Re: Re: bug free cowboy camping

I plan to use my Tyvek ground cloth to lay my clothing on when I spray with Permethrin.  

Went for a 4 hour hike in a local Battlefield Park yesterday "pre-Permethrin" & found a tick on my leg afterwards.

TODAY I am spraying everything & I have a spray can I'm planning to put in a Mail Drop to a town where I plan a Zero. Hope it doesn't rain that day! 

Coosa




On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:35 AM, Mike Tamada <[email protected]> wrote:

> >One way to avoid the creepy crawlers while cowboy camping would be too
> >Use a Tyvek ground sheet that sticks out one foot beyond your sleeping pad and soak it in permathrin. 
> >That will keep centipedes and ants at bay and will even keep most mosquitoes from coming near.
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> Fascinating idea, I recently got a bottle of permethrin and was going to use it to treat a shirt and pants; I hadn't ever thought of treating the groundsheet.  Is there a way to tell if the treatment has worn off, or do you automatically re-treat say once a year?
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> --MKT
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