I'm developing a phobia because of these shits.I get covered with them every time I go out.I grew up in the woods,for fricks sake,and I never saw more than one on me every once in a while. >Pick 10 of 'em off of me before I head home. >Driving home one crawls onto my eyelid,and I almost crash. >Throw all my gear in the dryer to kill any stragglers. >Mfw then lint trap in the dryer has a dozen more....
This dweeb shit, unfortunately, works. Utilize clothing that covers you while still allowing you to dry out and cool off quickly, minimize gaps in coverage of skin, permethrin treat everything that isn't your underwear or something you might slobber on in your sleep, and regularly DEET whatever's left uncovered.
I hiked in a combat shirt and quick-dry cargo pants last weekend, heat and sweat wicking was fine. It breathed like a t-shirt, and I can't imagine a different outfit making much of a difference on a really hot day.
If an outdoor clothing manufacturer would make these in non-mil colors without the patch panels and call it something non-cringe I'd be all for it. Apart from the patch panels and the colors they get made in, the features are exactly what I need to go for speed in a hot, thorny Ozark mountain wood without worrying about ticks.
American: I must hyper-consume everything to the point where 15,000 manhours has gone into its development, only then can I be satisfied. Why are you all so unknowingly like this here?
I recoat my pants with permethrin every time I go out. I dont even care if they havent been washed and the last time i hiked was recently, they are getting recoated. Ever since I started doing this I really havent had any ticks on me, thus stuff is like a magical ward to them
this is actually the only time I've seen a tick on my body, other than crawling up my legs.
Damn suckers LOVE balls.
I have to shave my balls in the summer just to spot and remove them easier!
>Internationally
Permethrin can't pass through human skin. As long as you don't ingest it internationally it doesn't hurt you. Also deet doesn't repel ticks for anyone wondering.
I've never heard of those, but probably not. I spray my shoes and my bed (because dogs) every two weeks over summer and I haven't had a tick on me in years.
Permethrin and pyrethrins don't effect people like they do bugs. Surprise - bugs and people don't have identical biologies. These chemicals are derived from chrysanthemums, which are eaten by humans as food in various parts of the world. Lrn2Science dumbass. All insecticides are not the same. Thinking they are is like thinking olive oil is as carcinogenic as motor oil because "hurr durr they're both oil".
Used to be a zogbot, one time the CO decided we needed to do an surprise overnight FTX. He had us set up in an umanaged field, turns out shit was full of chiggers. Almost everyone in the company got their feet covered in stylostomes. Fricking nightmarish.
Used to be a zogbot, one time the CO decided we needed to do an surprise overnight FTX. He had us set up in an umanaged field, turns out shit was full of chiggers. Almost everyone in the company got their feet covered in stylostomes. Fricking nightmarish.
>Be UK guy >go to "forest" >Wasp tries to bother you >Kill wasp >"Put the kettle on -- time for a cuppa I reckon" >Go back to reflexively looking at the tower block in the distance >*sigh*
SInce this is the bloodsucker thread: Do any light "summer" gloves exist I could wear to cover skin so there's at least SOME layer between the mosquitos and me? Coating myself in chemicals only goes so far.
>Be me >Go out 2-5 times / week, often for 20+km >In what's supposedly the most tick-infested area north of the alps >haven't been bitten once in 17 years
Are ticks even real?
>go out want to enjoy life in nature have a good time >get lyme disease >never be the same again
What did god mean by this? Ticks have been infecting people with lyme since the late stone age, oetzi the frozen mummy even had it in his body, and he had tattos on joints to probably try and cure all his pain he had from it.
It's 2024, can't we create some pathogen to kill these frickers, along with mosquitoes, horseflies etc? I don't give a frick about the eco system damage it would cause, I want a comfy outdoors.
I'm developing a phobia because of these shits.I get covered with them every time I go out.I grew up in the woods,for fricks sake,and I never saw more than one on me every once in a while.
>Pick 10 of 'em off of me before I head home.
>Driving home one crawls onto my eyelid,and I almost crash.
>Throw all my gear in the dryer to kill any stragglers.
>Mfw then lint trap in the dryer has a dozen more....
This dweeb shit, unfortunately, works. Utilize clothing that covers you while still allowing you to dry out and cool off quickly, minimize gaps in coverage of skin, permethrin treat everything that isn't your underwear or something you might slobber on in your sleep, and regularly DEET whatever's left uncovered.
you should even treat your car seats.
>t. become woman because sweat balls off
I hiked in a combat shirt and quick-dry cargo pants last weekend, heat and sweat wicking was fine. It breathed like a t-shirt, and I can't imagine a different outfit making much of a difference on a really hot day.
