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[rocky2]

OK, mosquitos...prepare to be repelled (or so they tell me)!!!!!

Use Bounce Fabric Softener Sheets...Best thing ever used in Louisiana..just wipe on & go...Great for Babies

Take one vitaimin B-1 tablet a day April through October
The odor the tablet gives out through your skin (YOU can not smell it) repels mosquitos,black flies, no seeum's, and knat's. It does not work on stinging
insects.
Vitimin B-1( Thiamine Hydrochloride 100 mg.)

NPR reports that if you eat bananas,the mosquitos like you, something about the banana oil as your body processes it. (Maybe they need the potassium too-
Stop eating bananas for the summer and the mosquitos will be much less interested.

This is going to floor you, but one of the best insect repellents someone found (who is in the woods every day), is Vick's Vaporub.

Plant marigolds around the yard, the flowers give off a smell that bugs do not like, so plant some in that garden also to help ward off bugs without using insecticides.

when all else fails--get a frog

 

[JohnS]

Would replace the frog with a couple of bats. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif or make it a two tier defense.

 

[Tractorgirl]

I'll vouch for the Bounce sheets. When we go camping in Wyoming and Montana, one has to be careful that the giant size mosquitos don't carry you away. I found putting my hair up in a pony tail with the bounce sheet tying it together keep the bugs away from the facial neck area. I use a sheet to wipe down my clothes and thus far, the results are great.