home.

Dan n

You must eat lots of garlic

"No one"

YES. TO me it actually smells good

Kim

Sitting in my car. Fly kept biting me on my arm. Had a can of
“PURE CITRUS ORANGE”. Bought at Home Depot. Best air freshener EVER.
Sprayed it all around trying to hit the FLY. Haven’t seen him sense. New remedy not mentioned anywhere. Yay!!!

pa

guess it kept people away also-

paul

I find good old citronella extract as the best black fly fighter-mixed with baby oil-

Sara

They will kill animals. I have lost many chickens. Some farmers have lost new born calves

Pamela

2016, May 28th was bit on neck, back yard, swelled size of baseball, emergency gave me antibiotic, went down, ten days later right eye twitched for days followed by right hand going NUMB! Went emergency, did nothing, six months vertigo, paralysis numbness neuropathy right side! Nerve damage and neuropathy permanent. Again yesterday, bite on neck and head BLACK FLY, emergency, swelling all neck and lymph nodes. On steroids and topical cream. Iced neck for 24 hours. Am devastated, want to move and can’t. Afraid to go outside. One doctor thinks antibiotic caused neuropathy other said no, insect caused. No clear answers

Susan Higgins

Hi Pamela, you should definitely seek the advice of a specialist. Good luck!

Moira Leduc

Get checked for Lyme Disease..they look like black flies sometimes but they don’t fly. They can drop from trees but mostly crawl up.. you have symptoms of the disease or co-infections. Make sure to ask for the complete testing to include the Western Blot

Tina ‍♀️ Tinkerbell  ‍♀️

So, did you sue the doctors for making the situation worse?!? I’m just curious. It sounds like you very well Could have!

galfromct

i was bit by something and i picked it up & it flew away & I said”thank got it wasnt a tick” 1 hour later very achie, later that night fever & chills real bad, woke up next morning my speech was messing up. I then later that month got a rash. Pcp told me it was a fungus, dermatologist said, no, thats lyme disease! I buy clothes from insectshield.com and i use california baby bug spray and spray my shoes with cedar oil. Hope you get some answers and get better. Rife therapy is helpful! It uses frequencies to kill parasites and bacterias and it has helped my lymphatic system as well. Naturopath/ herbals good too.

Vicki Brain

The gnat bites cause me to feel like I have the flu. I end up having to have a steroid shot to get over them. They bite me on the face and neck. I’m going to stop wearing perfume during gnat season.

Heather

Black Fly season here in Maine is the worst! I also get ill if I get more than a couple of bites. No fun! Good luck to you with this season!

Cyndi Johnston

They like to bite you on your face, in the corner of your eyes, near your nostrils on your nose or near your mouth. For 3 years, in May they got me. My face swelled up 4 times it’s size where the bite was. I have found straight vanilla, the type you bake with to be my best protection. Cover your face with it. Bites on the face do the most damage! Also, they hate geraniums. I have placed several of them on my front and back patios.

Judy

How do I get rid of those horrible lady bug “wannabes’

Carlton Boudreaux

Rub mineral oil on the entire body of all your chickens or WD-40 works well on humans also. So watch the Combs on your chickens geese Etc. Look for blood spots, if found rubbing mediately with mineral oil or WD-40 to prevent losing any of your Feathered Friends.

Carlton Boudreaux

Rub mineral oil on the entire body of all your chickens or WD-40 works well on humans also

R Ebitz

Do not cause a Fly – Bee problem with your drink

You will never get away without having bugs join your outing enjoyment, but you can keep them from sharing your drinks. Put a total cover on your drink containers, no holes, no straws, and no slurpee lid.

By doing this, things will have a harder time finding you and your drink, just Google drink container protector and you’ll find them, one of the better ones is made in the USA at Pittsburgh Pa.

Some are reusable and easy to take along and use everywhere. I even use it at work to keep my drink germ free.

Cindy M.

I have good luck using Repel Lemon Eucalyptus insect repellent spray. It seems to work well against biting black flies here in southern California. Other mosquito repellents didn’t work for me with black flies, but this stuff works. I haven’t tried other brands of Lemon Eucalyptus sprays but there are several on the market.

Rosalie

I know your pain, that’s why I’m here, I think I will try the vanilla and Aloe. And the witch hazel for bites, no sleep here either I was bitten lots of times..no end to itching and welts too! Hate those things!!??

catblue422

Good grief, Vanilla is the 1st thing listed in this article… go to store, get some real Vanilla extract the kind with NO SUGAR, not imitation!
It works, a little dab it behind ears, on ear lobes, on neck & back of neck and on wrist. Wear pants along with shoes & socks and you will have not problems. Reapply as needed or put in a spritzer bottle and spray on. For other critter, research essential oils for protection spritzing after you put on your vanilla and enjoy the outdoors again 🙂
Life here was He!! for 5-6 blasted years until neighbor told me about Vanilla (I made 3 quart that will last my life time), I am a magnet for all biting bugs and break out in a rash with deet, trust me it works!

