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Kitt	04-21-2009 11:43 AM

Avon Skin So Soft is good for repelling mosquitoes.

If you live close to a dairy farm in AZ you will have flies. Then there are black widow spiders, scorpions, killer bees, etc. That's if you are in the, shall we call it, right part of AZ.

But, I agree there aren't any mosquitoes or flies otherwise:D

Curious

04-21-2009 11:47 AM

Putting Skin So Soft in those pot pouri style of oil burners work good when eating outside. The ones with the little tea lights. Smells nice too.

Lara	04-22-2009 07:22 PM

Yikes, bat doodoo where I live can carry deadly virus called Hendra virus which can jump from bats to humans. LOTS of bats here. We call them flying foxes if they're the same ones you mean. Fruit bats. I do not touch bat doodoo. :)

Neem oil is great for keeping mozzies away.

Neem trees or shrubs are even better if you can put a couple in the yard.

It's a natural repellant. I guess it depends on your climate. I think they originated in India so might not do well in some of your climates up and over there.

My trick is to take lots of B Vitamins. I swear it works. They don't like me much. LOL Seem to bite everyone else but me, but then again I grew up in the tropics and I'm probably pretty immune. Mozzies are shocking this year and we have Ross River Fever and Dengue Fever all over the state. It's really bad.

Friend2U

04-30-2009 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AfterMyNap (Post 383372)

Wiz, if you want to eliminate mosquitos, put a few bat houses in your yard. When I worked at a campground during college summers, we often talked about why the mosquitoes were so few there. After a trip to the library we knew that it was because of the dense bat population in the surrounding woods.

Several of my friends have them and swear by it.

http://www.eparks.org/wildlife_prote.../bat_house.asp

This is exactly what I was going to share. We have a big pond in our back yard. When we moved here, there were already bat boxes high atop the power poles. The bats are still here and I have NEVER seen a mosquito. The bats do not bother us at all.

Foggy Brain

05-02-2009 11:40 AM

Listerine?

Hello, everyone! I just received an interesting email about using LISTERINE to ward off mosquitoes. :winky:

Apparently one can spray outdoor areas with a bottle filled with the mouthwash to eliminate these pests. Another plus noted is the "repellent" lasts for a couple days.

One precaution was noted: do not spray on wood, like a door, but around the door jam.

May have to try it sometime.

prairiemary

05-02-2009 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ewizabeth (Post 379132)

Hi all!

Yesterday I ran short of OFF repellent so I made my own.

I mixed a couple of tablespoons of canola oil with about a teaspoon of my husband's aftershave. It worked great!! :)

I mowed and raked for over two hours and didn't get bitten once, though the mosquitoes were swarming outside.

Just be careful when using it and being in the sun, some ingredients are sun-sensitive, and may cause discoloration of the skin.

braingonebad

05-18-2009 08:35 AM

Our house is by the river, and even with a good bunch of bats, there are tons of skeeters. They spray, we spray, nothing stops them, not coils, listereen, SSS. And the biting flies, yikes. I grow feverfew, and you can crumple some leaves and flowers and rub that on you. Nothing seems to come near us when we use that, even after swimming.

I've heard but not tried olive oil with essence of rosemary is good too.

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