14 may be removed and the upper member 12 reinserted under the trouser legs 16 of the inspector in order to present once again a typical street dress appearance this procedure may be followed at each different inspection house office yard site with reference now to fig2 an alternative embodiment 20 of the invention apparatus and method will now be discussed detector sock 20 generally comprises a sock like garment 21 sized to fit over the inspector 39 s shoe 22 and has an upper section 23 sized to fit over the pants and leg of the inspector the length of upper section 23 preferable should extend above the knee of the inspector a barrier means 24 is affixed about upper section 23 for preventing ticks and other crawling insects from coming into contact with the inspector the barrier means 24 may comprise a double sided tape similar to that utilized with the preferred embodiment illustrated in fig1 or may comprise a permanently affixed sewn barrier about upper section 23 the bottom section of sock garment 21 has a shoe like sole member 25 formed for example of soft flexible rubber or other suitable material sole member 25 is affixed to sock garment 21 in conventional manner such as sewn not shown thereto securing means 26 is provided to maintain the upper section 23 in place about the upper leg of the inspector securing means 26 may be formed of an a tie string elastic band strap or.