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Curmudgeoness

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1. You could try going out just a little earlier.

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:35 PM

Jul 2014

Try to find that time before they get too active? It doesn't have to be at dusk, just later in the afternoon when there isn't too much more time for the sun to dry everything out.

Could putting long pants and long sleeves on help? I hate the idea of using a repellent just for a short time outside, and if I use it, I use a DEET product. But I spray it on clothes, not my skin.

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Fricking bugs [View all] Aerows Jul 2014 OP

You could try going out just a little earlier. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #1

I went out in a polo Aerows Jul 2014 #4

I let nature do the watering, elleng Jul 2014 #2

I usually do Aerows Jul 2014 #3

I am all bitten up, too. femmocrat Jul 2014 #5

Haven't heard about that Aerows Jul 2014 #7

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