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Mosquitos weren't too bad....sometimes those "twin engine" mosquitos come out at dark...they are the ones who will argue in the air whether to "eat you there" or carry you with them.
Post by melikecheese on Feb 17, 2006 10:54:57 GMT -5
i noticed a lot of spiders in the grass when we first got in, they all left or stayed hidden. Well except for about 2 tents over which must have been on a nest, they ended up moving about 24 hours in cause the tent was covered in them, it was kinda sick. Probably 25 spiders in the tent. Poor girls, they kept screaming and running around and the guy they were with just didnt care and slept the whole time. They didn't like that very much.
So what are the best ways to keep bugs out of your tent? Also... are bugs only usually bad around the campgrounds, or do Centeroo and the stages have bugs too?
good luck staying out of tall grass at roo..... i got lost and slept in a field directly on the ground and have never had any problems..... i unfortunatly think that they spray for bugs before we get there... because the only bugs i ever see are large spiders and such which dont die as easily as small bugs form pesticyde, i hope they arent using anything bad
and about the tarp thing no i dont think it will help, but you should put one down cuz it will keep water out of your tent, just make sure the tarp dosent stick out the sides under the tent or water will collect on the tarp, the bugs arent very bad at roo, i think maybe they spray, in two years ive only seen a few spiders, almost no flying insects at all
Last year we never had any problems with bugs or mosquitos. I did spray my legs every day with Off with Deet. I never have noticed many bugs the last 2 years.
i learned to like bugs at bonnaroo. ate some good shrooms and spents a whole set looking as all the little bugs in the grass. it was like there was this huge event going on but they were just going about thier buisness. at the time it was really really cool.
learned like 5 months later at a party that i was "that guy" who was staring at the grass for an hour
ya i had a similar experience where i was the guy staring at the ground. the only way i could keep my balance was to stare at one spot on the ground, but i could only do it for so long before i had a strong sense i was getting shorter and would have to look away... it was fun
If you do use 100% deet just be sure to keep it away from your mouth and eyes and also make sure you don't get it on anything plastic (i.e. parts of a watch, flashlight lense, etc.). That nuts'll melt plastic.
Soup is absolutely right people... the 100% deet stuff is the most effective, but it WILL damage plastics and synthetics. last summer I ruined a pair of nylon swim trunks with that stuff. They literally melted to my legs, it was a mess. If you have some residue on your fingertips and then handle your sunglasses, you'll end up with permanent fingerprints on them.
I used to work at REI and we sold all kinds of repellents, and usually only recommended the 100% deet stuff to people who were going to the rainforest or something like that...
The 29% Deep Woods Off sprays are about as much Deet as you need for a farmer's field. I dilute my 100% Deet pump spray down to 50% - I read a while back that the US Army had done studies to calculate the most effective percentage of Deet (to save money, I'm sure) and 50% came out on top.
man!!.. maybe you all might wanna think twice about putting carcinogens that eat plastic and nylon all up on yer skin.... i would recommend at least waitin to put it on.. i think you are all thinking it works because you put it on and dont get bit... l have never known one person to get a mosquito bite and have neveer seen anyone with a tick and noone in my groups has ever used any spray... there truly is no bugs there... im not saying people dont get chiggers or ticks... but ive never seen it and we walked through fields for hours with no shoes in shorts tryin to find camp, and as i stated ended up sleeping directly on the ground( a sidenote... it is a good idea to keep your map in a ziploc baggie as we ate shrooms and played in the fountain our maps were destroyed) but id say give it a try without before ya go spreadin that junk all over yourself
btw has anyone seen a tick once its full... my dog had one go unnoticed... i thought it was a tumor till i touched it and it fell off... it was easily bigger then a grape!! i didnt know what it was till i saw some tiny legs and a tiny head...and do yourself a favor and take it outside to stomp it... it will make quite a mess indoors
I'd worry more about playing in that fountain than exposure to Deet. The water in it just recirculates. I'd bet $50 it's swimming with Hep C and who knows what else by the second day...
My dog used to get ticks when we went camping. The problem was though that he was a long hair malamute so the only time we knew he had any ticks was when a week later we saw these grey grapes crawling across our kitchen floor. When you looked up close they looked like they were close to bursting. The funny thing was that they still had small heads and fully engorged bodies.
i hear ya about that fountain.. i only go in it thursday night...actually i avoided goin in it completely last year..... that thing is like a third world drainage ditch by day 3
The best Remedy for a tick bite is Pure Apple Cider Vinegar, Un-pasteurized. It will reduce the redness and pain from the Chigger bite instantly. Deet causes Cancer. The Vinegar is also the only cure I know of for the rash caused by poison Oak or Ivy. I would not go camping without it. It also sooths burns on contact. I had to use it for a child who burned her foot by stepping on a hot sparkler last 4th of July. Remember to transfer it from glass to a plastic bottle
"DEET generally is of low acute toxicity, and, based on the available toxicological data, the Agency believes that the normal use of DEET does not present a health concern to the general U.S. population (the Agency’s human risk assessment has identified no toxicologically significant effects in animal studies.) DEET has been classified as a Group D carcinogen (not classifiable as a human carcinogen.)"
DEET is not classified as a human carcinogen, meaning you won't get cancer from using it. I don't know why people keep saying that in this thread.
You're so right. when I worked at REI it was a challenge to convince people that a product that could dissolve plastic could also be perfectly safe for your skin. But people just have a hard time wrapping their heads around that
unless you're an android or have bionic body parts like Steve Austin (the 6 million dollar man) i wouldn't worry about Deet damaging your body. just your plastic stuff
I wonder how much Steve Austin would cost today? accounting for inflation... hmmmm.....