I thought he was going to show some old-time cowboy tricks, then he pulled up a can of bug spray 🤣

Here in Australia, I was taught by an Aboriginal friend how to survive outback. To keep insects away just grab a branch from a Eucalypt tree, crunching up all the leaves. The hit yourself all over with the branch. Nothing here will touch you.

Idaho has swarms of mosquitos that can block out the sun, so when I started summer work as a Forest Service lookout, I soon found out that spraying my shirt, pants, hands, neck and face with 100% DEET was essential. The pointy little buggars avoided the knob my lookout was built on, but once I hiked a mile down to my water-point and was in heavy timber near moisture, here they came. The DEET deterred them from landing on me, even though several wings of heavy bombardment mosquitos would orbit me for about half the trip back uphill. . . until I reached the point where it was too dry and windy for their liking. They would fly back home, hurling curses at me all the way.

As a journeyman lineman, walking through any terrain & working in such areas where flying/crawling insects are over abundant, we used Avon’s Skin so soft & D.E.E.T. To treat clothing & skin. However, a very ~Old School~ tried & true method is to place a thin cloth over an active ant hill & stir them up! Let the ants sting the invading cloth until the frenzy is over, then take the cloth & rub it on exposed skin. For some reason, the venom repels nearly every other insect for a day or two (depending on environment/conditions). Campfire smoke is also a good skin cleanser, as well as a good repellent. So, if you run out of spray, those are reliable go-to’s...

Found that hanging a small towel or rag treated with 100% deet works wonders in a confined area. I do that since I have a slight skin allergy to it.

The worst mosquito experience I ever had was in the hills of Kentucky during Army basic combat training. We were setting up an ambush in the sticks and Deep Woods Off was completely useless. I now use permethrin and Repel 100 (98% deet) and it's effective in any situation I am ever in.

The liquid DEET bottles issued in the Australian Army are great at repelling insects but it also melts the polymer components of the F88 Austeyr (there's a lot) and any other plastics gear... Strong stuff indeed.

I use Permethrin on my clothes and gear and Picaridin for skin as it lasts longer than DEET and does not harm synthetic materials

I read in a recent study that showed treating your shoes and socks with permethrin alone while wearing long pants can reduce your risk of tick bites by 75%.

I live in deer tick central and treat my yard work and mountain biking clothing with permethrin, everything but the underwear. I started using picaridin based repellent (Sawyer) a few years ago after reading articles about its efficacy on ticks. So far, so good.

Been using this stuff for years. Living in Kentucky, we have tons of ticks, chiggers, and all kinds of other crawlies. Used in conjunction with a good repellent, this stuff is great!! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely!! I use the same product! We've used both the Sawyer and Repel brands of Permethrin from the Walmart camping section. For a repellent I recommend ones with Picardin. It's synthetic black pepper extract, WAY more effective than DEET, safer than DEET, and no bad smell like DEET!!

I love that you took a moment to pause and acknowledge the hawk/eagle screeching overhead 😂 gotta love those moments in nature.

I thought this was gonna be more practical tips than just cover everything in repellent haha

Smidge..Scottish life saver for outdoors in Ireland and Scotland

Background: I got chronic Lymes from a tick 10 yrs ago and counting. Did my homework on repellents Anyway, I put a big tarp out, lay all my outdoor clothes and use a garden sprayer to do the whole bunch at once. Same w tents, tarps etc. If youre in a rush, you can dry them in a clothes dryer. General guideline for full effectiveness is "6 weeks or 6 washings". If it's a rolled/ folded tarp in a bag....lasts much longer. You can buy 10% concentrate by the quart / gallon from a farm/ livestock vendor and save a bunch of money. 1 quart 10% Permethrin ~ $20 @ Tractor supply. Just remember to dilute it down to 5% (20:1). Re: DEET vs. Picardin. DEET unquestionally is more effective in general. Too bad it melts plastic😔. Picardin is great for mosquitoes, not not great for ticks but no melted plastic. Natural repellents: kinda-sorta work if not too many bugs around. I wouldn't trust them to keep me safe. Permethrin binds tightly to the fibers in fabrics enough that it takes 6 rounds in a clothes washer to get it out. Sweat or drenched clothes are safe. Also interesting to note that there's an enzyme in your skin that deactivates/ detoxifies Permethrin. So even if some gets on you...still not a problem. Cats dont have this enzyme so they can become very ill if exposed..... especially to not yet cured permethrin on fabrics.

