No.127
How the fuck did Native Americans
deal with bugs? Wouldn't they get eat alive on any piece of exposed skin?
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No.132
While I am sure there are homemade ways of creating bug sprays and pesticides, I'm not sure what kind, if any, American Indians used. They also had common sense and probably avoided areas such as tall grass, thick underbrush, and standing water. I can imagine coating your exposed skin in a thin layer of ash would also provide some protection.
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No.136
Lavender, for example, is an excellent bug repellent which grows in temperate climates here in Europe.
I am sure there's some north-american counterpart the natives knew about
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No.1126
Bay leaves can be made in to a tincture that you can rub on the skin that repels bugs iirc
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No.1138
Always wondered this myself.
Something I've observed in my time /out/ is that I get bitten by mosquitos to a much greater extent than my swarthier, tanner, and older relatives. I theorize that there are individual differences which make one a smaller target for mosquitos which probably depend mostly on the weathering of your skin, but I've never seen any scientific studies on the matter.
All I know is that I've seen my cowboy uncle totally free of skeeters when I'm positively swarming with them, many times.
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No.1156
I've been leading canoe trips for the past 4 summers, and for the past 3, i've avoided using bugspray.
It's not too bad if you work during the hours of daylight, and get to bed before/in twilight, because that's when the bugs really come out, at least here in Canada.
Also, campfire smoke will keep them away. And you can avoid them by living in dryer areas, away from marshes, ect..
>>1138
is on to something i think, also I should mention a lack of hygiene seems to help keep them away.
In addition, the mosquitoes that annoy you a lot here, the ones with stripey abdomens are recent migrants from Asia, so the natives wouldn't have to deal with them.
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No.1164
Down in the south, the US military started doing these retarded ops (look of operation big buzz/big itch, there was a couple and I can't remember them all) where they would dump a metric fuckton of insects (like mosquitos, etc) for biowarfare tests or some shit. Long story short, they farmed up a shitton of insects and started dumping them everywhere. Thing is, they didn't die off or disappear, so some areas are still completely fucked because of it.
What I'm basically trying to say is that in some places, it's a lot worse now than it used to be.
Also, it's a lot warmer now than it used to be, so insects of more active. But fuck Canada and the arctic plains…….you fuckers have some seriously out of fucking control bugs flying around.
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No.1182
>>1156
>>1138
The idea about some people being less prone to bugs bothering them interests me. My father's side of my family seems to be impervious to it and so am I. My brother however seems to attract the fuckers. I'll be sitting pretty and fine watching him get eaten alive across the campfire. I was always told that it eating tons of garlic, which is something I do, makes your body odor repel bugs though, not necessarily genetics. Has anyone done any research on this? Anecdotally it seems to me like a common knowledge thing that some people just don't get bitten a lot and that makes it seem odd that I've never heard of a study about it.
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No.1208
>>127
Herbs.
In Germany we have the Spitzwegerich((Plantago lanceolata) and the Breitwegerich (Plantago major) that is used against Insekbites, for Wound disinfection and against Blisters by Wanderers.
Cinnamon, Lavender, Melissa, Peppermint, Sandalwood, Rosemary, Cedrus, Carnation, Lemon grass, Pelargonium and Nimtree, they all keep mosquito and other bugs away to different degrees.
If that doesn't help, you can always cover your body with mud.
Sweat, Salt, Perfume and dark Clothes all attract mosquitos and they are the most active during the twilight hours.
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No.1220
>>1182
I have discussed this while in SE-Asia; with students from various parts of the middle east, africa, asia, etc. It is commonly held that some people will get bitten and others not due to different blood and scent, some people are preferentially sought out by mosquitoes. This was very evident during a trek with a group from all over the world. Some would constantly be swatting mosquitos- and others would not even get a a single bite.
According to some, O type blood is preferred; I didn't see much to confirm or deny that. To me it doesn't sound implausible that differences in blood cells - such as shape & surface proteins would make some more easily digested by bugs, than others.
Another interesting point- immune response differences were notable too. There was variance in size of inflammation, duration of inflammation, how reddened etc the bite site was. Some people for instance had swelling after a day, others had a little raised bump that went away after an hour or so.
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No.1222
>>1138
>Something I've observed in my time /out/ is that I get bitten by mosquitos to a much greater extent than my swarthier, tanner, and older relatives.
I've personally noticed that people with lighter skin seem to be more likely to be mosquito targets.
>>1220
I'm pretty mosquito immune - I have olive skin, A+ blood, and I've been told by ladyfriends I taste very salty.
>>1156
> In addition, the mosquitoes that annoy you a lot here, the ones with stripey abdomens are recent migrants from Asia, so the natives wouldn't have to deal with them.
Am I the only one who finds them less annoying? They're more likely to bite, and they breed more easily, but they're also much less likely to come indoors, much easier to spot and swat because of the stripes, and their bites are much less likely to cause inflammation.
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