Before folks spend a lot of time and effort/money on replacing screens:

No-see-ums aren't mosquitoes and do not vector West Nile.  (In fact only
certain species of Mozzies can vector the virus).  Not to say that being
covered in No-see-um bites is fun....

Kirk Hockin
'83 Westy "Ariolimax"

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of BA
Sent: July 9, 2004 7:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Eliminating mosquitoes while camping

On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:37:16 -0400, you wrote:

>Boy, have I been dealing with these little suckers this year?
>I really wanted to believe in this "cure".
>
>The Westy has been pretty much modified to satisfy SWMBO in order to
make
>her feel that the two year old is "safe" from West Nile while camping.
We
>added a no-seeum netting under the sliding door curtain (very nice for
>keeping the door open and the bugs out).  I also did the in-place
>replacement of the pop top screen so that we now have a functional bug
>screen up there. And finally I was able to make the original sky light
>screen stick to the pop top ceiling by replacing the original VelcroR
to
>eliminate the free pass the bugs had inside from there.

Hooray!  Ideas!  This bit of mosquito-bait was just reminded that our
new-to-us-Westy screens do *not* keep out mosquitos.

To my amazement, I find that it's REI who has the least-expensive
no-seeum netting by-the-yard!  Is it good stuff?  (I generally find
that at REI we get good quality, but good prices as well.  So I'm
suspicious when they're the least expensive ...)

And, the million-dollar question is, ...  black, grey, or white?  (We
have what I *think* are the original '87 Westy screens, which are
yellowed-by-age-white in color.)

And while I'm asking, any recommendations/hints/gotchas for washing
these screens?  And for good measure, the curtains?

B, hasn't-been-camping-in-it-yet-darnit girl