[MAIPC] Lyme disease from deer ticks

[Sarah Chamberlin]

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:02 AM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:

Hi all,
I am in the woods and my meadow all the time. To keep ticks off from the
waist down, I always wear full length leggings with socks or tights, alone
or under long pants. For my tops I wear commercially available permethrin
infused shirts, tucked into the leggings. All bare skin is sprayed with a
lemon eucalyptus spray. I especially spray behind my ears and back
hairline.

This strategy works extremely well for me.

(Mosquitos and deer flies will bite through leggings so I spray them, or
wear long pants over them.)

Deer flies? Place a Western sky blue strip of duct tape on the *back top*
of an old hat. Paint this with sticky insect trap glue. I've been amazed at
how many flies are trapped there!

Sally Chamberlin

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> *Hi outdoor mavens,*
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> *I got my first seasonal tick 3 days ago.  Here is information about
> permethrin. I was out in the field almost every day last year and got no
> ticks. Permethrin is not in Deet.  It lasts for 2 weeks. BUT  do not spray
> it on your skin! Only on your clothes the night before. I buy mine at ACE
> hardware. Marc*
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> *Marc Imlay*
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> *There are several good tools to use to reduce Lyme disease from deer
> ticks. None of the tools are great. but the accumulative impact of using
> all of them can be great. **For example,*
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>    1. *Managed hunts to reduce deer to a natural density (20/square mile
>    in Maryland) *
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> *         2. Tick tubes. *
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> *3. Proper use of permethrin insect repellent. *
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> *4. **Vaccine research. *
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> *5. **Bring back the native opossum, *
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> *6. **Persuade everyone to check themselves daily for ticks. *
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> *7. Get rid of Japanese barberry **and Asiatic Bush Honeysuckle from your
> yard and natural places. *
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> *8. Unique herbal formulas after 3 month infection.
>  http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/
> <http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/> *
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