Permethrin is what you want. Spray shoes and pants legs of your outdoor clothing and no more ticks.
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Im allergic to permethrin so i use peppermint and lemongrass oil with alcohol in a pump spray bottle.
Thank you both! This is great information
Wood ticks have light brown sides and a distinctive pattern on their backs. They are also larger than deer ticks. Deer ticks are mostly dark and some people have a hard time seeing them because of their size. The immature deer ticks are very small and are most likely to carry lymes. Whenever we get bitten by a deer tick we profilactically take one double dose of doxycyclene