<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:02 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Hi all,</div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This strategy works extremely well for me.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(Mosquitos and deer flies will bite through leggings so I spray them, or wear long pants over them.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Deer flies? Place a Western sky blue strip of duct tape on the <i>back top</i> of an old hat. Paint this with sticky insect trap glue. I've been amazed at how many flies are trapped there! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sally Chamberlin </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_3197694131190550505WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Hi outdoor mavens,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">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<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Marc Imlay<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">For example,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="m_3197694131190550505MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">Managed hunts to reduce deer to a natural density (20/square mile in Maryland) </span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)">2. Tick tubes. </span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">3. Proper use of permethrin insect repellent. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">4. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">V<span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)">accine research. </span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">5. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">B<span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)">ring back the native opossum, </span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">6. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">P<span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)">ersuade everyone to check themselves daily for ticks. </span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">7. Get rid of Japanese barberry </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">and Asiatic Bush Honeysuckle <span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)">from your yard</span> and natural places<span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)">.</span> <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">8. Unique herbal formulas after 3 month infection. <span style="color:rgb(28,30,33)"> </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/" target="_blank">http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/may-2018/</a></span> <u></u><u></u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p></div><div id="m_3197694131190550505DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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