eek! Sounds nasty! Science fiction? Or.....Florida?

lemongrass: the latter. There's a wildlife refuge near where we live; I like to run there every now and then.

if the bugs are starting to expect his semi-regular visits

I'm not keen on that, either. Especially when you need to breathe in deeply at the wrong time.

Oh... Meals-On-Heels?

inhaling bugs from the swarms, too. Even when they don't bite, they tend to, well, distract.

it sounds icky.

inhaling them is the pits.

Yuck.