• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Unless you’re going all out with clothing-as-armor, naked is better.

    Chiggers can’t directly get a grip on your flesh, mouth parts too weak. They gotta back that ass into something to get started. Like your clothes.

    Ticks are instantly observable because without clothes you can feel them tickle. In any case, you can see them before they lock on.

    Mosquitoes? I got nothing.

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      1 day ago

      Idk, long sleeves, pants and socks seem to work fine for me. But maybe I am just genetically lucky or something, it’s been a while since I had one bite. Oh, and obviously taking a bath in icaridin.

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        1 day ago

        you’d probably notice if you woke up with one crawling up your arm

        source: trust me bro (I have dogs)

        • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          If I woke up and saw it sure. But I would jot wake up because of it crawling.

          Source: trust me bro I had one 3 weeks ago almost bite my cock.

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        2 days ago

        Most people seem to have a pretty bad sense of touch.

        During certain times of years you get a lot of single spider-silk threads flying in the air and I constantly walk into them. But almost no one else seems to notice them.

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          People don’t notice them? I usually don’t see them and my brain immediately starts telling me ~something is weird~ on my arms.

          Always takes me way too long to figure it out because the first thoughts are always incredibly rational “what if i got bitten by a giant snake i didn’t notice?” And “where is the crawling bug?” Only then “oh, yeah, the thin spider web…”

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        2 days ago

        I recently have been bitten by quite a few ticks and can never seem to find them until days later. They are so fucking tiny, smaller than a grain of sand! Oh yeah just feel my legs? How do you tell the difference between a tiny scab from a thorn scratch or a tick then? Usually only find them once they have been there for a while and got bigger. Which isn’t exactly ideal.

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      3 days ago

      I have two defences against mosquitos.

      Thick body hair they tangle in, and my body acclimates to regional mosquitos so I don’t get itchy.

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        13 hours ago

        Acclimating happened when I moved here! I’d get eaten alive at sunset, itchy for 20 minutes. Now? I can’t remember an itchy bite, not for 20 years.

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      2 days ago

      Well you put your pants into your boots so the ticks have to climb all the way to somewhere where they can get on your skin. At that point you might be at home already and can strip away your clothes and yeet them to the washer