Great… first the corovirus, and now killer ladybugs. 
I’m just waiting for those African-American bees to make their way up here to swarm me. Then my own personal Hell will be complete.
That’s very cool!
Cold, no bugs… I’d do it. 
No bugs but you have to watch out for snow snakes!
As long as they don’t crawl into my hair (might take the approach as in “Aliens”) or get me all itchy, I don’t think I’d care.
And Yeti, of course. 
I just got a bug-a-salt, have been hunting for bugs in my backyard, it’s much more fun than using a swatter. It knocks the bugs out, then you can decide either to relocate or terminate them.
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/bug-a-salt-pest-repeller-in-yellow-black/5346918
You can use one of BedBathBeyond’s perpetual 20% off coupons for this.
I like cooking when I’m out camping. somehow the natural breeze makes my food smell better. will definitely be bringing my camping stove along.
well, i have not been camping yet this year. 2020 reasons, but they are boring.
as for what i sometimes pack, but might not be “normal” for most….
- battery operated fan. only mosquito repellent that really works.
- green laser pointer to show someone where Uranus is.
- walking cane/staff/stick. saved an ankle or two.
Next camping trip list:
Booze
Rifle
Binos
… and 60 more things. We use a 20 yr old word doc with every possible thing we’ve ever needed on a hunt or fishing trip- we edit it it yearly as we figure we could use something new every trip. Last year the new addition was leg cramp pills- gettin’ old sucks 
(*but it’s better than the alternative!)
Toilet paper.
I pack whatever I can cram in the back of the Subaru wagon (surprisingly a lot): food, coolers (one 40 qt, one 5 qt), utensils and cooking tools, pots, pans, disposable paper plates, clothes, tent, canopy, Coleman fuel lantern, propane stove, 2 popup LED in the tent, at least 6 flashlights including a couple headlamps, 2 D10’s, 2 or 3 modded C8’s, my custom xhp70.2 throw/flooders, my 100W flashlight usually comes, and so does my 14500/AA EDC lights for good measure and extra batteries, and 2 power banks for my phones and rechargables. I also bring my kayaks.
We use to camp with all 4 of us and our stuff, stuffed into the back of a Lexus IS250. Not much room. Now the VW and the pickup have lots of room. I sleep in the truck with the AC on. JK
Big tent with air mattresses. Too old to be sleeping on the ground. Selection of lights and cooking gear. Nothing special. The only thing I never leave behind for a camping trip is my juice harp. I never play it any other time. Weird.
Definitely a nice cooler filled with beers, a nice stove, a nice flashlight and one of these camping hammock. I prefer sleeping suspended and these ones are ready to go hammocks that takes me less than 2 mins to get it up.
…and viagra takes at least 20min. <ba-dum bum>
Interesting. I don’t know how I went without an air mattress for as long as I did, but we use a queen air mattress.
comfy swag, comfy chair, plenty of water and beer, all the sun protection because Australia is basically Mad Max with an average UV index of four thousand… a couple of throwers, a reylight for the pocket, a good knife or two, firewood, food…
1) fire foxes FF5
2) Ka-bar
3) 1.2 watt green laser
4) lots of knives
5) Pocket Shot with ammo
6) solar panels
7) battery with AC outlet (have a 100 watt, need a bigger one)
8) acebeam W30
9) Sawyer water filter
10) 2000K Noctigon for around the fire at night
11) Canon motion stabilized binocs for looking at stars
Stock photos of what I will be playing around with in upcoming southern hemisphere summer camping trips. I will also bring a selection of torches but I find I barely use them when I have a headlamp on. Not even a particular fan of lanterns due to the glare but I will be seeing what an LT1 mounted on a tripod can do. The Xiaomi USB lights are good for placing on an open rear hatch of a car.
I would encourage camping in winter for those in areas where temps don’t drop below zero. The shorter day length means you can have a campfire and get enough sleep before sunrise! You barely have enough time to (in theory) get enough sleep before the sun starts hammering down on your tent in summer.
Although a Zebralight H60 is more refined than a Sofirn SP40, the XM-L is much more efficient so the SP40 became my default headlamp. I use a Skilhunt headband with it though.
