You will know when you find a group with a color preference.
I want blue no where near me in my badlands and no where near my
recorder. I also have no use for Cit as the bugs here just laugh at
it.
Deet has its problems and I am now replacing the adhesive that holds
my gps together. but at least it works even though I have been in two
urgent care sites for ticks in recent times.
Rich Peet
--- In Walter Knapp <>
wrote:
>
> > My use of white was not based on research it was based on blood
> > donation in very high bug areas. Research does seem to support
my
> > choice.
> >
> > Rich Peet
>
> I did a little research in Canada. My Ranger is white, with black
trim.
> Inside there are a couple shades of gray. Observations in daylight
and
> evening hours showed no preference as far as which color the
mosquitos
> landed on. Plenty on all colors. Tried blue, light brown and white
> shirts (on me, not the car), also no difference. At night they also
> showed no color preference.
>
> Incidentally, tried both deet based (very carefully) and the
citronella
> based repellant I normally use. The deet attracted more mosquitos
than
> the citronella, but it was about even if they found me to bite.
> Citronella they hovered a average a little farther away while
hunting me.
>
> Canadian mosquitos as I found them were easy to deal with compared
to
> Georgia's mix. Though plentiful they were less agressive than some
of ours.
>
> In my mountaineering days we used to prefer blue tents. The
mosquitos
> were more likely to land on the tent than you. Of course inside a
blue
> tent you are blue too in daylight. And all rules were off in the
dark.
> That was out in the Pacific NW. I believe that the use of blue was
> started from some research out there.
>
> It might be that some of the differences we observe have to do with
how
> many species of mosquitos there are. Or could be regional
differences.
>
> Walt
>
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