Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 18:53:57 -0400From: Chris Garriss Subject: Ticks, Other Nasties and Permethrin After reading the Chatlist post on ticks and Permethrin I wanted to mention a North Carolina company by the name of Insect Shield. They sell clothing impregnated with permethrin. I learned about them in anContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 19:04:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Page Subject: Spiders, Chiggers and a cat All the discussion of daddy long legs and chiggers brings this poem by Kobayashi Issa to mind: Don’t worry, spiders Don’t worry, spiders, I keep house casually. My chigger carrier is a cat.Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:16:53 -0400 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Chiggers on Daddy Long leg spiders . . . Last week when I wrote about seeing chiggers hitching a ride on the legs of Daddy Long Leg spiders, someone wrote and told me I was mistaken: “I think you’veContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:04:03 GMT From: Jackie Strouble Subject: Tick Control I also use Frontline on my pets, but I refuse to spray myself, the yard, or the house with chemical agents. It’s a pretty good bet that I’ll be the one to get sick, while the bugsContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:26:08 GMT From: Snowflake Subject: Those pesky ticks I am writing after reading about “tick sticks”. One other method of slowing the little suckers down is to wrap duct tape inside out around the ankles. I have read that in California they drag white, lightContinue Reading
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