Who likes mosquitos?
So you don't like those pesky mosquitoes.
Here's a tip that was given at a recent gardening forum.
Put some water in a white dinner plate (I suppose a small white platito will do) and add a couple drops of Lemon Fresh Joy Dish Washing Liquid. Set the dish on your porch, patio, picnic table, park bench, or other outdoor area.
Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white plate color, or what, BUT ... mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the Lemon Fresh Joy & water mixture,.
TRY IT --- it works just super! It may seem trivial, but it may also help to control mosquitoes around your home, (especially in areas where the dengue and malaria carrying mosquitoes are reaching epidemic proportions) .
Pass this on to anyone who likes sitting out in the evening, or when they're having a cook out.
It's safer than mosquito coils - no offensive odor and harmful fumes, no risk of fire.
2007-09-17 18:27:17 · 17 answers · asked by battgirl 7 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
hehe, Bopols, then P&G should launch Joy into a versatile kitchen formula..
2007-09-19 19:32:59 · update #1
Mosquitoes in Houston...
Yes, 'day, your lemon thingy works. I can attest to that. We've long been using it here in Houston where our mosquitoes are gigantic (as they say, everything's big in TX). I first learned about it from a sales clerk at Walmart (or was it Target?) when I was buying those battery-operated insect zapper. She suggested I try the "lemon pool"...voila! the lamok is dead! The zapper thing works great for bigger flying insects/bugs. Perfect combo at poolside for a warm summer evening swim.
2007-09-18 22:21:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
particular, there are dengue mosquitoes interior the Philippines. they are generally out interior the late afternoon (malaria mosquitoes, very uncommon interior the Philippines different than possibly Palawan, chew interior the morning). Mosquito repellent helps, yet its ultimate to avert being out around sunset in intense-threat factors in the process the wet season, exceedingly if there's a dengue alert.
2016-10-09 09:34:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably it is the water that will draw the female mosquitoes to lay eggs. However with the dish-washing liquid added, the water surface tension is lessened and the mosquito will actually fall into the water. Further the soap effect will block their breathing pores and will cause them to drown. I guess this is how this works.
2007-09-17 18:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by peanutz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok. Just sent a complete copy/paste of article to all my maternal clans. Hope they use it.
Relatives on my father's side was almost wiped out by malaria, (during and after the last world war) so it's on my other clans am sending. Thank you, Battgirl.
2007-09-17 23:12:33 · answer #4 · answered by Aref H4 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanks Battgirl, and congratulations for making the list.
I will tell my P&G client (manufacturers of Joy) your tip re Joy vs mosquitoes. Maybe we should even do an ad so that we can say "Isang Patak, Lahat ng Lamok Lagapak!" (one drop and all the mosquitoes are dead)
2007-09-18 22:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by boyplakwatsa.com 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am living in a mountainous region here in Bataan. So there were lots of mosquito.
Now, you give me some info.... what could I say?
Thank you so much. I know it will help.
2007-09-18 02:30:32 · answer #6 · answered by Jex 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jollibee support a mosquito free community.
2007-09-18 02:01:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow..thanks for the tip.
By the way, if you have lemon grass (tanglad) planted in a pot, put it inside your house..it is also a mosquito-repelling plant. Ü
2007-09-17 18:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by i a 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will try it and if it works I will pass it on to the relatives in Manila.
2007-09-17 23:55:28 · answer #9 · answered by PC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lots of mosquitos, lots of dengue fever too.
2007-09-18 11:26:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