GREAT SEGMENT!!! In California, we've noticed that Deet (between 25% up to 100%) is very effective in certain parts (So Cal mountains). But interestingly enough, up towards the Mammoth area we found that Picaridin (another Sawyer product) was more effective than any Deet product. So we've purchased a bunch of both, test and then apply whatever works the best.

Repel with Eucalyptus is the best mosquito repellent I have ever used. I watch the mosquito's fly up to my arm or leg and never get closer than a few inches. They don't land on me at all. I spray my skin and my cloths. Stuff works great. Plus, it smells good.

Permethrin is a hormone disrupter. When it's dry it's not as toxic,but once you sweat or your clothes get wet in general, it activates the permethrin again that can cause health issues in a long run. 1lbs of mesh tent won't kill your back, just carry a decent mesh shelter you can sleep in.

Coming from Scotland, in the heat of Summer our midgies are insufferable monsters, and honestly the only thing I find that is genuinely, consistently, effective at keeping the swarms away is the smoke from a pipe or a campfire until the wind picks up or the temperature dops enough for them to sod off.

In North Dakota I use a minimum of 50% DEET in the warmer months, not much need for it in winter. Never heard of Permectrin, but I think I will give it a try next time I go hiking. Thanks for all your agenda free reviews, they really do help.

In addition to everything you said being spot on, I saturate the ground around my shelter/tent/hammock with peppermint oil. Spiders absolutely hate it in my experience and will avoid the ground it is sprayed on.

Great content - Great Delivery. That said, regarding this topic (pesticide use) - always, always READ THE PRODUCT LABELS. These products go through a registration process and the use warnings are invaluable information toward safe use. Outstanding job you're doing.

My friend got bite by a brown spider and he almost lost his leg but he got to the doctors in time and spent time in the hospital for 10 days. Yes he still has his leg.

I used to work with a national service center for scouting and we sold sawyer’s promethium quite a bit, I would even say heavily. Never used it myself but I am told from all types of outdoorsman, it really works. Have been thinking about some of my gear and it being a good idea. I am convinced now, if you say it works, I will certainly trust it until proven otherwise. Thank you for the info behind the product, education always makes for better, more informed decisions! 👍

Hunting the Mallory Swamp in Florida proved to me that even 100% Deet with a thermacell doesn't work.

“Smooth it” as Nessmuck did: mix 3 parts pine tar, 2 parts castor oil, 1 part pennyroyal oil; simmer over low heat; bottle for use. Gives a “tan” but when washed off leaves skin soft and smooth. It’s also good for healing bites you may already have.

My dad was both an eagle scout and worked for OSHA and chaperoned adolescent backpacking ventures: he had deet on us for places with swarms of blood suckers, and probably would also have for avian bird flu if we had been younger. When I asked, he said not to switch, and especially not to use component mixtures at a time. (I am also half-Australian, and if you know Chem history or conservation history, you will know DDT never went to the A.u.) Permethrin on the edges of clothes applied with ppe is the only + to that I have for outdoor use. Other than that, it was always Avon's skin so soft, which [is?] okay for babies, until I had a hard time finding a local rep, then I switched to essential oils. (One I didn't hear mentioned). Home defense with essentials is now what I use for household pesticide Scabies can be covered with nailpolish, they will die and not be contagious and you won't get cancer from permethrin if it isn't on your skin. [He said] nailpolish is also carcinogenic, just not as much as permethrin. (But it gets Rx???!) I'm still wondering about the keeping vermin and insects away "while sleeping" part, though. The last convo I had on the topic was circa 2013-14, Yeh yep,

Permethrin is the bomb. Used to live in a house in the woods. Spary your boots, socks and pants and you can litterally watch the tick start to crawl up and die. Another idea, for flea and tick control around the house. Soak cotton balls in permethrin put the cotton balls in a samll pvc tube and put it where mice and voles tend to roam. The mice grab the cotton for bedding and then the bugs on the mice and the insects die. Mice\voles are a major vector for ticks and fleas.

As far as a natural repellent is concerned, my daughter is an avid Spartan Racer, which takes her through the wilderness in many states across the nation. As a racer, she is constantly crawling on the wet ground surface and getting into insect potent areas. She has been using a natural lavender liquid to repel most of the bugs that you mentioned, with satisfactory results. I'm in my late fifties, and have been going to some of her races that are local to me to do photo sessions of the races and used the lavender too, and had zero ticks and fleas on me when I'm finished. Flying gnats don't seem too annoyed by the lavender, but I'm not as concerned about their presence as I am the other pesky bugs. Try it if you haven't already. Hope you like the smell of lavender.

