I just got back from a 5-day backpacking trip on the Superior Hiking Trail in northern Minnesota and the mosquitos were insane. Like a fool I didn't take the reports seriously enough before I went (mosquitos usually leave me alone and I don't react to mosquito bites, so I thought I would be OK), so all I had for protection was a long-sleeved shirt, thin enough for a determined mosquito to get through, and a five-year old bottle of Herbal Armor...
Originally asked by samglover on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
