Thursday 22 May 2014

How to combat mosquitoes naturally

Mosquitoes are the carrier of malaria parasite and they have sent many especially children to the great beyond. Research has shown that people especially experts prefer to find solutions to how to treat or prevent malaria rather than how to combat the mosquito itself.

In this write, we look at the possible way to combat the carrier of malaria parasiste, mosquitoes.
It has been discovered that standing water is where mosquitoes make more mosquitoes. We can limiting the insects' ability to breed by clearing gutters, filling in sunken parts of your lawn, and regularly changing the water in your birdbath or kiddies’ or swimming pools and not allowing any used/dirty water around your house.
Garlic has been discovered as an effective natural mosquito repellant. Garlic juice can be mixed with water or better still, piece and drop the onion-like around the house. Apart from mosquitoes, garlic also repels vampires! It scarce away reptiles like snakes, wall-gecko, amongst others.
Although, it might not be seen a better option because of its nature, a bat can eat hundreds of insects, mosquitoes included in less than one hour. Build or buy a bat house, hang it in a well-ventilated area, and let those web-winged creatures do their thing.
Because the essential oils in many herbs are natural insecticides, you can throw a bundle of rosemary or sage on the coals while you're barbecuing in order to keep backyard mosquitoes at bay.



Mosquitoes are lightweights. A fan preferably table fan blowing at a speed of two miles per hour is simply overpowering to a mosquito. So try strategically placing fans around you when sleeping to get a good bug-free breeze going.
Thai lemon grass contains citronella oil, which has a strong scent that makes it hard for mosquitoes to find you. At the same time, lemon grass is a beautiful mounding perennial. Plant some on your property wherever your family and friends like to congregate.
Mosquitoes are not attracted to all kinds of light. Instead of standard bulbs, opt for LEDs, yellow bug lights, or sodium lamps. This light switch would reduce the number of mosquitoes swarming around the entrances to your house during evening hours.

It has also been discovered that certain species of mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors like black, blue, and red and they are all attracted to heat. So stay cool (and less appealing) by wearing lighter colors. While you're at it, try to avoid wearing scented perfumes or lotions.

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