From: jpopelish@rica.net   
      
   Frederick Burroughs wrote:   
   > Besides the danger of rattlesnakes, chiggers are still voracious. I get   
   > covered in bites almost every time I go into the woods, and chigger   
   > bites last for weeks. Insect repellent spray will keep them off, but you   
   > must cover almost every square inch of clothing to make sure. Chiggers   
   > can work their way through cloths, shoes and socks. I usually wear New   
   > Balance walking shoes when hiking, and chiggers go right through the   
   > loose mesh of the shoes. I still have dime-sized scabs and blotches from   
   > bites inflicted weeks earlier.   
   (snip)   
      
   I make my own chigger repellent by mixing equal parts turpentine and   
   tea tree oil.  Then I add a chunk of solid camphor to this and let it   
   dissolve to saturation.  A spritz, (you can buy small spray bottles at   
   the drug store) on each side of each ankle, seems to keep the little   
   buggers uninterested in my feet, and if I do get a bite, somewhere, a   
   drop of this stuff covered with a band aid, stops the itching and   
   kills the bug, very quickly.   
      
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