Lisa Keith

Shoot, I just had a black fly bite me “”THROUGH”” my darned sock!! We live in Fremont, Ohio. And, It had rained very hard here last “2”days. I mean like God opened up the rain gates!! Thunder, lightening, the works. I learned a lot reading this. I had no idea what was biting me after rain, etc….yep, it sucks. But, thanks everyone!!?✌️

Mark Barnett

If you do get bitten…regardless if it’s by a fly or a mosquito…what I have found that works immediately is AMBESOL!!! A couple years ago, I saw the commercial on t.v. and I thought, “If it will NUMB a tooth ache, I’ll bet it will do wonders for mosquito bites!” Darn sure enough, it does. No more itching!! lol

Sur

In desperation once, I used Ambesol on a blister and covered it with a bandaid and it took the pain away!

William Kelble

black flies LOVE deet……….

Elaine Cohn

Help! Black swarming flies, in house & outdoors need relief, going on 4 several years now getting worse. Feel it started in husband’s car. Looked like some flying circles, then progressed to fade away. Can feel over head, face, legs almost whole body. Everyone don’t seem to B bothered

Cindi

I was swarmed this Sunday on LBI NJ by black flies, literally hundreds at a time. We had sprayed a deet product liberally and I believe it made them much worse! It was difficult to get to and into the house. It was horrible unimaginable experience! I believe the wind was SSW and I assume they blew in from land. I will try again Thursday and would appreciate any tried and true advice.

JW Florida

I’m on vacation this week in Pensacola Fl.
Never saw flies like this, not one or two but swarms. Biting . Could not get away. Breeze did not help. OFF Active seemed to attract them and made it worse . Could not go in the water due to several baby sharks hanging out (in Shallows by beach!)
And one pretty big shark that came by twice In the hour that I tried to endure this. The flies got worse and were covering everything that I was carrying, chair, cooler, towels. They were on me when I got in the car and could not be shooed away.
Miserable.
Guess the beach is out for the rest of the trip.
Not worth it.
Maybe I’ll just go home early.

Mary-Jo

How to keep bitting bugs at bay 101
In your house:
Burn the coil, it always works, and in your house close off all vents, including bathroom vents and you won’t have any in your house.
1. Close off all vents with tape.
2. Burn coil in house then
3. Use electric swagger, to end the rest.
4. Spray peppermint into sponges in a small saucer at your front doors.
5. Use apple cider vinegar in a spray bottle with some water. Spray around all window screens, door ways. Spray your shoes at night.
On your person:
1. Wear light colours
2. If you have to work outside, wear a light coloured, long sleeve, pirate shirt. It really works.
3. Wear Vick’s on all your sent glands such as back of neck, wrists, cleavage, were ever you put perfume.
4. NO SMELLY PERFUME OR HAIR SPRAYS, OR HAIR PRODUCTS.
5. If your working in one spot light a piece of coil. Or use strong fan to blow on you, or away from you.
6. Recently heard of real vanilla on back of neck
In vehicle:
1. Put air conditioner on cold and blowing
2. Drive quick at first with windows down.
3. Wave a burning coil inside for a moment, do up windows tight before you go for a drive, when it’s time to drive, the dead corpses are evident. Jump into vehicle and drive with windows down to clean it out.
If bitten and it’s itchy:
Use one of these methods:
1. Tooth paste (not gel) on bite for as long as possible.
2. Ambisal, tooth numbing stuff
3. Baking sofa paste

Tina ‍♀️ Tinkerbell  ‍♀️

What do you mean “burn a coil”? I’ve never heard of that expression used that way before, that I am aware of. Could you please explain better?

Valerie Huereca

It’s a repellent that’s activated when lit. Coil shaped/spiral. You light it and the smoke it gives off has the repellent and it burns for hours

Cindy

I think this means something similar to the Mosquito Coils.

Smart dust

Black flies are hatching out of my scalp. They are parasites and a big cause of all human diseases. I have shaved my hair and treat my head daily. Nothing seems to be working. Was a healthy beautiful woman up until April 2016 when this started so dont believe all the crap about only immune compromised get affected.

Mary-Jo

Rinse your scalp with apple cider vinegar. Daily. Use at night a mixture of real aloe and vit. E oil on your scalp, put a put a plastic bag on your scalp. Get a towel (hair towel), soak in hot water, and wring it out. As hit as you can stand. Wrap it around your scalp, on the bag. Let it sit while you relax and watch tv for awhile, even go to bed with it if you can. You will clear right up.

