Well not quite but it got your attention ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8542670.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8542670.stm
Cold winter has destroyed midge population
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SimonM
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
MagiKelly
Making memories since '67
what we need is pitcher plants that are Genetically modified to survive in scotland. and instead of nectar give off C02 as an incentive. if only i was a mad scientist...
The sundew used to be so common it was used as a herbal remedy. Nowadays it inhabits SSSI's 
It's very fond of midgies
Be absolutely brilliant if the weather has had an impact on the blighters even better if it's done in the mozzies and especially the clegs.
cheers,
Toddy
It's very fond of midgies
Be absolutely brilliant if the weather has had an impact on the blighters
even better if it's done in the mozzies and especially the clegs.cheers,
Toddy
The sundew used to be so common it was used as a herbal remedy. Nowadays it inhabits SSSI's
Really? I had no idea that it wasn't common any more. You'd need a heck of a lot of them to make a decent hole in the midgie population though...
Me to hoping that tick has depleted, i will soon know as one of my fav places has a tick death zone to get through come the mild weather.
Andy
I was talking to some of the guys on the hammock forums in the US and they swear by Permathrin, especially on their trousers for ticks, it kills them before they have a chance to settle. You can get it here for re-treating midge nets, and it will still work even after a few washes, I'm definitely going to try it, I seem to always pick up the little blighters.
I was talking to some of the guys on the hammock forums in the US and they swear by Permathrin, especially on their trousers for ticks, it kills them before they have a chance to settle. You can get it here for re-treating midge nets, and it will still work even after a few washes, I'm definitely going to try it, I seem to always pick up the little blighters.
Gailainne, ive used permethrin,id heard it was very good kills on contact,the down side is it seems to be very flammable,just ask my coveralls i had drying infront of the fire after a soaking through walking in waist deep wet bracken,the pemethrin coats the fabric and last about 2 weeks and dosent wash off easily which is good,but in the morning all's that was left of them was a button(they were about 5ft from fire so i assume a spark or ember landed on them and up they went)
Loss of habitat. Drainage of peat bogs and the like. Drosera can be very common in some areas but their range is very depleted.
I agree about needing a heck of a lot of them though.
Did you hear about the woman who is asking folks to send her the dead midgies from those midge killer machines ? She is using them with dripping to make very healthy fat balls for the birds
cheers,
Toddy
Still brings a smile to my face that Andy
You do seem to attract them though mate, two minutes at Achray and you were latched on to.
Nomad Travel sells it I think if you want any more.
Permithrin is the synthetic stuff made in emulation of pyrethrum.......dried chrysanthemum flowers.
Napoleons soldiers discovered that the powdered flowers killed off lice, scabies, fleas, crabs and bedbugs.
New eau de bushcraft........chrysanthemum
cheers,
Toddy
Napoleons soldiers discovered that the powdered flowers killed off lice, scabies, fleas, crabs and bedbugs.
New eau de bushcraft........chrysanthemum
cheers,
Toddy
I google'd it ages ago and aparently it a neurotoxin,though not usually toxic to most mammals although it is to cats, will defo get more for when the weather warms up,and YES i am a magnet for ticks for some reason,as well as midges ,well basically anything that bite's but will keep away for fire when wearing clothes treated with it.
Rich it was nomad i got mine from.
Rich it was nomad i got mine from.
