Ediza Lake 7/10
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:12 pm
Hot off the press!
Bugs bad at Ediza Lake tonight!
Bugs bad at Ediza Lake tonight!
During the day - 0 to 1.
At dusk - 1 - 2.
It's definitely better this year than last year.
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2012 Mosquito Reports
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Little Lakes Valley - 7/5
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:03 am
Tuolumne Meadows/Young Lakes/Mt Conness July 6-8
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:52 pm
overall a 2
hardly any on the hike out of the Meadows.
started getting hit after arriving at lower Young Lake. just a bit annoying throughout the day-few biting- a bit worse at dawn and dusk. large non-biting swarms..pretty strange.
just used Eucalyptus spray, no Deet.
hike to higher two lakes saw few-second lake seemed to have less than first lake- a bit more at third lake. hardly any as we climbed up over 12000+
nice breeze over the weekend helped out.
hardly any on the hike out of the Meadows.
started getting hit after arriving at lower Young Lake. just a bit annoying throughout the day-few biting- a bit worse at dawn and dusk. large non-biting swarms..pretty strange.
just used Eucalyptus spray, no Deet.
hike to higher two lakes saw few-second lake seemed to have less than first lake- a bit more at third lake. hardly any as we climbed up over 12000+
nice breeze over the weekend helped out.
July 7-12 Mosquito Report Kearsarge/Rae Lakes
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:31 am
Trip out of Onion Valley, mosquitos almost non-existent
7/7 Flower Lake 0-1 a few mosquitos at dawn and dusk
7/8 Charlotte Lake 0-1 none during day a few at dawn and dusk
7/9 Rae Lakes 0-1 same as above
7/10 Sixty Lakes Basin - 0-1 first time I used any deet and only needed in small stretch from upper lakes to lower lakes along the creek
7/11 Kearsarge Lakes 0-1 a few at dusk
Great time, mosquitos were a non-issue.
Silverfox
7/7 Flower Lake 0-1 a few mosquitos at dawn and dusk
7/8 Charlotte Lake 0-1 none during day a few at dawn and dusk
7/9 Rae Lakes 0-1 same as above
7/10 Sixty Lakes Basin - 0-1 first time I used any deet and only needed in small stretch from upper lakes to lower lakes along the creek
7/11 Kearsarge Lakes 0-1 a few at dusk
Great time, mosquitos were a non-issue.
Silverfox
Mono Meadow to Ottoway Lakes July 6-8 2012
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:21 pm
Wet meadow and stream crossings (daytime) 2
Most trail sections 0-1
Illilouette Creek (7200' elev) 1 during daytime, 2-3 during evening, early morning
Lower Ottoway Lake (9700' elev.) - 2 during daytime, 3 during evening, early morning
Mosquito head-nets highly recommended for a comfortable stay! With the netting on, I received very few bites this year and was pleasantly surprised.
Most trail sections 0-1
Illilouette Creek (7200' elev) 1 during daytime, 2-3 during evening, early morning
Lower Ottoway Lake (9700' elev.) - 2 during daytime, 3 during evening, early morning
Mosquito head-nets highly recommended for a comfortable stay! With the netting on, I received very few bites this year and was pleasantly surprised.
Cottonwood Pass/Miter Basin/Crabtree 7/4-7/7
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:49 pm
7/4 Horseshoue meadow - Cottonwood pass - 0
7/5 Soldier Lakes - 2, Miter Basin - 0
7/6 Crabtree lakes, Crabtree Meadow - 0 - 1
7/7 Rock Creek - 2, Cottonwood lakes - 0
7/5 Soldier Lakes - 2, Miter Basin - 0
7/6 Crabtree lakes, Crabtree Meadow - 0 - 1
7/7 Rock Creek - 2, Cottonwood lakes - 0
Re: 2012 Mosquito Reports
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:28 pm
Thank you for your post Hiker_97, and welcome to HST!
Horseshoe Meadow, McGee, Little Lakes and Mammoth 7/8-7/11
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:43 pm
All car camping and day hikes on this trip:
7/8/12 - Horseshoe Meadow walk-in campground and nearby meadow = 0
7/9/12 through 7/11/12 - McGee campground = 0-1, 2 right by the creek in the afternoon
McGee did have A LOT of non-biting bugs (moths, beetles, others) attracted to our lantern and headlamps at night. Wearing light colors = lots of friends on your back.
7/10/12 - Mosquito Flat to Ruby Lake, down and out to Marsh Lake = 0
7/11/12 - (Mammoth Lakes) Arrowhead Lake = 0, 1 by the outlet.
We were warned by backpackers on their way out that bugs were very bad...so maybe further up...
By the Lake Mary Marina I was attacked by a few biting flies. They hurt a lot more than the mosquitoes!
7/8/12 - Horseshoe Meadow walk-in campground and nearby meadow = 0
7/9/12 through 7/11/12 - McGee campground = 0-1, 2 right by the creek in the afternoon
McGee did have A LOT of non-biting bugs (moths, beetles, others) attracted to our lantern and headlamps at night. Wearing light colors = lots of friends on your back.
7/10/12 - Mosquito Flat to Ruby Lake, down and out to Marsh Lake = 0
7/11/12 - (Mammoth Lakes) Arrowhead Lake = 0, 1 by the outlet.
We were warned by backpackers on their way out that bugs were very bad...so maybe further up...
By the Lake Mary Marina I was attacked by a few biting flies. They hurt a lot more than the mosquitoes!Re:Lodgepole, Waksachi, in Sequoia. July 8-13, 2012
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:40 pm
Car camped in Lodgepole, about 100 feet from river, which was running lowish. Hot and sunny, arm nights, monsoonal flow clouds coming in by July 12. No rain at all. Mosquitoes a 2, used Deet because I was getting bitten, but I think that may have been flies rather than the mozzies. They left purple round 1cm bite marks which Ive never had from a mozzie - not itchy though.
JMT / Thomas Edison 7/7-7/13
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 9:21 am
July 7-13 on a trail crew near the junction of the Edison very trail at the JMT behind Lake Thomas Edison- 2
The mosquitos and the biting flies were pretty annoying in the evenings. It was so warm in the evenings this past week that the mosquitos didn't go away. The flies were pretty annoying all day. Some of them just buzzed, but occasionally, you get bit by one, hard.
Also, there were these little "no see-um" like small flies that bit your hands and ankles and left small, round, itchy red spots. I had not noticed them before on previous trips.
The mosquitos and the biting flies were pretty annoying in the evenings. It was so warm in the evenings this past week that the mosquitos didn't go away. The flies were pretty annoying all day. Some of them just buzzed, but occasionally, you get bit by one, hard.
Also, there were these little "no see-um" like small flies that bit your hands and ankles and left small, round, itchy red spots. I had not noticed them before on previous trips.