onetracker
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Rode Allaire last week. Came home with ~35 bites (red bumps) on my ankles, shins and calfs. Crazy itchy. Chiggers? How do I avoid this torture in the future?
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The Kalmyk
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Apply Lice shampoo dry for 15 minutes- rinse- move on
Johnny Utah
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Don’t stop in the sand/grass.
When I go solo for a few hours and keep moving I don’t get them. If I stop and chat on the trail I get bit.
Tall socks can help.
onetracker
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Hmm. I really did not stop except when I went past the model airplane field; I watched the planes for a short while. I guess that is when I was attacked by these buggers. Never happened in all the years I went down to allaire. Thanks.
They were out in force this year my wife had "the mother of all creams" as an anti-itch cream that helped a lot be prepared for a rough 2 weeks at least..
Mostly John is right keep moving don't stop in the tall stuff there are a few trails that we just can't keep up with the trimming this time of year those will be bad whether you stop or not.
Mostly John is right keep moving don't stop in the tall stuff there are a few trails that we just can't keep up with the trimming this time of year those will be bad whether you stop or not.
alex_k
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I use "OFF! Deep Woods Insect Repellent Spray" rare summer Allaire rides.
https://www.amazon.com/OFF-Woods-Insect-Repellent-Ounce/dp/B00GJWJI88
https://www.amazon.com/OFF-Woods-Insect-Repellent-Ounce/dp/B00GJWJI88
onetracker
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I have been using Witch Hazel daily which should also keep the bites from becoming infected which seems to help alot but it is really annoying. Thanks for the comments.
MikeyBikey2000
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I think socks actually help those MFR's cling on, they clearly get through the fibers, even socks soaked with Deep Woods Off. I hate the winter but here's to the first frost.
alex_k
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I spay repellent directly on my skin and have no issues with chiggers
MikeyBikey2000
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Yes and I also spray shoes and socks
I recommend Sawyer Permethrin I spray all my gear down once a month and never have anything.
RobW
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I used ice then cortisone... but you got them from six mile?? Wtf!!
I wasn’t anywhere else so I have to assume it was 6 mi. I was with the little people so I stopped a lot especially in grassy areas like the twisties in the field on white. Luckily they were unscathed. I, on the other hand, am fully scathed.
What’s the half life of these little hell creatures? Like, they still burrowing in my skin eating me from this inside? Do I need fire?
RobW
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Fire always sounds appealing, especially Because torching your leg doesn’t seem like a bad idea when you are itching these bites. Typically two weeks of itching, after week one it starts to taper off.
