Cover Your Skin: The easiest way to prevent bites is to cover up exposed skin. Trade in your tank tops and shorts for some lightweight long sleeves and pants. Baby Oil: Generous applications of baby oil can help reduce sandfly bites. Mix a bit with Dettol (or another soap/disinfectant) and a few drops of lavender oil.
How do you keep sand flies from biting you?
How To Avoid And Treat Sand Flea Bites
- Avoid The Beach After Rain. Rainfall seems to bring the sand fleas out in droves, so hold off on hitting the beach after the sky opens up and the water begins to fall. ...
- Toss Out The Bug Spray. ...
- Go Mid-Day. ...
- Bring A Barrier. ...
- Don't Scratch It! ...
- Use Creams. ...
- Take Medicine. ...
- Stay Off The Beach.
Why do sandflies bite me?
Why do sandflies bite? Bites from sandflies (also known as blackflies) are a familiar nuisance during the warmer months. As with mosquitoes, it's only the females that bite and they use the extra nutrients from blood to produce more eggs. ... Sandflies don't just feed on humans but will attack other mammals and birds too.
