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Topic: MOSQUITOS!!!
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hippichick
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posted July 18, 2013 06:32 PM
  
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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Terri
Try wintergreen oil slathered all over your clothes. I got one bite on my heel I think and was out all day in the garden today! xx
Thanks, Ami, I will!!! A friend told me about limes..cut em in half and place a bunch of whole cloves in them when you are just sitting around... I will try everything! IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
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posted July 18, 2013 06:40 PM
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Originally posted by Gemmy:
They don't like Vanilla extract.You can dab some on your pulse points.It worked for me. 
Is it that easy?
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T
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posted July 18, 2013 06:43 PM
Lavendar is mosquitos best natrual repellent (along with Citronella).I've mixed up a bunch of mosquito and insect repelling spritzes that are safe for human and dogs and they work, you just have to re-apply them often or more often than you would regular sprays. Taking a multi-B vitamin supplement is supposed to help as well (you will give off a scent that is only detectable and repulisive to mossquitos). Between the spray I made out of essential oils, the oil burner filled with lavender and citronella I keep on my balcony and the mosquito plant I recently bought (at Lowes), we are having a pest free summer here. There are many variations/recipes to be found online. Pick up the basics and create your own deet free spray. IP: Logged |
T
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posted July 18, 2013 06:50 PM
people often plant Lavender in key areas for this reason too.IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted July 18, 2013 07:47 PM
 Thanks for the info & advice, T!Stawr... guess those spideys got a little mad at you.. oooo no!  Gemmy.... Vanilla.... hmmm. I wonder how much our 'blood types' and the uses of these various scents play a variable in the equations? If someone matches 'blood-type' with a certain scent, it may work? Could explain how one remedy works for one person and not the other? That would include an 'irritation factor' too... The more worked up you get, the better you taste? Or how about our 'Belief' that a remedy is working? There could come a factor in our "aura" atmosphere, that could help make it harder for them to bat their little smidgy-wings and bite? yeah.... They'd have to swim through your toughened turbo resistive ether-powers.... eh? (Get 'em!!! There IS karmic forgiveness!!!)
Got Salt? 
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Gemmy
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posted July 18, 2013 07:59 PM
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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Is it that easy?
Yep,for me it was.But everyone seems to have a more sophisticated way of keeping them away.So whatever works. IP: Logged |
T
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posted July 18, 2013 09:41 PM
Youre welcome mirage!A quote I heard a long time ago just came to mind.. or a variation of it... The sun shines on everyone
the rain pours on us all
It does not pick or choose.. same goes for mosquitos and biting.   (I don't think that's how it goes exactly...and I want to say there is more to it, but you get the idea. Will try to dig up the original quote.. do you happen to know it? ) IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
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posted July 18, 2013 10:00 PM
Gemmy
Do you have a lot of them like being in a garden?------------------
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Gemmy
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posted July 19, 2013 12:46 AM
No,I don't have a garden.I wish.Someday,someday. But you do.So yeah,you need some heavy duty stuff. 
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mirage29
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posted July 19, 2013 05:05 PM
T.... one quote is from Matthew 5:45b nasb,,,for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
_______ The "Sunshine" does not discriminate... shining on one and not on another as a way of reward and punishment. The Sun does not "withhold" good. It's purpose is to BE and SHINE. BE Sunshine. It will shine its Being upon everyone, as 'equals'. MOSQUITOS.... They get 'equal time' and rights for being under the Sun! They have the right to BE. (Thanks T!) *goes to wash the mosquito mashings off her hands*.... out out damn spot!   IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted July 19, 2013 05:17 PM
(music) Make Our Garden Grow, Candide (Leonard Bernstein) [5:08] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXMxhMhYm4 IP: Logged |
Alma Sun
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posted July 19, 2013 11:56 PM
These are some of the things I've read about those pesky bloodsuckers:Lemongrass repels mosquitoes. Plant some in areas you like to frequent. Catnip oil, dab some on. Repels mosquitoes... attracts cats. Wear light colors. Mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors; black, red, etc. Oh.. and if you happen to have blood type O like me.. then good luck. You are mosquito's favorite meal. Sorry if I'm repeating what others have already said. ------------------
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead." — Barney Stinson IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted July 20, 2013 09:08 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Alma Sun:
These are some of the things I've read about those pesky bloodsuckers:Lemongrass repels mosquitoes. Plant some in areas you like to frequent. Catnip oil, dab some on. Repels mosquitoes... attracts cats. Wear light colors. Mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors; black, red, etc. Oh.. and if you happen to have blood type O like me.. then good luck. You are mosquito's favorite meal. Sorry if I'm repeating what others have already said.
