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/* --001a113fef684af6b10556ba3091 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know this goes against the grain, but have any of you tried...nothing at all? I realize that there are a very few circumstances where one must go into mosquito-ridden areas. However, when disease transmission is effectively nil (as in NS), can you just not tolerate a few bites? I am now 20 years without using repellent, not even once, not on my clothes...nothing. Seriously, mosquito bites are itchy for a little bit, then no issue. I really think bug repellent companies have turned this into a much bigger issue than it really is, and most people think they *need* repellent. I also do not use mosquito jackets...the hoods have some redeeming value, but the jackets allow *more* access to your skin than if you just wore a light shirt...the weave of jackets is so loose that the proboscis of the mosquitoes has much less trouble getting through when compared with the tighter weave of shirts. I also understand that some people are apparently more attractive to biting flies than other people. However, I also think that like driving (impossibly, we can't all be "better than the average driver"), there are a lot of people which think that "mosquitoes just love me more than anyone else" I do support the use of a repellent for ticks or biting insects, *if* you live in an area where disease-carrying critters are a problem. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 14 August 2017 at 13:34, Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca> wrote: > The latest (Sept 2017, page 17) print issue of US-based Consumer Reports > briefly evaluates 24 bug repellents, aimed at mosquitoes but saying that > their tests showed that they appeared also to repel ticks. The scores > range from 95 (tops), down to 4 (poor). Six of the top 9 top recommended > brands contain only DEET, 2 contain picaridin, and 1 contains Oil of lemo= n > eucalyptus. These are US-based products, unclear if all/any available i= n > Canada. The report can be reviewed without a subscription at > CR.org/repellents0917 > access to which is a bit clunky but worked for me on checking it out. Th= e > CR review doesn=E2=80=99t mention Piactive or icaridin, probably because = the > primary focus was on mosquito repellents. The review comes down on > plant-based =E2=80=98botanicals=E2=80=99, which it says are not EPA regis= tered and which > they say they found ineffective. > Steve (Hfx) > > On Aug 8, 2017, at 7:03 PM, David Patriquin <davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca> > wrote: > > When I am in the "right place at the right time" to get black-legged > ticks, especially the nymphs, I use a combination of light coloured (so = I > can see ticks), pyrethroid-treated clothing and a personal insecticide > with pyrethrin or pyrethroids (synthetic analogues of pyrethrin) to ward > them off. > > This summer I began using the Piactive product. I was walking some > clearcuts in early July with a colleague who had sprayed exposed skin but > had untreated clothing. Walking the same route, he picked up 5 black-legg= ed > ticks, I picked up none. > > The Piactive product (which contains icaridin, a pyrethroid) is said to b= e > good for 12 hours; it doesn't smell bad like Deet, nor does it dissolve > some synthetic clothing as Deet does. > > Regardless of whether I have been wearing treated clothing & using the > personal insecticide I am always on the lookout for ticks on my skin when= I > shower. > > So far so good. > > View > versicolor.ca/noticks > for some of my sources. > > David G Patriquin > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "klantz@ns.sympatico.ca" <klantz@ns.sympatico.ca> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 8, 2017 6:46 PM > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall > > I don't use a repellent for ticks as they are present around my yard and = I > would have to apply it every time I go outside. I have tried Piactive for > mosquitoes & black flies, it is 20% Icaridin and seems to be comparable t= o > deet. The label states that it is also effective for Ticks so I suspect i= t > would provide some protection. > > Kevin > > *From:* David Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 08, 2017 3:31 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* RE: [NatureNS] RE: Black-legged Tick and late fall > > I=E2=80=99m curious. Do you folks spray with deet? I=E2=80=99ve been us= ing picaridin > this summer and last, but I haven=E2=80=99t gotten any ticks on me yet. = Luck? > > > > --001a113fef684af6b10556ba3091 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I know this goes against the grain, but have any of you tr= ied...nothing at all?<div><br></div><div>I realize that there are a very fe= w circumstances where one must go into mosquito-ridden areas. However, when= disease transmission is effectively nil (as in NS), can you just not toler= ate a few bites? I am now 20 years without using repellent, not even once, = not on my clothes...nothing. Seriously, mosquito bites are itchy for a litt= le bit, then no issue.</div><div><br></div><div>I really think bug repellen= t companies have turned this into a much bigger issue than it really is, an= d most people think they *need* repellent.</div><div><br></div><div>I also = do not use mosquito jackets...the hoods have some redeeming value, but the = jackets allow *more* access to your skin than if you just wore a light shir= t...the weave of jackets is so loose that the proboscis of the mosquitoes h= as much less trouble getting through when compared with the tighter weave o= f shirts.</div><div><br></div><div>I also understand that some people are a= pparently more attractive to biting flies than other people. However, I als= o think that like driving (impossibly, we can't all be "better tha= n the average driver"), there are a lot of people which think that &qu= ot;mosquitoes just love me more than anyone else"</div><div><br></div>= <div>I do support the use of a repellent for ticks or biting insects, *if* = you live in an area where disease-carrying critters are a problem.</div><di= v><br></div><div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"a= ll"><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">= _________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in