I know its an oldish post but it seems people are still reading, so with that in mind
. Don't eat cheese
. Try not to drink beer to much ?
. And there is a method on the web by a Scottish walker, which uses marigolds, as midges hate the smell of them (thats why when you go in your hols most hotels have them in their gardens ect.
The cheese and beer, If you notice that most bites are around your sweat glands, they are attracted to the musty smell from cheese when it is passed through your glands and the yeast from beer, for the same reason.
Also, a bit hard this one but they are also attracted to carbon dioxide but we also need this to live...?
( i suppose, dont breath to much................
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It stops you eating the little [censored]