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That's nice; get back to me when you find something portable, ie something good for hiking.

VLM 13y ago
Locally most of the nature trails are built thru swamps (aka eco warriors holy wetlands). They're economically worthless, so they make nice parks and trails. The point of the article is they can't fly faster than 2 mph or so. Simply move faster than 2 MPH. I've ridden my bicycle thru swamps and not gotten bit. I also hike and between walking and a bit of wind there is not much problem as long as I don't stop. A bug in the eye still hurts... wear sunglasses.
- uptown 13y ago
  Got any solutions for horse flies? Those things are brutal.
  - chrisgd 13y ago
    Run!
  - maxerickson 13y ago
    http://www.deerflypatches.com/ http://www.deerflypatches.com/ I haven't tried them.
  - kruipen 13y ago
    http://bugasalt.com http://bugasalt.com
  - drhodes 13y ago
    I staple a blue plastic cup to the top of a walking staff and coat the cup with a layer of tanglefoot. It's like a fly magnet. In the thick of the season I might catch 75 in an outing. This guy had it figured out years ago, http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/MizellRF/deer-fly-testimonial.htm http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/MizellRF/deer-fly-testimonial.htm
arethuza 13y ago
What about anti-beastie head nets and jackets? http://www.purpleturtle.co.uk/acatalog/Protective_Clothing.html http://www.purpleturtle.co.uk/acatalog/Protective_Clothing.h...
devb 13y ago
Only hike into a head wind.
- andrewflnr 13y ago
  Camp at the end until the wind turns?
sethammons 13y ago
Avon Skin So Soft. The oil. Works so well that they turned it into bug spray. Never tried the bug spray, but I swear by the oil.
- phaemon 13y ago
  As used in Scotland for midges. I was wondering if it would work for mosquitoes too.
ronaldx 13y ago
Midges in the Scottish Highlands are so sensitive to wind that the act of hiking itself creates enough of a breeze to prevent them from biting. As I found out first-hand this week: just keep walking. [Additional: Avon Skin-so-Soft seems to prevent midges from surviving a landing, but I didn't find anything to beat larger clegs/horseflies except a good slapping - they will bite through clothing]

VLM 13y ago

Locally most of the nature trails are built thru swamps (aka eco warriors holy wetlands). They're economically worthless, so they make nice parks and trails. The point of the article is they can't fly faster than 2 mph or so. Simply move faster than 2 MPH. I've ridden my bicycle thru swamps and not gotten bit. I also hike and between walking and a bit of wind there is not much problem as long as I don't stop. A bug in the eye still hurts... wear sunglasses.

uptown 13y ago
Got any solutions for horse flies? Those things are brutal.
- chrisgd 13y ago
  Run!
- maxerickson 13y ago
  http://www.deerflypatches.com/ http://www.deerflypatches.com/ I haven't tried them.
- kruipen 13y ago
  http://bugasalt.com http://bugasalt.com
- drhodes 13y ago
  I staple a blue plastic cup to the top of a walking staff and coat the cup with a layer of tanglefoot. It's like a fly magnet. In the thick of the season I might catch 75 in an outing. This guy had it figured out years ago, http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/MizellRF/deer-fly-testimonial.htm http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/MizellRF/deer-fly-testimonial.htm

arethuza 13y ago

What about anti-beastie head nets and jackets? http://www.purpleturtle.co.uk/acatalog/Protective_Clothing.html http://www.purpleturtle.co.uk/acatalog/Protective_Clothing.h...

devb 13y ago

Only hike into a head wind.

andrewflnr 13y ago
Camp at the end until the wind turns?

sethammons 13y ago

Avon Skin So Soft. The oil. Works so well that they turned it into bug spray. Never tried the bug spray, but I swear by the oil.

phaemon 13y ago
As used in Scotland for midges. I was wondering if it would work for mosquitoes too.

ronaldx 13y ago

Midges in the Scottish Highlands are so sensitive to wind that the act of hiking itself creates enough of a breeze to prevent them from biting. As I found out first-hand this week: just keep walking. [Additional: Avon Skin-so-Soft seems to prevent midges from surviving a landing, but I didn't find anything to beat larger clegs/horseflies except a good slapping - they will bite through clothing]