I’ve been using the lemon eucalyptus for mosquitoes and black flies and seems to work for ticks when sprayed on pant legs. Just need to reapply a little more often, but works in Maine pretty good

Hello 👋 Luke, thank you for sharing this valuable information. It should make for a more comfortable outdoor experience. Stay healthy out there. 🤗

Love your videos- have learned a great deal and like relaxing to them at the end of the day. Will definitely be trying the permethrin on my gear- just recently relocated to North Carolina and the insect life is vastly different than where I’m from (Illinois). Would be awesome to see you one day out in the wild. Peace brother.

I buy clothes in the UK that are already treated with Permethrin: socks, T-shirt, trousers (pants) and my hat, then I spray my rucksack and chestpack.

@1:30 If you come in contact with a caterpillar that causes a painful reaction, use some tape to remove the offending stingers.

Thanks, Mr. Luke, for the attention you paid to this topic. Permethrin... who'd a thunk it?! Thanks for the tip. Good stuff. And thank you to everyone else who also chipped in and commented. Again, good stuff. I grew up in Florida, and mosquitos can be really bad, especially in years when it rains every day but not hard. I noticed that torrential rains can drown them, and they seem to remain absent after a really strong torrential rain for up to 5 weeks, sometimes. Bad hurricanes seem to clear out the spiders and scorpions for up to 7 years. (Go outside with a headlamp, sometime, after dark, while you walk your dog. All the spider eyes in the grass reflect the headlamp's light right back to your eyes. The spider eyes' retinas shift color (like a sherbet orange to sherbet lime green, and slightly shift position.) In years in which a hurricane has not been seen in over 10 years, all the teeny-tiny spiders in the grass are everywhere! One cannot walk without stepping on many of the little critters with every step! After a strong hurricane, they are completely absent, and they remain absent for several years. However, as bad as I thought mosquitoes were in Florida while I was growing up, I discovered that the mosquitoes in New Orleans, Louisiana are MUCH worse! In 1978, when my Boy Scout Troop 341 traveled to New Orleans for a 2-week summer trip with our troop's specially-customized school bus, we camped on Scout Island in New Orleans. The mosquitoes came in as squadrons, in sequentially organized waves (I kid you not), and those buggers laughed at insect repellent-even DEET! One night, as I walked across the camp to the picnic table where a few were playing cards under a Coleman gas mantle lantern, I looked down on my arms and saw that both arms were almost completely covered with mosquitos, almost like a furry coat. They didn't bite, because of the DEET, but they refused to fly off without me scattering them off. We concluded that the New Orleans mosquito must have been Louisiana's state bird. A small excerpt from one of those old camp songs which some of you might know and which might lighten your hearts: The skeeters at Camp Euchee, They say are mighty fine. A couple got together, And ate a friend of mine! Oh, I can't get enough Of Euchee life! Gee, ma, I wanna' go, But they won't let me go. Gee, ma, I wanna' go home! The biscuits as Camp Euchee, They say are mighty fine. One rolled off the table And crushed a friend of mine! Oh, I can't get enough Of Euchee Life! Gee, ma, I wanna' go, But they won't let me go. Gee, ma, I wanna' go home! .... Cheers, all. KMM.

Hey Luke! ..Congrats again on another informative and great video. I use a combination of tea tree oil and lemon grass oil with eucalyptus oil in a little sprayed bottle and I add water to it. It really helps. Since it's natural you should apply as needed.

I wish I could give you multiple upvotes. I am a big believer in planning for bug and insect bite prevention. Excellent tips.

As a camping manager, I have product tested Sawyer Permethin. I give it my highest recommended. Cheers from Kentucky.

I'm in the Boreal forest and I can say for black flies and mosquitoes the natural products due work, for 5 minutes. The more deet the better.

I use Permethrin on my clothes and gear, Picaridin on my skin..

30 years ago or so we used Avon's Skin-so-soft to keep gnats and black flies at bay. Called it Bug-so-soft. They would land but would not bite or stay long.

Excellent advice as always Luke 👍 keep up the great work, stay safe and happy travels mate, 🙂

I started using eucalyptus this year as a repellant and it seems to work well.

