Anti-mosquito home remedy?

does a certain brand of dryer sheet work?

[royalelephant]

A few years ago a guy from Louisiana told me that the dryer sheets of a certain brand were excellent mosquito repellants: just attach one to a hat or a couple to a tent to keep all sorts of bugs away. Naturally, i don't remember which brand or how well it worked. Does anyone know of such a thing?

(In any case, I could use all the home remedies to ward off the seasonal pests as possible.)

(swat!)

[webnerd]

I hear that hanging a bunch of cloves of garlic around your neck will repel mosquitos.
Oh wait! That may have been vampires.

[giggle]

Mosquitoes are a real pain here in Thailand also.

We have something like looks like a tennis racket but the wires that criss-cross it are electrified.

When a mosquitoe gets too close I just take a swipe at it and there's a sharp electric crack as the wee fella get zapped.

[royalelephant]

I like the electric tennis racket! That'd be nice.

[Jon_King]

Lindsay Davenport needed that racquet today :)

[Sweet Cognac]

The dryer sheet that does that is "Bounce" It has to be the original smelling Bounce too in the orange box. You can rub the dryer sheet on your arms and legs, neck and face. It's good for small children and babies.

I even tuck them in shoes to keep them fresh smelling.

[Essex_boy]

Learn something every day!

Once got bitten by a mozzie in teh USA on teh big toe of all places, swelled up to a very painful size so I now take this sort of thing very seriously.

[D_Blackwell]

Download the latest anti-mosquito software. [times.hankooki.com] Ideal for [url=http://www.download.com/Anti-Mosquito-Software/3000-2056_4-8228265.html] for home defense.

[lawman]

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[royalelephant]

I don't know how well Bounce keeps skeeters away, but I did notice that after I killed a few, they were unwrinkled and smelled spring time fresh.

[httpwebwitch]

You can get mosquito repellers that emit a high-frequency sound. Depending who you ask, they are designed to mimic the sound of a male mosquito, which scares away the females (females are the ones that bite). Alternately some manufacturers claim that their repellers mimic the sound of a dragonfly - the mosquito's natural enemy.

They do not always work. In fact it depends on the species of mosquito you're dealing with. Some are repelled, others aren't.

There are 2 excellent natural ways to keep mosquitoes in control, which is a concern here in Ontario where the West Nile Virus is an annual health concern. 1) drain all standing water where they breed. 2) get some bat houses and encourage bats to nest near your home.