As well, close off all vents including bathroom vent in bathroom when your not using it. With tape. So your house is bug free, especially when you sleep. Put dishes with sponges full of peppermint oil all over your house to prevent them from entering. Look at my other comment regarding deterring bugs.

Heather

My first encounter with these pesky bugs has been this season. I was bitten for the first time. I noticed I was surrounded by a storm of flies both biting flies the brown ones and the smaller yellow flies I swear it was the green bottle of bug spray I used. I am here to seek advice since I continue to be in the middle of the storm. Thanks for reading!

Dani

Is this fly also referred to as the Horse Fly?

jeg

Horseflies are MUCH bigger. They, too, have a nasty bite, but in my experience are more noticeable and therefore easier to combat.

Barry Holmes

We are having problems with flies I a apt they are eating carpet the refrigerator coming through the celling eating my cats fur what in the hell should I do

John Irvine

Sitting in my truck with the drivers window wide open. Had a shower first thing along with the usual shave and after shave. Blackflies swarming at my open window but will not enter the cab of the vehicle. I learned that running your vehicles AC. cools the cab so much that they are repelled by the wall of cool air they hit when they venture near the open window. Not 1 single mosquito or blackfly has entered the cab. Now to run the gauntlet to get into work. Wish me luck

Susan Higgins

Hi John Irvine, that’s great! Good luck!

Eileen Hume

I am in the Philippines and the larger flies here bite. I had an infected bite last year that scared real bad. It was infected for two months. This year I’m using skin so soft and it’s working. It worked better than the deet. The Repel with deet 40percent worked for mosquitos, but not the flies. I am now mixing a few drops essential oil of tea tree and peppermint or peppermint and lavender in my lotion or aloe vera gel and applying. I can re-apply a few drops straight on ankles, feet and legs where they are very pesky. It’s working.

Carol Kats

If you want tovavoid those pesty mosquitoes start taking 1000 mg garlic tadlets (the little gel tablets) about the 1st of April through November and you should not have any problems with mosquitoes bites

Joan

Does that work for No-see-ums

MJC

Just use Witchazel on the bite spot. How does it work?
Witch hazel contains chemicals called tannins. When applied directly to the skin, witch hazel might help reduce swelling, help repair broken skin, and fight bacteria.

Witch hazel is a plant. The leaf, bark, and twigs are used to make medicine. You may see a product called witch hazel water (Hamamelis water, distilled witch hazel extract). This is a liquid that is distilled from dried leaves, bark, and partially dormant twigs of Hamamelis virginiana.

Some people apply witch hazel directly to the skin for itching, pain and swelling (inflammation), eye inflammation, skin injury, mucous membrane inflammation, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, bruises, insect bites, minor burns, and other skin irritations.

Jerrie Williams

Always used skin so soft and works great.This year I read that listerine mouth wash (any flavor) sprayed on clothes,work area,lawn where you sit,or self repels mosquitoes.I tried on work area on patio, tables,benches,chairs and deck.With the first spray the mosquitoes fled in masses and didn’t return the whole time I worked there.Later my husband and I sprayed on clothes and skin before mowing, again no bites. Seems to work on those pesky biting flies also. Anyway it’s cheap and if doesn’t work you can use as mouthwash.

ALICE MOORHOUSE

ASIDE FROM VICKS VAPOR RUB ON YOURSELF THERE IS A PRODUCT ON THE MARKET BY JOHNSON, RAID DO UBLE ACTION , KILLS MOSQUITOES AND BLACK FLIES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. JUST SPRAY IT DIRECTLY ON YOUR PATIO OR DECK OR WHATEVER , DO NOT SP RAY IT IN THE AIR OR NEAR PLANTS AND ANIMALS. IT IS EFFECTIVE FOR SITTING OUT BY THE BONFIRE OR ON THE PORCH.

Austin Gavin

i have found any kind of oil on your skin will stop black flies from biting you, they get stuck in the oil and die, and won,t bit thru it. Works every time.

Dan

Austin this oil method is a good one and does work I had an experience after a sunburn, I had coconut oil all over me just a light coating and the black flys were getting quite stuck in the oil and could be easily terminated. My problem here in northern Canada where BTW might be Black fly capital of the world is the fact they dive bomb my eyes and ears where no oil can be applied. I had one dive my ear and did quite a number inside and had partial hearing loss headache and equilibrium imbalance from it. Another time one bombed my eyeball and had him buzzing behind my eye messed my eye up pretty good. Here I noticed they come in waves and hide in the tall grass. Keep your grass short it helps big time

Carole Legault

Ok there. I have never, ever heard of any kind of fly getting behind the eyeball. I’m a northeastern Canadian and am proud to be so please don’t make us look like a bunch of idiots with your tall tails. Geeez.

