hoyden
Lady Bug
I posted a thread about my rough travel plans here but wanted to start a new one for a specific question:
I've not traveled in the central northernmost U.S. and wonder what kind of bugs (and other critters) I am likely to encounter.
Should I expect hordes of mosquitoes? Deer flies? Chiggers? Swarms of ? Marauding somethings?
In southern Illinois right now this is a crazy high year for ticks (yuck!) and when I tried campering in Missouri, my truck was swarmed by mean, bitey horse flies (it was rather like a scene from Hitchcock's
"The Birds"!)
Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Eastern Washington....
Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Glacier NP, Sawtooth NF....
What critters and bugs to prepare for? Do I need to invest in a gallon of Deet, or just a little spray bottle for one especially bad location? I know about bears(!), anything else specific to those areas to be aware of?
Thanks!
I've not traveled in the central northernmost U.S. and wonder what kind of bugs (and other critters) I am likely to encounter.
Should I expect hordes of mosquitoes? Deer flies? Chiggers? Swarms of ? Marauding somethings?
In southern Illinois right now this is a crazy high year for ticks (yuck!) and when I tried campering in Missouri, my truck was swarmed by mean, bitey horse flies (it was rather like a scene from Hitchcock's
"The Birds"!)
Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Eastern Washington....
Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Glacier NP, Sawtooth NF....
What critters and bugs to prepare for? Do I need to invest in a gallon of Deet, or just a little spray bottle for one especially bad location? I know about bears(!), anything else specific to those areas to be aware of?
Thanks!
