Bugs on the Appalachian Trail
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Date: 2020-08-18
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Roger
buy the permethrin concentrate from Amazon or Tractor Supply and follow the directions. The treatment will last the whole season and you can wash your clothes as often as you want. Also if wearing long pants, tuck your pants into your socks and tuck your shirt into your pants. Ticks go uphill and if all your clothes (socks, pants, and shirt) are treated, the tick will never reach bare skin to attach.
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buy the permethrin concentrate from Amazon or Tractor Supply and follow the directions. The treatment will last the whole season and you can wash your clothes as often as you want. Also if wearing long pants, tuck your pants into your socks and tuck your shirt into your pants. Ticks go uphill and if all your clothes (socks, pants, and shirt) are treated, the tick will never reach bare skin to attach.
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tube4waldek
Why people complain about wearing long sleeves and pants? Both offer protection from bugs and too much sun. And wick moisture out from the body. Marvelous!
You think you'll sweat too much?
When it's hot you'll sweat in both: short and long sleeves. So get over it.
In summer we hike in long sleeves AND often with thin gloves.
Without having to spray anything on the skin at all.
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Why people complain about wearing long sleeves and pants? Both offer protection from bugs and too much sun. And wick moisture out from the body. Marvelous!
You think you'll sweat too much?
When it's hot you'll sweat in both: short and long sleeves. So get over it.
In summer we hike in long sleeves AND often with thin gloves.
Without having to spray anything on the skin at all.
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Ken
When I was working, [I'm retired now] I worked a lot on the Texas - Louisiana coast. This is where the mosquito are manufactured and shipped to other parts of the US. We learned by accident that Avon Skin so Soft was a great mosquito repellent. Avon denied this for years. But it is true. A few drops in your hand, rubbed on face and arms works great. I'm allergic to bug spray and this works.
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When I was working, [I'm retired now] I worked a lot on the Texas - Louisiana coast. This is where the mosquito are manufactured and shipped to other parts of the US. We learned by accident that Avon Skin so Soft was a great mosquito repellent. Avon denied this for years. But it is true. A few drops in your hand, rubbed on face and arms works great. I'm allergic to bug spray and this works.
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Bill
I use flea and tick collars at wrists and angles, OUTSIDE of the clothing, and I have a couple of 3x8 ft bags made of netting, with full length zippers. I can wear one as I hike and when I combine the two, i have complete coverage of me and my hammock. I also carry a small can of insecticide. Sometimes, it's SO gratifying to do 2-3 squirts and watch the rotten bastards dying by the score!
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I use flea and tick collars at wrists and angles, OUTSIDE of the clothing, and I have a couple of 3x8 ft bags made of netting, with full length zippers. I can wear one as I hike and when I combine the two, i have complete coverage of me and my hammock. I also carry a small can of insecticide. Sometimes, it's SO gratifying to do 2-3 squirts and watch the rotten bastards dying by the score!
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ChrisSunHwa
Interestingly, spiders rarely bite. If you're been bitten by something, unless you actually see what it was that bit you, it is probably not a spider. There are lots of bugs that do bite and the effects are so similar to spider bites that most people automatically assume it was a spider. It does happen, but nowhere near as often as most people think.
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Interestingly, spiders rarely bite. If you're been bitten by something, unless you actually see what it was that bit you, it is probably not a spider. There are lots of bugs that do bite and the effects are so similar to spider bites that most people automatically assume it was a spider. It does happen, but nowhere near as often as most people think.
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Marc
I heard if you pull the tick out and it hasn't been attached for hours, you are OK for Lime Disease. Where a mosquito net and long clothes. Someone let me try their lavender oil and it didn't stop the mosquitoes. I saw someone light a bundle of pine needles, blow it out and let it smoke, to drive away mosquitoes.
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I heard if you pull the tick out and it hasn't been attached for hours, you are OK for Lime Disease. Where a mosquito net and long clothes. Someone let me try their lavender oil and it didn't stop the mosquitoes. I saw someone light a bundle of pine needles, blow it out and let it smoke, to drive away mosquitoes.
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Christian
Shocked no one mentioned mosquito netting over a broad brimmed hat, pants, over-the-calf socks & baggy long sleeve shirt over an undershirt.
True, it may not be as appealing to backpackers but from a prepper point of view it is more sustainable long-term.
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Shocked no one mentioned mosquito netting over a broad brimmed hat, pants, over-the-calf socks & baggy long sleeve shirt over an undershirt.
True, it may not be as appealing to backpackers but from a prepper point of view it is more sustainable long-term.
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Bill
wear flea and tick collars and have a bugnet bag that will cover all of you, with a full length zipper so you can walk in it. While there's still toxins sort of on you, it's not on your skin and you can take them off before getting into a water source.
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wear flea and tick collars and have a bugnet bag that will cover all of you, with a full length zipper so you can walk in it. While there's still toxins sort of on you, it's not on your skin and you can take them off before getting into a water source.
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Tree
i have watched all your thru hikes and you inspired me to get out there. I will be walking the AT in 2021. i wanted to do in 2020 but i cant until 2021. but i will get there. I just wanted to think you and i bought your book as well. thanks alot.
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i have watched all your thru hikes and you inspired me to get out there. I will be walking the AT in 2021. i wanted to do in 2020 but i cant until 2021. but i will get there. I just wanted to think you and i bought your book as well. thanks alot.
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