[AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd. Thursday night

  • From: "Randy Peterson" <rgpeterson@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:18:25 -0700

I just read a report somewhere recently (forget the source) that says what
AJ says.  Deet will repel mosquitos for several hours, other stuff like Avon
Skin so Soft (I think that's what it's called) or similar stuff without deet
repeled them for about 5-15 minutes per application.
Randy Peterson

----- Original Message -----
From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Rd. Thursday night


>
> After having just returned from vacation in Louisiana and visiting almost
ALL
> parishes (they're called parishes there not counties) with the
infestations, the
> discussion is there indicates there isn't any good repellent without DEET.
In
> other words; no DEET, yes mosquitoes; yes DEET, no mosquitoes.  I have
fresh
> container of Off repellent.
>
> So far I don't have any symptomssymptoms of the virusvirus.
>
> I'll bring the repellent so we can put Off on.
>
> Getting ready to pack,
> aj
>
> jack.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Do you have a bug report to give us? Like how many insects/sq. cm. were
> > there at sunset? I'll take heat, wind or cold before bugs. It's so
wonderful
> > that amateur astronomers are performing a great public service to be the
> > guinea pigs for West Nile Virus arrival in AZ. Or more correctly, we're
the
> > caged canaries. I wonder what's the best non-DEET mosquito repellent, if
> > there is such a thing?
> >
> > Jack
> >
>
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