Barb and All,
In Kakadu National Park (Northern Australia) you can hear the mozzies
droning in just on dusk, then you see them coming, a black-cloud squadron
searching for blood. There is no place to go except into a netting tent, n=
o
matter what sort of repellent you are using. But the tent isn't a bad plac=
e
to record from, either. Have mics on long leads, and another in the tent
too. I kid myself that the tent will keep the crocs away as well!
Vicki Powys
Australia
on 6/11/02 6:21 AM, Barb Beck at wrote:
> Thanks Bernie - rubber surgical gloves - What a WONDERFUL IDEA,
>
> What type of yeast pills are you talking about Klaus?
>
> The single layer bug clothes do nothing for me except concentrate the bea=
sts
> wherever the cloth touches my clothes. Does anybody have a web page or
> supplier for the double stuff?
>
> I decided to try to swear off DEET a couple years ago bit that did not
> last.. Problem the citronella and the other alternative bug stuff I got o=
nly
> made the mosquitoes laugh hysterically when I put it on... Did not get it
> recorded because I was too busy swatting and swearing and hubby laughing =
too
> loudly anyway. They were biting on the back of a hand wet with citronella=
!!
> Up here we have lots of mosquitoes and sometimes black flies - terrible
> critters but great bird food. When I get bit by mosquitoes I get welts
> which last for a week or so - my husband is TOTALLY unaffected - they bot=
her
> him because the tickle when they bite!! He says all he has to do anyway =
is
> to take his mosquito magnet (me) along and nothing gets near him. I have
> tried all sorts of things like eating no fruit the week before going out,=
no
> scented hair spray, shampoo, deodorant, loads of garlic, no garlic, etc e=
tc
> etc.
>
>
> Please do not bombard me with that "if you do not scratch them they will =
not
> itch line" I lived with that for most of my marriage (we have been toget=
her
> for over 40 years) I even believed it enough to tape small lids over the
> bites so I could not scratch them and so they would not even rub on
> clothing - results - itching welts which lasted a week and I could not ev=
en
> get the satisfaction of scratching them. I only smartened up a few years
> ago and remembered that when we lived in California my husband had freque=
nt
> encounters with poison oak - to which he is VERY sensitive. I can sit in
> the stuff and nothing happens (except I can spread it to my hubby) Anywa=
y I
> finally learned to come back with the line that I never scratch poison oa=
k
> and it does not itch me!! Unfortunately no poison oak (or ivy) here for =
him
> to get into - I am dying to use the "if you do not scratch it it will not
> itch line? on him when he is madly washing it rubbing like crazy with a b=
ar
> of soap.
>
> So... it is large quantities of deet, heavy clothing and Calamine with
> antihistamine to scratch into the bites I manage to get.
>
> Gotta go out and get some surgical gloves before next spring. One great
> thing about winter here (and there is a lot of that) NO MOSQUITOES
>
> Barb Beck
> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wild Sanctuary
> Sent: November 5, 2002 9:46 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: mosquitoes
>
>
> 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.
>
> Good luck!
> Bernie
>
> Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
> P. O. Box 536
> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> 707-996-6677 tel
> 707-996-0280 fax
> http://www.wildsanctuary.com
>
>
>
>> Hi all;
>>
>> I have a set of insect netting pants and jacket from a company in FL cal=
led
>> Buzz Off. I think that was the name. It is 2 layers of material logeth=
er.
>>
>> It seems to work. Still get hit every now and then but not nearly as mu=
ch.
>> I hate using DEET too. Makes my skin crawl.
>>
>> It does trap some heat - its like it keeps the breeze out too. But cool=
er
>> than long pants and shirts.
>>
>>
>> Eric
>>
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