Citronella won't protect from mossies in the Central and S. American
rainforests I know of, Walt. Neither will it protect from those in
Alaska. Deet's the only one I know of that works...perhaps because
mossies just gravitate to me (my wife mysteriously remains untouched
even in the worst of places).
BTW, does anyone have springtime stereo (M-S, binaural, XY, SASS)
ambient recordings of the swamps west of Albany, Georgia and/or St.
George's Island around the mouth of Appalachicola (sp?) Bay? If so,
please respond directly. Thanks.
Bernie Krause
Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
707-996-6677 tel
707-996-0280 fax
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>Wild Sanctuary wrote:
>> One trick we've learned to use is rubber surgical gloves. They're
>> sometimes a bit sweaty, but no mosquitoes get through and you don't
>> have to endure deet on your hands. If you're not using a protective
>> jacket and/or pants, you will need to use deet on those parts of your
>> body not in contact with equipment because it is the only product
>> that works in the field for extended periods. Also, recent studies
>> published in the last several months (don't ask who sponsored them,
>> 'cause I don't remember) suggest that deet doesn't destroy your liver
>> and brain, after all.
>
>I used to think it was deet or nothing. Until I tried the citronella one
>available from REI. One light application protects very well all
>evening. At least from mosquitoes, some biting flies will bite right
>through it. This, of course is the Georgia assortment, other areas might
>have mosquitoes that would not be stopped. It does repel ticks fairly
>well too, though they are not a big problem here, most of the year our
>ticks don't bite.
>
>I got really tired of all my equipment developing fingerprints and
>worse. It is not possible in the course of a evening not to transfer
>some of the deet to fingertips if you are wearing it. The citronella one
>does not seem to attack equipment at all, though I'm still careful not
>to put it direct on my fingers and such like. It does not have to be put
>everywhere to protect. I usually do a dab on back of neck, maybe behind
>each ear, upper arm, lower arm, spot on back of hand. For legs I'm
>usually a little more generous, but even there lots of skin is not
>covered. I don't use the spray version, but the applicator version.
>
>Only down side is that it does have a odor, not something to be putting
>on in closed spaces. One of the reasons I'll use the pants, so I don't
>need as much. It's safe on clothing, and my pants have a lingering
>residue of it.
>
>As long as that's available I won't be using deet. I still have some
>deet my kit, but have not used it in years.
>
>Walt
>
>
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