2013 Mosquito Reports

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Enginerd
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Re: 2013 Mosquito Reports

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Any updates for Rae Lakes, Sixty Lakes and Gardiner Basins? Heading there next week.
Thanks in advance!
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Franklin L-Big Arroyo-Nine L-Little 5 L-Pinto L 7/24-7-30

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Not a lot of mosquitoes in our recent Mineral King trek. I took a 3ml dropper bottle of DEET and never used a drop. I was wearing nylon hiking pants, and donned a wind shirt in the couple of spots that they were present. Used a head net a couple of evenings since I had it

7/24 - Franklin Lakes - 0
7/25 - Forester Lake - 1, 2 at dusk. Wore wind shirt and headnet
7/26 - Big Arroyo (between Lost Canyon trail jct and drainage from Big Five Lakes) - 0, 1 in some low-lying spots. Wind shirt w/ hood
7/27 - Big Arroyo (between Big Five drainage and HST trail jct) - 1, 2 in wet areas. Wore wind shirt w/ hood
7/27 - Nine Lakes - 0
7/28 - Little Five Lakes - 0, 1 at dusk
7/29 - Pinto Lake - 2 at dusk. Wind shirt + headnet
7/30 - Timber Gap trail (between Cliff Creek and Timber Gap) - 2 at dusk. Wind shirt + headnet
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Gardiner Basin-60 Lakes-Rae Lakes 8/20-8/26

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Gardiner basin, sixty lakes basin, and Rae lakes 8/20-8/26 not a single bite, 0 the whole way :-)
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Re: 2013 Mosquito Reports

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Steelhead Lake - McGee Creek Trail
8/31-9/2

0 all the way up to the lake and 0 at the lake. Thought I heard one skeeter around camp on the edge of the lake but never saw it until the last night when cooking dinner. Bugger landed on my hand but I got it before it bit me. So I guess that makes it a 1? That was the only skeeter I saw and I was quite surprised I even saw one.
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Re: 2013 Mosquito Reports

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new research study regarding deet
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Re: 2013 Mosquito Reports

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Thanks L4-L5 for posting this interesting article. Looking forward to see what product
they come out with, and when.
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