I worked many years in Arkansas as a geologist. Field work for us started in the fall with the leaf drop to leaves on oak trees being the size of mouse ears in the Spring, then it ended. During that time, ticks and mosquitos are not too big a problem due to the cooler weather. However, we have a nice little blood sucking mite called a chigger! They are crawlers and love tight places, like around your ankles, behind your knees, crotch, etc. To avoid them, we tried various insect clothes sprays, and that was somewhat effective, but the best, most effective treatment was flowers of sulfur, either dusting on body before getting dressed, to taking as a daily pill. The pill is effective all over...because as you sweat, it comes out in that sweat and coats your body, especially in the vital areas mentioned above. Of course you stink, but if your field partner uses it too, then you get used to it...go nose blind, so to say. This treatment is also very effective against ticks, both dog ticks and seed ticks, too. It does not work to my knowledge with mosquitos.

This is so much great information this is great even if you want to just sit in my back yard thanks Luke … strength and honor

I truly wish you and Steve Wallis would join forces for a video. You are both my favorites on YT. I can’t imagine your combined knowledge, and the video it would produce. 👍😊

Also a good idea to use a mosqito head net (on the outside of a peaked cap to keet it off your face) so you don't wake up with bugs on your face. Most of them cinch up around the bottom of the neck too.

I love cowboy-camping. Feels so liberating for some reason. However, here in Florida, it can get rough. I purchased the Friendly Swede bug net and can clip it to a ridgeline and it is fairly decent. I did have to make some mods because it doesn't leave you with adequate room inside. Some areas, the netting is literally touching you, and bugs can bite you through it.

Permethrin is a must in Montana, but oddly enough Vanilla (extract) does a great job of keeping mosquitos away. That's an old Grandma technique I learned when I was 14.

I really like the simplicity of the sea to summit floorless net pyramid. They even have an option with a pre treated insect repellent. I also saw a sawyer product net tent with a bottle of permethrin.

Permethrin is one of the treatments for mites in peoples hair. Our blood chemistry prevents it from being toxic. Same for dogs. Sweat and water have do not cause it to be toxic for us. It is the rubbing of clothing during washing that reduces the amount of time it is effective. IIRC, it does repel certain insects for a certain amount of time (read the label).

After treating my ls shirt and pants with permethrin, mosquitoes don’t bother me, so I believe it works for me as a repellent. Mosquitoes generally pick other pray. If my wife is with me, they’ll all go for her before me, so if you attract them naturally, you’ll probably need deet as well.

Great video! I, too, line in the mountains of WNC and have been looking for a way to get rid of the net for my hammock. I'll be trying this out next spring. Happy trails!

One year I was drinking an all day energy greens drink and I didn't get bit at all that year, I even sat where there was a bunch of mosquitoes and they didn't even bother me. But as for mosquito repellent I usually don't use any because I don't eat very much sugar at all. Thanks for the video, take care.

Would have been interesting to see a half-treated sheet left out in your backyard overnight... with a light positioned at the line between the two halves.

That can only has .5% permethrin. You can get 36% at Tractor supply and cut with some water and use a spray bottle.

Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and your family

I grow mint. Lots of mint. Anyway, I harvest about half a pound of leaves from several cultivars and boil them. After 20 minutes at boil, I cool it off, pour the liquid through a coffee filter, then spray it wherever I don't want ANY kind of bug or rodent. I also add mint tincture to my homemade laundry soap.

Outstanding this interesting as cutting pack weight by using a tarp setup can make you feel exposed to bugs. Thanks Luke features job as always.

I have used permethrin on tent/gear/boots. This summer I found a permethrin spray that can be used on skin. I needed to repel horse flies in this case. Anyway, worked well. Any horse fly that landed on me immediately took off again. Mosquitoes were not bad this year, but it is supposed to work on them as well.

I’ve found a good chewing of garlic in your cooking keeps the mosquitoes at bay. In Scotland they are particularly prevalent during the summer months. Ty for always sharing your considerable knowledge

I've been using Ben's for years now. I love in New Jersey - skeeter country and have hiked the state parks. The worst I encountered was in and around the Shenandoah Valley. I was with a group in a geology field course. The ticks were, putting it mildly, abundant. My classmates were offering me good money for a few drops of Ben's.

Thanks for the tip. I was skeptical about going to the outdoors this summer here in Brazil because scorpions really become an issue, specially the yellow and brown ones. their venom spreads into your body and can cause heart attacks if you don't get medical care in time.

