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Well besides the obvious dousing your flesh with DEET (which I don't do) this is all I got:
1. Bring an oil lantern with you but burn citronella oil in it instead of regular lamp oil. This has a two-pronged benefit; the cintronella discourages skeetos but also oil lanterns are comfy as absolute fuck and you'll really enjoy it anyway. Just be sure you have a specific wick for when you burn citronella, separate from your regular oil wick.
2. Pic related. It's not that appealing at first but try a bug jacket (and pants, if you wear shorts or sleep exposed). Fucking hell the relief these things provide when you're in a real swarm of skeetos can't be beat. Changed my life when I finally broke down and got one. The mesh is very fine so it can get hot in there on a humid day, so dress scantily under there. Probably best not worn during active travel, but amazing to wear it while hunkering down around camp.
