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- Wear long pants, preferably tucked into socks.
- Wear light colors (so you can spot ticks) and tight weaves (so ticks can't get a foothold).
- Avoid brush and leaf debris. Stick to trails and check yourself regularly, especially around
waistlines, knees, armpits, ears and crotch. Use the buddy system, and don't be modest!
- Apply Permethrin repellent on tents, sleeping
bags and clothing (not on skin). Permethrin kills ticks and mosquitoes on contact, lasts up to six weeks, and won't
wash off with water. Ticks climb upwards so be sure that your barrier covers adequate areas above tick entry levels.
If you are only in knee high grass then treating pants is probably adequate. However, if brush or trees are likely
drop points for ticks then a total body coverage of Permethrin on clothing and Deet Insect Repellent on skin is
necessary.
- One tip is to wear a Permethrin treated bandana
to prevent ticks from attaching on the neck or around the hairline.
- Use insect repellents containing Deet. Deet
is the most effective repellent against ticks. We recommend Sawyer's Controlled
Release Deet Formula Insect Repellent, for its combination of long lasting effectiveness and reduced
Deet absorption.
- We recommend you do NOT use alcohol-based Insect Repellent Sprays on children, as the alcohol
has been found to increase Deet absorption by up to 67%. Some pediatricians are concerned about Deet absorption
in children, even though Deet has been used safely worldwide for over forty years.
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