Dunno about availability in other countries but in Poland A spray called "Mugga" is quite popular, its 50% deet based. Sold in many shops Decathlon included. There's also more "child friendly" version with 25% of icarditin instead of deet.

Brilliant..! 50yrs of camping & never knew this..!

Skip the pricy Sawyer and buy concentrate by Martin. It’s water based and when mixed nine to one, it’s just as effective as sawyer at a fraction of the cost. I’ve done it this way for two seasons with complete success.

This stuff really does work. I treated all my stuff, including my pack, before a trip to Shenandoah NP. Everyone but me had ticks on their backpacks after sitting them beside of the trail for a break. I had no issues with ticks or any other crawly critters on my clothes or gear.

In northern NJ and upstate NY I treat my shorts and shirts with permetherin and I carry and use the same deet you show on the video for my skin. The only times I found a tick on myself was while hiking in cooler weather and did not use the deet thinking the ticks were only around in warm temps. Not so.

In Maine, the state bird is the mosquito! I have sat on bear stands with clouds of the evil bloodsuckers! The best treatment I have found is a thermacell. In fact I often use two of them. Words don’t accurately describe what it’s like. Folks need to experience it on their own!?

I’ve using Permethrin for a few years now and I agree 110%! Nothing works better for treating gear and clothes.

This is it. This is where I admit to Luke and the internet that now own too many of those active Old Navy tshirts.

Ughhh..... ticks! same Problem!🙄but most Spiders and snakes are in Germany not poisonly, we have no Bears 😉but wolves comes back in my the County 🙄they are very angry and comes not in my camp!! what a luck it goes to Wintertime and theres no Ticks!!grettings!

Thanks Luke, great information!

I just used this the other week and it was that video you was cowboy camping when I heard you mention it. It works awesome

I've used an essential oil blend diluted in water and sprayed on my skin and clothes that worked very well out in BC's Okanagan in an area with thick swarms of mosquitoes. That stuff smells good and keeps the bugs off. It's also safe to use on your skin and you may get the side effect of healthier skin if you use it. IDK how it works for flying bugs in other parts of the world but that was my experience with it.

I'm careful with any of the chemical stuff man. I'm talking about the repellant stuff that you put on your skin. We don't know what long therm effects this stuff has. + thank you for the gear treatment advise! Gonna try that for sure. But overall, I don't have a lot of problems with them, at least not when I'm awake doing things, mosquito stings don't really annoy me. I'm not allergic to them. Also bigger biting Flys are okay to deal with. And the ticks: I just control my legs and clothing regularly and flick them away. After 6 years in the outdoors now I only had one tick really sucking my blood.

Excellent video brother. Here in northern middle Tennessee I usually use repel 40% feet and it works pretty good. Thanks for sharing 👍

I spray my ground sheet and then the bottom edge of my tent on the outside. Works amazingly.

After seeing how DEET dissolved nail polish, I haven't used it again. Not that I care about nail polish, but who knows what else it's going to damage. I use Picaridin-based repellent, reapplying it often - it doesn't seem to give me any rashes or damage gear. In Australia, the other thing you want in some places is a fly-net for your hat, the flies go for the moisture in your eyes and are extremely persistent, eeeurgh. Also carry some tiger balm for leeches in wet areas and a tick remover in the first aid kit.

This was a video I was waiting for from someone. I've seen how bushcrafters build their fires and say it keeps bugs away but I've always thought there had to be something stronger. I live in a tropical island and we have centipedes, scorpions, spiders and other bugs along with snakes, rats and other bigger pests. I'm afraid of camping cowboy-style and having a rat crawl over me while I sleep...

DEET is bad to melt many kinds of plastics, and is therefore rough on many bits of gear. Some good academic research was done a few years ago that found that Picaridin was equally effective. I use Sawyer brand Picaridin lotion, which is not smelly or oily like DEET, and you won't know you are wearing it 5 minutes after application. Very good results in mosquito infested woods near my house. And here's a tip for reducing ticks crawling up the inside of your pants: Make some tick gaiters that you treat with Permethrin, I use extra large cotton tube socks and cut out the foot part, then after treatment has dried, I put the gaiters over my pants and tuck them in my shoes, which forces climbing ticks to the outside of your pants leg. Yes, it is not the finest fashion, but a light color also helps you glance down and see the spots. Because you are not sweating up the foot part, you don't need to wash the gaiters as often as regular socks and can stretch the treatment out over more miles.

