Those are the bane of my existence. There are several months out of the year I won’t go to our camp because they’re so thick. No amount of spray will get you by without at least 3-4 bites.
Permethrin is amazing, massively recommend. You treat your clothes with it and it’ll kill most bugs (including all ticks) on contact and it lasts for weeks
Vitamin B-12 will work. My parents used to shove B-12 tablets down our throats every spring/summer. We lived in the Midwest and were the only kids that never got bitten by ticks, chiggers, fleas, or mosquitos. Once you have built up enough in your system, you sweat it out and that masks the smell of your blood.
Ticks will dry out in cut grass but not in long grass.
Literally the only convincing reason I’ve ever heard for why to mow the lawn.
My brother told me they are physically impossible to get off without cutting that part of your skin as a child lmao
Those are the bane of my existence. There are several months out of the year I won’t go to our camp because they’re so thick. No amount of spray will get you by without at least 3-4 bites.
They are evil. I take full precautions. Long pants tucked into my boots, still I find a few that migrated their way to my groin.
Nymphs are about the size of black pepper.
Ahh, the forbidden groin pepper.
Permethrin is amazing, massively recommend. You treat your clothes with it and it’ll kill most bugs (including all ticks) on contact and it lasts for weeks
I believe permethrin and DEET are the leading chemicals gor tick managment
Pest control guy here.
Yes. Permethrin is very effective and generally safe for humans and animals.
Vitamin B-12 will work. My parents used to shove B-12 tablets down our throats every spring/summer. We lived in the Midwest and were the only kids that never got bitten by ticks, chiggers, fleas, or mosquitos. Once you have built up enough in your system, you sweat it out and that masks the smell of your blood.
Got curious and tried to find any papers on it. The ones I could scrounge up seem to be very (SHRUG) about it so hey, it can’t hurt probably!
Oh no, can you show me where thos thicc bugs are? So I can avoid them of course!