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Date: Sun Feb 9, 2014 7:23 pm ((PST))
OK.=C2=A0
There's been a lot of discussion on the topic of mozzy repellent.
What really works is dependent on conditions, your own scent (yah, your phe=
romones) and the blood lust of the mozzies.
I do believe that chemicals such as DEET are very bad for humans as well as=
gear.
So if you need a repellent, try this: =C2=A0http://www.cutterinsectrepellen=
ts.com/products-and-solutions/oil-of-lemon-eucalyptus/lemon-eucalyptus.aspx
The Cutter repellent has been field tested in high mozzie areas of the UP i=
n the summer during a MIdwest Nature Recordists campout and was found to be=
quite effective.
BUt before you do, most importantly follow Scott's advice, below:
* Cover your whole body with some fabric os screen! You can withstand a
fa=
irly long period of time in an infestation by doing this.
* Wear heavy jeans and a white cotton shirt. The shirt should fit
loosely =
over your body.
* Pull your socks over the bottom of your jeans so that ticks & mozzies
ca=
n't get inside.
* Wear a wide-brimmed hat (the brim needs to go 360 degrees around your
he=
ad like an old-style pith helmet)
* Pull a black or charcoal colored no-see-ums head net over your hat
and t=
uck it inside your shirt. Don't buy green colored netting, it's difficult t=
o see through it.
* Get some thin, conformal work gloves (cut-proof industrial gloves are
go=
od) and wear them. Button your shirt cuffs tightly over the gloves, or vise=
-versa.
* Spray the Cutter over your shirt (and jeans & socks & hat if things
are =
really bad).
Now you can work and get some recording done!
The Avon stuff gets mixed reviews, so i wouldn't rely on it.
Best,
Greg O.
From: Scott Hughes <>
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2014 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: Mosquitoes in Florida in April
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Hello Friends,
I work in the field gathering GPS data, images, and audio for field biologi=
sts - plant and animal studies. =C2=A0We are in areas that are heavily infe=
sted with mosquitos in Southern Ontario, Canada. =C2=A0I tend to wear light=
cotton long sleeve shirts ant pants, and spray the clothing with OFF or si=
milar DEET-based repellants. =C2=A0I don't use it on my face or hands for a=
few reasons - plastic camera body, GPS handheld, etc=E2=80=A6 =C2=A0DEET e=
ats plastic (that should tell you something about why we shouldn't apply di=
rectly to skin). =C2=A0We use a citrus or similar oil on exposed skin, the =
Avon stuff works a bit, if you apply often, but not my choice. =C2=A0Or, if=
really bad insects in marshy or damp areas, head netting. It can be very u=
ncomfortable in the heat of summer, but worth the effort. =C2=A0We also tuc=
k our pants in our socks and spray with DEET or dust with sulphur powder fo=
r chiggers or similar.
Hope this helps.
Scott in Canada South
On 2014-02-09, at 5:51 PM, Volker Widmann <> wrote:
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>Thanks Klas and Eric!
>
>I have used DEET repellents in the past and would like to avoid
them in the future. They definitely are aggressive towards plastic
and your skin.
>Repellents containing IR3535 like Avon SSS Bug Guard plus seem to
be as effective according to some reviews.
>
>I have used Picaridin successfully in the Swedish Taiga. It also
worked in Florida in December (with only few mosquitoes).
>PMD worked well in Germany. Neither of the two was problematic
with plastic.
>
>So I will give the Avon stuff a try along with the others.
>And I will use a mosquito net for my rig if it gets too bad.
>As beautiful as a mosquito concert might be, I would rather have
warblers and ibis or anhingas...
>
>Cheers
>
>Volker
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>Am 09.02.2014 17:09, schrieb Klas Strandberg:
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>>Right! Some sprays are nasty to some plastic materials! For example, some=
of them that were available in Europe 10 years ago, made the Telinga dish =
milky.=C2=A0
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>>Klas.
>>
>>At 23:36 2014-02-08, you wrote:
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>>Volker, you might find this an interesting thread.
>>>Avon's Skin So Soft was very popular with the pulpwood
cutters in Nova
Scotia when I lived there about 15 years ago.
(Mosquitoes and brutal
Black flies).
>>>http://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowTopic-g499445-i9177-k4281755-Avon_Skin_so_=
soft_as_bug_spray-Akumal_Yucatan_Peninsula.html
>>>
>>>I have no idea whether this stuff (or the vapors) might
be nasty to mic
diaphragms. It can't do them any good and all of these
preparations seem
to migrate over everything in my experience. Eric's idea
may well be the
best!=C2=A0
>>>k
>>>
>>>
>>>On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Eric Fassbender
< > wrote:
>>>
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>>Volker, if you want to avoid the mozzies in your recordings and on your s=
kin, I have recently started to use a travel mosquito net draped over a poc=
ket umbrella. Works like a dream and against flies too :)
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>>
>>Good luck :)
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>>
>>Eric
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