Re: Gnats
[Re: TurkeyTime]
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06/17/19 08:28 AM
06/17/19 08:28 AM
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Haven't had to many of them yet but it can get bad here with them. They are all most worse then mosquitoes. I was checking the June Berry patches the other day in tall grass and not a bug to be found. That will change with high water sooner or later.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Gnats
[Re: AuthorTrapper]
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06/17/19 10:28 PM
06/17/19 10:28 PM
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Chiggers are horrid around here! Anybody know how to kill them once they've burrowed their maggot holes into you? By the the time you start itching from chiggers, they are long gone. The itch comes from the tube which they created to get through your skin. They are the larval stage of a mite. We are just very temporary stooges, used for a quick meal so that it can move on to becoming an adult mite. The only real remedy is 2 weeks of managed suffering. If scratching yourself raw is what you prefer to get you through it mentally, by all means, scratch away. The best trick I know to work is somewhat preventative. When you return from an area known to be infested with chiggers, fill a small bowl with 1/2 bleach and 1/2 water. Strip down buck nekid. Use a warsh rag to cover EVERY bit of your skin (watch the wiener though). Once your skin starts to tingle, take a shower. I guarantee this will work.
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Re: Gnats
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06/17/19 10:56 PM
06/17/19 10:56 PM
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Dirk
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Chiggers are horrid around here! Anybody know how to kill them once they've burrowed their maggot holes into you? Nail polish over the bite mark, suffocates them Found that out many years ago while working in Nebraska
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Re: Gnats
[Re: TurkeyTime]
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06/18/19 06:58 AM
06/18/19 06:58 AM
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Gary Benson
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I scratch them chiggers til they bleed too. Makes me feel a lot better and the itch goes away. Little black flies are about the size of a gnat but they bite. There's a chemical you can pour upstream from the problem area (golf course in our case) and it kills the larvae as they breed in the water. Just a few ounces of cure 10 miles upstream does the trick.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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