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These 9 tips will help you avoid mosquito bites. They'll also ruin your day

Ultimately, the ideal strategy is not for the faint of heart: It involves standing alone in the corner of your next outdoor social event, perfectly still, wearing white from head to toe, abstaining from booze, and covering yourself in DEET. Sure, people might call you a weirdo — but if you want to get as few mosquito bites as humanly possible this summer, here's what you need to do.

1) Cover up - "The number one thing I do is cover up as much skin as I can," Day says. The logic is pretty obvious: Mosquitoes can't bite through most fabrics, so covered skin is protected skin. Pants, shoes, and a long-sleeve shirt might not be the ideal summertime attire, but Day notes that there are…

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