Ticks are afraid of it as fire, or a reliable way to scare off insolent pests once and for all Bashny.Net

With the arrival of spring and warmth, you want to walk in the park or forest. Fresh spring air, young grass and pleasant sun fill us with good mood after a long gray winter. On the branches of trees, birds sing, animals and insects wake up. Including ticks. These arachnids appear very early. As soon as the air temperature reaches 5 degrees, they begin the active phase. And in warm winters, they can be active all year round.



Peels tick bite is not good. When you go to a forest or park, you need to think about your safety. Tick prevention It is much cheaper and safer than a bite treatment. Today's edition. "Site" It's a way to prevent these insects from attacking you.

Tick prevention is an excellent protein food for other insects, toads, birds, rats, mice and even chickens. The main enemy of ticks in the forest or park is the ant. The formic acid that these small insects secrete is simply destructive to arachnids. And at high concentration, it fights ticks in the air.



In addition, ants are also not averse to eating ticks and constantly hunt them. But since ticks perfectly sense where the anthill is located, ants have to go more than 20 meters to hunt for ticks. As soon as the ticks sense the approach of the ant, they immediately run away in the other direction.



Therefore, if you are going to the forest with an overnight stay, we recommend setting up a tent near the anthill. Then a tick attack will definitely not be afraid of you. Another simple way to prevent tick attacks is to put your clothes on an anthill. In 20 minutes, just shake off all the ants on your clothes and put them on. The ants will leave their scent on things, and no tick will creep up on you again.

But all these methods work well when you need to be in the forest for more than one hour. And when I just went out for a walk in the nearest park, then somehow I do not want to look for an anthill first. And he might not even be there.



You just need to go to the pharmacy. There you'll find the usual ant-alcohol. It is the same formic acid, but only with the addition of purified water and ethanol. Its main property is a warming effect, thanks to which it relieves pain in the joints and muscles. And now it's also a tick repellent!



All you have to do is prepare the solution and dilute the ant alcohol with water in a 1:1 ratio. Put this solution in a container with a spray gun and sprayed over their clothes. You can safely go for a walk in nature in the park and no longer be afraid of annoying dangerous mites.



Spring is no reason to stay home. This is a time of walking and good mood. So don't give the ticks a chance to ruin it for you. Share in the comments your methods of preventing tick bites!