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Mosquito Status - Cottonwood Lakes #17711 08/22/11 02:42 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 Bakersfield, CA R RDiamond OP
OP RDiamond R Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1 Bakersfield, CA	Does anyone have a recent "bug report" for Cottonwood Lakes Basin? I'm headed there next week and am contemplating leaving my tent body at home.... Thank you.

Re: Mosquito Status - Cottonwood Lakes RDiamond #17779 08/25/11 09:35 AM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 453 Likes: 1 A Anonymous1
Anonymous1 A Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 453 Likes: 1	This is a little dated, and a few miles off, but I was on New Army early August and they were NASTY. We were running for our lives in the morning hours. My friend and I each literally had at least 30-40 of the little buggers on us. Bring Deet, a net, or some other alternative. Most went away after an application of Deet but a few hardy ones still did drive bys.

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