>I hiked in a combat skirt
If an outdoor clothing manufacturer would make these in non-mil colors without the patch panels and call it something non-cringe I'd be all for it. Apart from the patch panels and the colors they get made in, the features are exactly what I need to go for speed in a hot, thorny Ozark mountain wood without worrying about ticks.
American: I must hyper-consume everything to the point where 15,000 manhours has gone into its development, only then can I be satisfied. Why are you all so unknowingly like this here?
I recoat my pants with permethrin every time I go out. I dont even care if they havent been washed and the last time i hiked was recently, they are getting recoated. Ever since I started doing this I really havent had any ticks on me, thus stuff is like a magical ward to them
they're annoying, but i'm convinced chronic lyme is bullshit.
I had a tick on my ballsack once, wasn't fun
The same thing happened to me. I discovered it in the bath but it must have popped in my pants. Pulling that fricker out was a b***h
this is actually the only time I've seen a tick on my body, other than crawling up my legs.
Damn suckers LOVE balls.
I have to shave my balls in the summer just to spot and remove them easier!
just use permethrin pussy ass homosexual
>Internationally giving yourself super-cancer just because your afraid of a little bug
Absolutely lmao
As long as you aren't drinking the stuff you're more likely gonna get cancer from the sun than it
>Internationally
Permethrin can't pass through human skin. As long as you don't ingest it internationally it doesn't hurt you. Also deet doesn't repel ticks for anyone wondering.
lmao
what about those ultrasonic things?
do those work? My gf wants me to wear two dog collars on each leg to repell the ticks.
I've never heard of those, but probably not. I spray my shoes and my bed (because dogs) every two weeks over summer and I haven't had a tick on me in years.
Permethrin and pyrethrins don't effect people like they do bugs. Surprise - bugs and people don't have identical biologies. These chemicals are derived from chrysanthemums, which are eaten by humans as food in various parts of the world. Lrn2Science dumbass. All insecticides are not the same. Thinking they are is like thinking olive oil is as carcinogenic as motor oil because "hurr durr they're both oil".
Be a man. Pull it off and eat it.
That's not a chigger.
Go have yourself two dozen chigger bites then come back and make the thread on worst outdoor insects.
Used to be a zogbot, one time the CO decided we needed to do an surprise overnight FTX. He had us set up in an umanaged field, turns out shit was full of chiggers. Almost everyone in the company got their feet covered in stylostomes. Fricking nightmarish.
>zogbot
>CO
>FTX
you're gonna have to explain these terms buddy
>zogbot
/pol/speak for armed forces
>CO
(C)ommanding (o)fficer
>FTX
(F)ield (T)raining E(x)ercise
Total chigger death
>Be UK guy
>go to "forest"
>Wasp tries to bother you
>Kill wasp
>"Put the kettle on -- time for a cuppa I reckon"
>Go back to reflexively looking at the tower block in the distance
>*sigh*
SInce this is the bloodsucker thread: Do any light "summer" gloves exist I could wear to cover skin so there's at least SOME layer between the mosquitos and me? Coating myself in chemicals only goes so far.
Neoprene work gloves work OK.
I know a lot of outdoors-y people who've just made peace with the fact that they'll get bitten by these guys. I think it's the right move.
>Be me
>Go out 2-5 times / week, often for 20+km
>In what's supposedly the most tick-infested area north of the alps
>haven't been bitten once in 17 years
Are ticks even real?
>go out want to enjoy life in nature have a good time
>get lyme disease
>never be the same again
What did god mean by this? Ticks have been infecting people with lyme since the late stone age, oetzi the frozen mummy even had it in his body, and he had tattos on joints to probably try and cure all his pain he had from it.
It's 2024, can't we create some pathogen to kill these frickers, along with mosquitoes, horseflies etc? I don't give a frick about the eco system damage it would cause, I want a comfy outdoors.
It will only get worse too.
>What did god mean by this?
>god
The US government created Lyme Disease as a bioweapon. This is common knowledge and not even a conspiracy theory anymore.
Never had a tick myself but took 4 off my dog last week. Frick these yiddish insectoids
What's worse, Lymes or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Both are bacteria spread by ticks, Borrelia in lymes and Rickettsia rickettsii in rmsf.
>north carolina
Can confirm; I barely remember getting to the hospital because of the fever
That's why I usually hike and camp in the dead of winter. I fricking hate ticks.
Went back home to kansas
Averaging 1 a day even light yard work
In pacific nw I can fish in grass above chest and be fine
This is why I go camping with my pet turkey. He just eats all the ticks for me.