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Also, if using a tarp in areas with high bug pressure, and trying to enjoy camp time, it'd be nice to have an area larger than a bug bivy where you could relax. It seems like there should be some bug net product that attaches to the structure you've already erected when pitching your tarp, and gives a much larger livable floor space than a bivy by essentially lining and enclosing the surface of your interior. Ideally, this product would minimally compromise the versatility and low weight of the tarp.
The only ways I think this would work both suck, though. Either you have a large, loose sack of a bug net with tie-outs and a zipper, or a bug net optimized for a specific structure, like a half pyramid (pic rel, there's a lot of these for a-frame pitches too). The former sucks because most often it'd probably be an oversized/overweight mess that never fits any pitch perfectly, and the latter sucks because if you're limited to one pitching option, you're losing the versatility of a tarp and likely packing around a less refined and streamlined double walled tent that's probably just as heavy if not heavier.
The thing I like about these options though is that if I can figure something, it means I don't need a tent just for bug season camping. I don't want to own more gear than I need; having just a tarp or two, bivy and net tent seems like a cool set up but I can't figure out this net tent part. I don't really ever 'camp' by myself, so if I get a bug net it needs to fit two. Ideally comfortably enough that we could sit up and play cards.
