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    I've camped on many hot mosquito filled nights, I had read that mosquitoes don't byte through double layer hammocks but wasn't sure if i trusted it. On a canoe trip several years ago I set up camp near a marsh on a brutally hot and humid night, the air was thick with clouds of angry mosquitoes that made the woods hum loudly all night long.
    It was so hot i moved my under-quilt to the side and slept in only underwear, nothing but the 2 layers of my warbonnet XLC hammock between my back and millions of hungry mosquitoes. The next morning I didn't have a single byte on my back and I now sleep just fine even when I hear them buzzing right behind my head all night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigshift View Post
    I've camped on many hot mosquito filled nights, I had read that mosquitoes don't byte through double layer hammocks but wasn't sure if i trusted it. On a canoe trip several years ago I set up camp near a marsh on a brutally hot and humid night, the air was thick with clouds of angry mosquitoes that made the woods hum loudly all night long.
    It was so hot i moved my under-quilt to the side and slept in only underwear, nothing but the 2 layers of my warbonnet XLC hammock between my back and millions of hungry mosquitoes. The next morning I didn't have a single byte on my back and I now sleep just fine even when I hear them buzzing right behind my head all night.
    I'm with you. I think a double layer is ALMOST always adequate. I think the occasional "lucky" mosquito can get through, but it doesn't happen often enough for me to worry about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman857 View Post
    I hang in my back yard daily with a netless hammock, no UQ. I soaked the thing in permethrin (using the clothing-specific kind, not petroleum-based) and haven't been bitten yet. Granted, I also had Mosquito Joe come out and spray the property, so that may also have something to do with it.
    If Mosquito Joe came out and sprayed your property with permethrin, then it's a mosquito no-fly zone for at least three weeks. Since I have a vegetable garden, I can't do that. I tried spraying my property with permethrin once, and not a single insect would come to pollinate my garden.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr View Post
    If Mosquito Joe came out and sprayed your property with permethrin, then it's a mosquito no-fly zone for at least three weeks. Since I have a vegetable garden, I can't do that. I tried spraying my property with permethrin once, and not a single insect would come to pollinate my garden.
    I wondered just how indiscriminate their application would be. What is fascinating to me is how many dragonflies I see flying around my back yard. Every day there are 5-10 of them flying around. Wish I knew more about what bugs are affected by permethrin. As long as skeeters and ticks are gone, that’s all I really need.


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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman857 View Post
    I wondered just how indiscriminate their application would be. What is fascinating to me is how many dragonflies I see flying around my back yard. Every day there are 5-10 of them flying around. Wish I knew more about what bugs are affected by permethrin. As long as skeeters and ticks are gone, that’s all I really need.
    Permethrin kills every insect, to my knowledge. In wet form it will also kill cats and fish. So I think it's great for camping and hiking, but I ain't gonna spray it in my yard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr View Post
    Permethrin kills every insect, to my knowledge.
    I'm glad we're having this discussion, because I didn't realize the synthetic pyrethroid chemicals they use also kill bees. Last time I'll do that!
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    Hammock camped for many PA Summers, here's my experience with keeping unbitten in a hammock:

    Using a Single layer, untreated hammock: I got bit LOTS, would rather sleep in the car.
    Using the Permethrin for clothes on a single layer hammock: 100% effective, also seem to kill skeeters that get inside the bugnet ( I have cats, so I sprayed & dried it thoroughly, hung up outside the house)
    Using a double layer hammock: Also 100% effective. but don't leave a hand or an arm on the bugnet
    Using an underquilt: 100% effective, but often not viable on warm/hot nights.
    Using an underquilt protector: 100% effective, but it blocks wind you may need for cooling.
    Using A light fleece blanket from walmart under me: Works pretty well.

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    Is Smidge available in the States? https://www.smidgeup.com/ Active ingredient is Picaridin/Saltidin. Doesn't contain Deet so won't damage synthetic materials. Works against the Scottish midge but I don't personally have experience of using it against mosquitos. I've only used it on my skin but not on materials so don't know how effective it would be in that case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob-W View Post
    Is Smidge available in the States?
    Picardin products are certainly available in the US - one example comes from Sawyer products, the same company that makes the Permethrin spray-on-clothing product that many backpackers use.

    https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Produc.../dp/B07BSBBVZW
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    Yeah, it's kinda like setting off a thermonuclear bomb for all insects in your yard.
    Now just spray some round up for the weeds and you can wipe out all the amphibians and fish,,

    Quote Originally Posted by iceman857 View Post
    I'm glad we're having this discussion, because I didn't realize the synthetic pyrethroid chemicals they use also kill bees. Last time I'll do that!

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