Best protective spray for ticks/mosquitos?

[Coldjensens]

Originally Posted by RamenAddict

Deep woods off works pretty well but you still need to wear long sleeves, pants, hat, and tuck your pants into your socks and top into your pants. And you still may get a tick or two. Yes, I know it is Florida, but in some parts of Florida the ticks are terrible. I am in IL now and can actually hike here with less on than I had in the marshy parts of FL.

Deep woods off (DEET) does not effect Tics. It works great for mosquito's though.

It also does not work for black flies (common and horrid in Northern Michigan and Canada, probably elsewhere too). if your are in a black fly area during black fly season, you need to cover absolutely everything. They make broad brimmed hats with netting that cinches at your collar for this. A really heavy coat of mud will also keep them off as long as the mod stays on and thick.

[mtnbkr5]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

Tequila (taken internally) is highly effective against black flies.

i can go for that.................black flies or no flies.

[mtnbkr5]

Originally Posted by glenninindy

It's worth a shot but I would not eat too much garlic. I heard that if you eat too much of it you can burn your stomach, so be careful. Maybe you could somehow drape mosquito netting over yourself.

Use garlic tablets.