[pct-l] insects and methods

[William Canavan]

Hi Chris,
This is kind of hard to answer without knowing where you are planning to be
and when.  But imagine a two month window of time starting from when the
snow melts out.  The hatch starts right after snow melt and accelerates for
those months then declines. Usually by the third month after after snow
melt the mosquito populations have greatly declined.  Locations of moderate
temps, with standing water, and with some shade cover develop the biggest
hatches.  Most NOBO hikers get into the first bad batch approaching Tolumne
Meadows coming out of the Sierra.
Good luck,

Little Brown



  Hello everyone,

  Thank you all again for the great replies to my previous posts.
  Today I'm hoping someone can tell me where the insects/mosquitoes start
getting really bad on the trail. We have headnets and are planning to treat
clothing with Permethrin and carry DEET, but I would prefer not to treat
our clothes or carry DEET until we need to.
  If anyone has any particular recommendations for dealing with bugs other
than the methods above, and of course, sheer endurance because there's
nothing to be done, I'd be most interested.
  Thank you,

Chris