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Could well just be mosquitos - there are quite a few about (including the London underground mosquito - Culex pipiens molestus) which will bite people, especially just before winter when they're about to go into hibernation. Either way the boots bug spray tends to be ok, and the ones containining icaridin/picaridin or IR3535 tend to be less overpoweringly smelly than DEET/citronella based ones.
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Partner has been getting bitten on public transport a lot and ended up on antibiotics twice now with infected bites that look very red/swollen and end up covering area 5-8cm across the first one was all blistered and not pretty to look at. no evidence of any bugs/fleas at home which is uncarpeted and having just moved in is mostly boxed and bagged stuff from 7 months ago or my stuff from the last week where we were both staying.
A lot of the flat is new apart from the kitchen and all floors are new stripped and painted/oiled boards, no skirting and everything is wiped/dusted on unpacking.
Obviously a bit paranoid after reading this thread but does anyone have any recommendations for a spray she can put on her legs when using the bus/tube? she only uses it a couple of times a week but really doesn’t want a course of antibiotics every month for a bite.