I've used both the Sawyer Permethrin treatment for my tent and clothes AND I tried the Sawyer Picadirin repellent spray together. I regret that the Sawyer Picadirin repellent was a bust. I applied a very generous amount to my arms, legs and face at 5 p.m. and went to fly my RC plane at the local park and by 8 p.m. I was getting eaten alive by the mosquitos! 3 hours later and it was as if I applied nothing at all. I really was hoping the Picadirin, which is a synthetic version of a Chrysanthemum extract, would work as well as the Permethrin spray but it didn't for me. Great videos, keep up the good work. 👍

I also shower with a natural bug repellent soap when I know I’m going outdoors. Seems to work pretty well except in areas where the skeeters 🦟 are really prevalent. Then I step up to a DEET based repellent

Being ex- military we used skin-so-soft for repelling mosquitoes away. And another way to keep mosquitoes away is a nasty one. Don't shower in the woods. Clean body will attract more. And thanks for the other idea with the video. GOD bless you my friend.

I use Vick Vapour Rub. We have two or three open jars in our motorhome at night and remain gnat and bug free whilst asleep or generally occupying the vehicle. We also Rub over our exposed skin when out and walking..

Amazing video. I have always been wondering how people stay so bug free. THANK YOU!

Stange… The EPA has classified this product as being possibly carcinogenic. The European community, more severe even, has, since December 12, 2000 not admitted its usage. It not only attacks insects but also small mammals and fish. By the way, spiders are not insects!

I’ve used Picaridin based products the past several years. Works decent and usually not as greasy as Deet based. Deet can mess up some plastics whereas the Picaridin doesn’t. Works well against ticks and mosquitoes. Curious if anyone has recommendations for products to keep deerflies away.

Excellent video as usual Luke. I use the Ben's & the Permethrin. Strength and honor.

Very big help Luke. Thanks 😄

I use Thermacell and love it. When my granddaughter played Soccer and being outside I would use one tab and it covered almost 20 feet in diameter and nothing else.

The US Army did a study in Alaska a while back. They put troops in the field with a treated uniform and deet, just deet, just a treated uniform, or neither. The combination of the permethrin treated uniform and deet produced a 99% reduction in mosquito bites. The deet product they used is available for civilians from 3M. It's a 30% deet product called Ultrathon. The deet is micro encapsulated and is released over 12 hours so you don't have to keep reapplying as often.

Great episdoe, thanks! I've used all types of natural insect repellants. As you suggest here, some of them have only worked for me when there weren't a lot of insects about; and many others haven't worked at all for me. So, I've switched to using 50% DEET or higher, depending on how bad the insects are. And I will sometimes use 100% concentration when needed, particularly here in the north during blackfly season, when mosquitoes are especially bad, etc. Cheers!

I live in AZ , and I do my workouts outside because that's where my bench and weights are. We do have a moderate amount of mosquitos from time to time depending on the scarce rainfall. I normally use Repel Lemon Eucalyptus DEET - Free insect repellent. I actually enjoy the smell and have never had any adverse reaction to it. It seems to do the job well in my experience!

Wow, I never heard of Permethrin before. Thanks for that tip! I will be picking some up soon and coating my gear with it, especially my search and rescue gear. For my skin, I always use 100% Deet. I've tried different natural repellents, but haven't found any that work on me.

I've worked on several shoots in swampy areas loaded with ticks and mosquitoes. My boss at the time encouraged me to take B vitamins for a month before the shoot (heard this has been debunked). On top of that I ate a lot of Zankou garlic chicken with the garlic paste (a Los Angeles chain) before the shoot (the full month before). In both South Carolina (one of the Barrier Islands) and New Orleans, I was the only crew member who never had a problem with ticks (some were infested with them on a daily basis) and never suffered from mosquitoes (one landed on my arm and immediately took off). Now, it could be that I was the blood type that mosquitoes hate, but that doesn't explain the lack of ticks. I can't use insecticides of any sort. Makes me sick immediately, can even taste it in my mouth when someone sprays my legs trying to be "helpful". I can't even walk through the insecticide part of the gardening department. I get sick immediately.

Thanks, Luke. Great video!

Thank you for the information Luke.

Picaridin may work better for no-see-ums than Deet. In Alaska, the mosquitoes can ruin your day, but these little no-see-ums can drive a person crazy. I'm sure.