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| Hail Mississippi State "Bird"! |
Well, here it is in
the third week of October in the Mid-South and the temps are still in
the 80's. I've been back home in the Delta for over 65 days now and the
mosquitoes especially out in the country side have gotten even more
persistent in the days leading up to cooler fall weather.
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| Warm day by the ponds. |
So everyday this
week, I've been going out to our property out by Big Sand Creek with my
Dad to check on the fruit trees, and check for various "nuisance"
animals (such as nutrias, beavers, racoons, etc ...). So we go and sit
out there for about an hour or so still hunting by the main pond. While
I'm waiting I have to endured swarms and swarms of mosquitoes with
their "kamikaze" attacks on me.
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| Wearing double layers clothes and coverings. |
I've gradually
increased the amount of layers of clothes, wrapped a neckerchief around
my neck, wore thick gloves and alternatively sprayed a 100% deet or
natural repellant all over myself. And yet the mosquitoes are still
finding enough exposed flesh to plunge their mouth (proboscis) into me!
And on more than one occasion I was bitten thru my clothes and my
gloves! I tried to outrun the mosquitoes down the levee road but a swarm
of them escorted (chased) me all the way one end of the property to the
other end.
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| Mosquito Supplies |
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| Insect repellent |
Who knew that the mosquitoes could be so bad this late in the year. I
guess my saving grace is to either stay home or wait for the cold
weather to come! Good thing the weatherman is predicting 40's and 30's degree nighttime temperatures this weekend!
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| Mosquito Candle |
I certainly hope not to get
West Nile Virus with all the bites that I've gotten both at home and in the country for the last two months!
-DB-
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