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General Category => The Lodge => Topic started by: LivingDeadGirl on June 29, 2016, 06:20:27 PM

Title: great outdoors and insects
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on June 29, 2016, 06:20:27 PM
I am one of those people that mosquitoes and other biting insects flock around. I'm constantly covered in bug bites all summer and concern of vector-borne diseases has been increasing in recent years.
Some numbers for you:

and now we see the emergence of Zika Virus, a newly discovered Bourbon virus (KS, 1 case and 1 death), and the new Heartland Virus (MO, 8 cases an 1 death, and strangely all were men over 50 years of age).

What do you use to protect yourself from insects? Do you think one brand of bug spray is better than others?
Title: Re: great outdoors and insects
Post by: LivingDeadGirl on June 11, 2017, 04:56:16 PM
Reviving this topic after the SO decided to take me spring squirrel hunting over the weekend. We didn't find any squirrels, but we found at least 30 ticks between the two of us. I used some bug spray (Cutter) but it didn't seem to have any effect. in the products defense, it was hot and we were both fairly sweaty. fairly certain most of the attackers were Lone Star Ticks at various stages of life.

What do you do for protection when in the woods? Do you find a certain brand of repellant works better than others or maybe a specific percentage of DEET? Has anyone tried the insect repellent clothing or the fabric treatments? Most of the examples I saw in Bass Pro used permethrin, which in case you don't know, is found in most flea and tick topical treatments for pets.