I wear black. Great tips Alma. Thank you! xx ------------------
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mirage29
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posted July 21, 2013 03:26 AM
I knew there was something to do with 'blood-types'.... Hey there Alma Sun, I have your blood-type too.... Yep, the extra-tasty type.There was something about having an irritated mood does something to change the flavor on your skin, and they like that. In fact, don't they inject an irritant into us first before sucking out your blooooood? IP: Logged |
T
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posted July 21, 2013 06:40 PM
LOL Mirage. & that bible quote mustve been where the original quote i read, was inspired from (which i still havent found). Thanks. Alma!  I was going to list those too. Many of them went into my bug spray recipe. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted August 01, 2013 10:56 AM
Bought 2 gorgeous Citronella plants. They say to rub the leaf on you to keep the mosquitoes away. I have been doing it for a day or so and it is working------------------
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hippichick
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posted August 01, 2013 02:28 PM
I just love you all keep posting here!I just gave up.. scratch, itch...my bum...my bum's thighs... But, when I get to try each and every suggestion... I will certainly!!! IP: Logged |
Stawr
Moderator Posts: 3066
From: N. America
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted August 05, 2014 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
This is my plight too. My friend told me to get a dryer sheet and pin it to my clothes. They hate this. I am going to get some today.I put on a turtleneck and two layers of pants when I go into my garden. I look like a freak but what the heck 
I will be sure to pack dryer sheets when I go up north this weekend! IP: Logged |
Stawr
Moderator Posts: 3066
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Registered: Nov 2010
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posted August 05, 2014 06:58 PM
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Originally posted by Stawr:
whole foods has organic bug spray.
I've read about peppermint oil and lavender helping[/URL]
and it worked just as well as chemical bug spray. :/ Which means it did not work at all. I made my own today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXBi5-eFw0U
Didn't do exactly like that since I don't have all those EO's. I used way more peppermint oil than she did, because they HATE peppermint oil! I had a migraine up north. So I put the peppermint oil on my head. And that was the first time ever in my life I was not bothered or bit by a mosquito. So if my bug spray does not work, I will know to just add more peppermint oil.
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PlutoSurvivor
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posted August 06, 2014 11:30 AM
Bats
try putting up a bat house on the southern side of your house
bats are a natural mosquito predator and will substantially reduce your mosquito populationalso, if you have standing water try to change it often because it takes only a few days for mosquito larvae to hatch there are natural herbs and plants to grow which will keep mosquitoes away also. you can wear them against your skin as well. I have a list, i just have to find it and post it here. great suggestions posted above as well. IP: Logged |
Stawr
Moderator Posts: 3066
From: N. America
Registered: Nov 2010
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posted August 06, 2014 08:25 PM
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Originally posted by PlutoSurvivor:
Bats
try putting up a bat house on the southern side of your house
bats are a natural mosquito predator and will substantially reduce your mosquito populationalso, if you have standing water try to change it often because it takes only a few days for mosquito larvae to hatch there are natural herbs and plants to grow which will keep mosquitoes away also. you can wear them against your skin as well. I have a list, i just have to find it and post it here. great suggestions posted above as well.
Bats are awesome because of that! And they are pretty cute with their fuzzy heads. IP: Logged |
Stawr
Moderator Posts: 3066
From: N. America
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posted December 17, 2014 10:58 AM
Geranium oil too!
The smell over powers all my other essential oils!I made a roller ball with geranium as a xmas present for my grandma. So if she doesn't like it, she will at least have some very fancy looking bug spray. IP: Logged |
tuxedo meow
Knowflake Posts: 831
From: Third Coast
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted January 12, 2015 04:26 PM
Smudge with camphor. Try it.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 14, 2015 06:09 PM
Cut a 2 liter bottle in half. Put sugar, water, and yeast in a boiler and heat it. Pour it into the bottom of the bottle. Invert the top half and tape it to secure. Set it outside near you. They will fly into the bottle, but they are too stupid to fly back out.IP: Logged |
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