I'm being bitten by these things like crazy.They don't seem to be biting my husband though,why me?What can I do to keep them away,besides coveing up with clothes?Its too hot.I live in Venice beach,Ca.,about 3 blocks from the beach.Thanks in advance.....
2006-08-05 16:29:07 · 27 answers · asked by gypsycricket 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I have to use mosquito spray every time I go out to work in my yard....it is terrible here in SC too...I found the spray really helps though!
2006-08-05 16:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by TJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop eating sweet fruits like oranges and banana's
Start eating B vitamines especially B1,B2,B12 or drink beer(This stops the mosquito's from their initial attraction to you but will not stop them from biting once they find you)
Use muskol or deep woods off
Grow Catnip and Citronella or rub it on you
Remember they follow the warm CO2 from your breath to find you at first
So drink from a cold bottle of water or beer
Use yellow lights they hate that
Avon makes a repellant based on Skin so soft now
(which was accidentally found to repel them)
Cook with rosemary and lemongrass (try rosemary & cheddar in tomato soup) it's awesome - they call it rosy cheddar soup
Get a Cedar pouporri
Choose darker clothes not white cotton as this glows with UV light the frequency they see in.
Put repellant over sunscreen not other way
Eliminate puddles or buckets of water from around your property (mosquitos rarely travel more than several hundred yards for a meal although they can be blown quite far)
Get a propane powered mosquito trap
Or burn citronella candles or mosquito coils
2006-08-05 23:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by alyxsylvr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to try to wear light clothing, stay away from sweet smelling lotions, as for bug spray get the out door or off for the woods even though you may not go in the woods, as for incect bite apply 70% isopropyl alcholol to a cotton ball and blot on bite, it seems to work.
2006-08-05 23:36:52 · answer #3 · answered by louisiana_queen2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.If you are wearing clothing that contrasts with the background, mosquitoes can see u easily...so try not to wear red in a golf course....2. Mosquitoes can detect heat easily, so if there is sweat they come n get you...
Remember, Mosquitoes are attracted by perspiration, warmth, body odor, carbon dioxide, and light.
You can buy these products on line http://www.quantumhealth.com/productgroups/itchandbite.html or simply go to a grocery store to find a bug free spray...
2006-08-05 23:40:48 · answer #4 · answered by reh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard a lot of things about what attracts mosquitoes. This sounds a little crazy, but I've heard that the scents from the foods that you eat comes out of your pores (i.e., if you eat a lot of onions or garlic, your body will put off that scent). I've heard that eating bananas will attract mosquitoes, also they are attracted to the color blue.
To ward off mosquitoes, I've heard that you can put a sheet of bounce fabric softener in your pocket and the scent repels them. It's worth a try, good luck...
2006-08-05 23:38:12 · answer #5 · answered by Sara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mosquitoes will usually bite the person with the least iron in their blood. Perhaps you are a little anaemic. Women are usually more anaemic than men & so get bitten more.
Take Iron tablets.
2006-08-05 23:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by chocolette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light Citronella candles and keep them around you. Mosquitos do have a taste for perfumes and scented soaps..... so it could be you smell better to them than the hubby, who probably doesn't use this stuff.
Here's a link to a page in a book that explains it better than I can:
http://www.bordersstores.com/features/feature.jsp?file=whydomenfallasleep_mosquitoes
2006-08-05 23:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be wearing a perfume or a certain color clothing that is attracting them. Rub your arms and legs with a Bounce dryer sheet. You can also try one of those herbal bug sprays.
2006-08-05 23:33:43 · answer #8 · answered by PuttPutt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get bit all the time also, I just live with it. Appearantly they're attracted to sweat. But a bug zapper, should help and you get the satifaction of watching the little mother f***ers fry!
2006-08-05 23:34:26 · answer #9 · answered by droolie_da_dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are attracted to Carbon Dioxide not Monoxide. We don't breathe out carbon monoxide(it is deadly to humans). Other than that, all the other advice is pretty much on target. Are you sure that they are mosquitoes and not gnats?
2006-08-05 23:45:17 · answer #10 · answered by fungirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