I fully sympathize with you, Danny! there are some of us on this
planet who suffer from the attraction of bugs and some that they just
don't bother. I can walk through any environment and get bitten to
death and my wife can walk at the side of me and remain intact!
I think they invite me to weddings as to keep the flies off the cake!
Deet is the only thing that works for me as as you may well know, its
bloody awful if you get it on any plastic. I have however used it on
windjammers including the windpac and it works (for a while) but using
pyrethrin combined is better. When i was in Borneo i had forgotten to
pack head gear and bloody hell did i suffer, my face was
unrecognizable and i fitted in with the locals with the big lips!! so
i guess thats it now, you always pack "bug suites" in your luggage...
Martyn
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On Dec 4, 2007, at 11:19 PM, Danny Meltzer wrote:
> Nicely done. I agree that Lang's book is the gold standard. Amazing.
>
> The mosquitoes at the end brought back some terrible memories from one
> late summer dawn that Greg Weddig and I spent in the marshes of
> southern Delaware. Greg had wisely brought his net hat. For whatever
> reason I was the most delicious thing to ever walk through that area.
> I came out with many hundreds if not thousands of bites. I was a
> swollen mess for many, many days after. I think I was in semi-shock.
> I hope they enjoyed the buffet.
>
> What do you guys use to keep the mosquitoes from banging into the
> Rycote/Windpac, etc? It sure can ruin some good recordings. I am
> hesitant to spray anything onto my Windpac.
>
> Danny
>
> --- In Martyn Stewart <>
> wrote:
> >
> > Here is a wee podcast i put together of some of the places i have
> > visited that includes insect recordings. In nearly every recording i
> > have over 35 years i have recorded insects, with them they make the
> > sounds warm and vibrant but bloody hell do they bite! These are some
> > recordings from the Americas ending up at Katmai NP via Australia,
> > Thailand, Nepal and Africa..........
> > Enjoy.....
> >
> > http://cdn.libsyn.com/naturesound/Insects.m4a
> >
> >
> > It will also be available on the podcast page on my site shortly...
> > http://naturesound.org/Podcast/Podcast.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Martyn
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> > http://www.naturesound.org
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> > Redmond. WA
> > 425-898-0462
> >
> > Make every garden a wildlife habitat
> > **************************************
> > Listen to the Birds and the Bees at
> > http://naturesound.libsyn.org/
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> > View a Nature Recordists Blog!
> >
> > http://naturesound.org/Nature_Blog/Nature_Blog.html
> >
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