Ume Hermanski

I’ve heard eating bananas will encourage black flies to swarm you, so perhaps try leaving bananas out of your diet before and during outdoor work and camping trips, I believe it works for me… and light clothing DEFINITELY works. I was outside with my son and husband yesterday, wearing pink, and they were wearing black and brown, and were SWARMED, though there were only a few flies near me, and I got no bites. My son’s ears were bleeding…

Karl

try Vick´s VapoRub Menthol & Ecualiptus works good for me, for any insect bite, just rub it give it 2 mins and youre gtg. Remember to read product label.

B Whitaker

I use a baking soda past and it stops the itch for around 5 hours. Looking for a natural repellant.

Helen Hilyard

People have used skin so soft for years up here and swear by it. Myself I chose to douse myself in insect spray like deep woods off. I am going to try the B1 idea though.

Natalie Maria McCowen

hi i was wondering, i have black little tiny bugs that bit and i have spots on me and marks and it ichies all the time. PLEAESE HELP ME i have not had any sleep for 32 hours !!! THANKS FOR READING

Jim Gautreau

A week before we go camping I take a 100mg tablet of vitamin B1 each day for seven days..Then cut back to 50mg a day for the duration of our trip..It really works for me..Try it .Maybe it will work for you..Everyones body chemistry is different..B1 seems to work for mosquitoes also.The first time I asked the pharmacist for B1 he asked me where I was going fishing..He must know about B1 also…Enjoy our great outdoors a little more comfortable…

Christine Bunting

What can I do to get rid of black fly ( the very tiny creatures) that swarm plants? I’ve heard washing up liquid works as a temporary measure, seems to be working a bit anyone got any other remedies?

S. Diederich

Jaime McLeod
Sorry, with all due respect I must correct one of your comments. Black flies DO spread bacteria and pathogens, just as mosquitos do, particularly Filarial worms, which have now made there way in to the U.S. with many cases presenting to unknowing Physicians. Numerous entomologist are conducting ongoing research and discovering that they cannot say for sure that these blood feeding devils don’t spread other blood borne pathogens, including HIV. People also have a right to be fully informed that when they are bitten by black flies, unlike the mosquito, they shred your skin, injecting a bacteria that dissolves tissue so they can ingest. Seriously, think about it, if shared needles can spread disease, then surely the similar tissue penetrating tool used by black flies and other blood sucking insects (ticks, mosquitos) are capable.
Again, with all due respect, symptoms of diseases, potentially transmitted, may take weeks, months, years to prompt medical attention. By then, making a correlation……… Unless you are a Doctor of Infectious Disease, Physicians are not required to have training in parasites/pathogens. Most are without the required competency to recognize, much less treat. Example: Lymes, which is recognized as an actual PDR disease by few. Many go undiagnosed for years and suffer greatly because they may not remember getting bit by a nymph tick and even the testing is not with empirical strength.
Incidence of parasitic/pathogenic infections are rapidly rising in humans, and animals (just visit CDC website). It is important that discussions include the real dangers that exist being secondary hosts to blood feeding insects, especially repeatedly. Just don’t know where that mouth was last, LOL. There was a book I found years ago by Jerry Baker that outlined all natural home and garden treatments. Since then I have found that being a little proactive goes a long way. As soon a weather permits the lawn is thatched and given a good bath with lemon dish soap, using hose end sprayer. repeating weekly, or day before gatherings, has reduced biters by 75%+. Here, also have Deer Flies and I discovered none of the biters seem to fond of Ben-gay, so I now use it when I’m out to walk or on the bike. Putting Vicks around nostrils can also mask Co2 signals.

JT

THe only thing I’ve found that works is horse fly spray. Use it on your clothes. The mum flower extract is the same chemical basically and should work but they don’t flower in the cursed black fly season I’m saving my flower heads for next spring. I think the hard winter just made them hungrier.

Pat Nelson

Blackflies do NOT pollinate blueberries! That’s one of those myths that’s full of crap! So if they’ve got a use, this isn’t it.

Daniel Siegel

The Black Flies have arrived. I am hearing it is one of the worst seasons in years. If you would like to try and all natrual herbal repellent the go to dancingroots.com and take a look at Crocodile! Do a search to see what others have said. It is being used in many parts of the world with good results.

Lyn

The only thing that works for the itch for me is to run the hottest water you can stand on the bite. It totally takes it away and lasts for hours.

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