At 06:33 PM 4/8/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>Can't comment as to whether the fabric has a fine-enough mesh to keep out
>no-see-ums, not living in that part of the country, but these puppies will

Screening for no-see-ums (midges, minges in Maine, or in Canada
"sparks from Hell") is fine enough that it's a little hard to see through.

Been around them much of my life.  I never understood the sparks from
hell bit -- after all, they don't even try to get away, just touch
your finger to them and they're dead; and the bite only lasts a
half-hour or so -- until I got a beard full in the woods one
day.  Wow!  The horseflies didn't bother us at all, they were all
beating themselves senseless against the windshield of the
pickup.  There must have been over a hundred when we got back in, and
they didn't even turn around and notice us.

My second notable experience was out in the Berkshires in Dutiful
Passage, camping in a powerline cut.  I was working outside in the
dusk without my shirt, getting bitten but not paying too much
attention.  About 45 minutes later all those bites came together all
at once, and I was crazy with pain and almost crying.  I ran inside
the van and made Sylvan miserable for half an hour, then it was all gone.

  --
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"