Seven ways to save themselves and their children from the bloodsuckers.
This year, the number of mosquitoes in our area exceeds all reasonable limits.You probably already feel it in their own skin.Well, the children are still worse than - their skin is thinner and damned bloodsuckers can bring them literally to the frenzy.The reason for all the activity of the volatile reptiles - a very powerful spring flood in heavy rains combined with the end of May.Water is plentiful, but they love it.
I spend a lot of time in the country, and had to work out a number of rules that allows to avoid insect bites while relaxing on nature - or, at least, minimize the number of blisters and subsequent frenzied scratching.And happy to share my own personal experience the rich fighting this scourge, which can be useful to you and your children.
course, you can fight the mosquitoes, gnats, midges and ticks chemical and mechanical means.But the most effective way - this behavior.
Away from vegetation and marshy shores!
All bloodsuckers hatch in puddles and live in grass or leaves.Moreover, their residence is localized to a much greater extent than it may seem at first glance.Therefore, if you try to turn away from puddles, swampy shores of rivers or lakes, as well as shrubs and grass, the number of mosquitoes, gnats and flies immediately reduced.A significant effect may be even trampling or mowing grass around your place of domicile.They play the role of literally tens of meters.That is to say, fifty meters from the terrible komaryatnika can safely sunbathe on the June sun.There are quite a few places, such as on the Oka River.Got blown open on the river - and everyone is buzzing downstairs will buzz at the bottom.
Wind, wind, thou mighty!
absolutely purged any good place get rid of all bloodsuckers quickly, efficiently and as long as the wind does not stop.That is why the Russian peasants and central African Bushmen have always built their villages on the hills.The wind, of course, get rid of all mosquitoes, ticks in addition - but they are separate conversation.
all of the beach!
If swampy shore - a home of mosquitoes, the beach or a rocky pebble they do not like.In the sand, pebbles and especially strong during the larvae of mosquitoes, gnats and flies do not survive.If the area of the pebble or sandy beach is great, mosquitoes, gnats and horseflies with shrubs and grasses do not reach the shore.In this case, as close as possible to cling to the water - the insects will be less.I already mentioned the Oka there are beaches that day completely devoid of insects, though in the bushes next to the beach of their myriads.The same situation is in the Lower Volga.
When the forces of evil reigns supreme
All insects have cycles of daily and seasonal activity.Therefore it is necessary to make sure that your activity periods did not coincide with them.For example, mosquitoes fight easiest mode of the day - their time - a morning and evening twilight.Well, the situation is that these twilight models - for example, shade and high humidity.Day in the sun they're gone.
In some places I have to go on a fishing trip in the twilight in the screens, disposable latex gloves and protective clothing.And in the same places can be calm, almost without fear, sunbathing during the day naked in the sun.Naturally, during the morning and evening peak activity of insects, women and children have to sit in a sealed tent, buttoned all the lightning and hear how insects brother tried unsuccessfully to break into.
If you are in the country, the rules - the same.At this time, only a severe bearded men dressed in suits, have the right to visit the environment.And women and children, it is better not to let the street for their own good.
have gnats and flies daily activity is expressed differently.Midge is most active, starting from 17 pm to dusk, and horse flies sting in the heat.Fortunately, seasonal activity midge is very short-lived - in the second half of June, it is largely destroyed dragonflies and frogs, and horseflies and line are beginning to sting even after the peak mosquito departure behind - so that from them it is possible to get rid of, once inmoderate shade.In the shade they lack enthusiasm and courage.
way, at night on the nature of any bloodsuckers do not fly at all.For example, fans of barbecue should bear this in mind.
all the water!
Another very effective way to maneuver in the insect situation - to be at the peak of the daily activity of these creatures in the water.As practice shows, the vast majority of insects are not reaches the people on the boat (or yacht, a cruiser or an icebreaker).If the reservoir or river wide enough, the additional service provided and the wind.Sometimes to the brave sailors dozhuzhzhivayut individual horseflies, but in general on the water insects powerless, it is not their territory.If the boat is large enough, and its space can comfortably accommodate, it can be done quite a lot of time.Naturally, while bathing and sunbathing on board;I remember my friend Nick arranged for his son on the boat, even daily bedroom - in a tent during the day was very hot, and in other places the child seized mosquitoes and midges.
Away from cows and elk
About ticks separate conversation.They - the only of the whole bloodsucking brethren who can cause in our part of real harm to children, and adult health - in the form of encephalitis and borellioza.It should therefore be as small as possible to visit the places where a lot of the main food of the reptiles - moose, cows and horses.Such places are easily identified by the droppings of these animals.
If exposed places, the grass and bushes around the parking lot should be thoroughly eliminated.The forest walk - in shoes, clothing and hats, and then - carefully combed and inspected (tick bites are not directly).Best of all things, as far as possible, be avoided at all kleschevoopasnyh places at the end of May and beginning of September - when they peak of activity.By the way, mites are not to be confused with elk head lice, which are similar to ticks, but they have wings and are planning on these wings of the trees on the bald head or the hapless mushroom picker panamku editor in chief, who decided to collect boletus.Tights lice - nasty, but they do not carry encephalitis.The surest way to avoid ticks - to be where there is no grass and shrubs - for example - on the same beach.It is with grass and bushes ticks jumping on people.
Do not cover it with black
Some species of bloodsuckers - horseflies and biting flies, moth - are very excited by the black color, so do not use it in the child and his clothes in places where a lot of insects.At the same time, if you have a black car - it can be put at a distance from the parking lot in the sun and popcorn stock - whatever the local hard horseflies, the body they do not bite.But they are trying - even more so, the black car to distract their attention from the people.
And how repellent and fumigators?
With all the abundance of brands on the market there are two main repellent - is diethyl toluamide (mosquito) and alfapermetrin (ticks).Both of them are toxic, diethyl toluamide - not much, but alfapermetrin not even be applied to the skin.In my opinion, vaccination against encephalitis gives less risk than the use of alfapermetrina, although it is effective.Diethyltoluamide effective in much less (although in a concentrated form is capable of, for example, dissolved or lighter frame of glasses, I have personal experience).Fumigators are effective only in the room (and why they're there, if there is a mosquito net?).
problem that repellents more or less work at a low concentration of insects.But if you're in a cloud of gnats or mosquitoes, repellents special effect they will have.In this case, protective clothing, latex gloves and screens help out much better - but the rest in such an outfit, of course, it is quite specific.
lounging in the sun on a lounger with a glass of mojito and watch how children torturing another poor animal caught them, will not leave.At that time, as a behavioral protection periodically provides such an opportunity in the most blood-sucking, at first sight, places.
forgot to say a few words about the highly publicized personal protective equipment.Of course, I myself dream of such a thing, which makes cloud bloodsuckers around sharply to recoil at a distance of 5 meters, but such a thing does not exist.Read reviews about how mosquitoes bite ultrasonic repeller tried, hilariously funny.
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