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Looking for a good mozzie deterrent...every time we open our windows, bloody mozzies come in the house. i'm looking for something that isn't too smelly but will keep them away.
I know about citronella but find it a bit over powering.
If anyone has any good suggestions, that would be great.
How 'bout flyscreens? They work for me ;)
Citronella does NOT work. It is a hoax that seems to have fooled millions.
Any of the plug-in mozzie zappers work very well, even with the lights on and all the windoes open. No smell at all. No mozzies (or flies)
I was serious you know. Why no flyscreens? Mozzie zappers don't keep out the blowies and the moths do they? My place would be overrun by blowies during the day and mozzies and moths at night if I didn't have flyscreens.
Put up a 'SALE' sign next door, females can't resist them and will leave you alone.
Old bushies trick,stinkin' job but someones gotta do it put dried cow dung on a fire.:rolleyes:
Unfortunately it's kinda smelly even the mozzies have better preferences!
Some even smear themselves with it to keep the mozzies at bay,:eek: :eek: :eek: mind I'm not suggestin' you do this particularly if'n ya wanna stay on good terms with the family and neighbours.
At the moment during their breeding seaon wear plenty of covering clothing they'll soon be gone once the weather warms up.
Cheers:)
Maybe a mozzie rod is in order like your fly rod?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain
Al :p
Fly screens do it for me also, although I haven't been able to work out how a blowfly that flies so erratically can find it's way in a 100mm gap that is open for less than a half second.Quote:
Originally Posted by silentC
I learn't this from an old bushie once and it works a treat.
1/3 Dettol
1/3 vinegar
1/3 baby oil
mix it together and wipe it on.
Doesn't smell wonderful but compared to all the other crap it is pretty nice (and harmless).
Damo
Flyscreens have no odour... :p
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Dear SilentC.
It is clear by your constant spamming that you have an interest in the promotion of flyscreens.:mad:
No-one likes spam. I hope the mods ban you and your lucrative flyscreen business turns sour.:mad:
I also hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down.:mad:
Kind regards,
Felder
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Two products that do NOT work are the ultrasonic repellers sold by Dick Smith and the like and the ultraviolet light/electric grid zappers.
The plug in "insecticide mat" heaters do work as they simply liberate insecticide.
The remedy recomended by the local chemist is to take vitam b It apparently pases an odour through the pores that mossies and midges, Sorry BM, do not like
Thanks for all the suggestions...I think! :)
Lemongrass oil works; just add a few drops to some olive oil or moisturiser or whatever is handy. In some parts of Asia people wear hats woven from lemongrass leaves for the same reason.
We don't have any mossies round our place, the midges eat them all!:oo:Quote:
Originally Posted by Simomatra
Flyscreens are the best, but you have to be careful not to shout through them, because you can strain your voice.
Take it from one who knows, and I have the scabs to prove it :B B vitamins (vegemite, Barocca etc) have a minimal impact on mossies, and almost none on midges. I do believe that both find their meals by following the carbon dioxide trail that animals exhale believe it or not, so if you don't breath, you won't get bitten.
Cheers,
P
I think I like the cow shyte one best.
Just imagine, getting rid of guests that just won't go home......."Well, time to put the cow shyte on dear".
I'm with SilentC on this one, and today I will also put insect screens on the Dunny Door just in case. :oo:
Insect Screens also keep out snakes and require no naked flame nor batteries. :2tsup:
Geraniums are supposed to work too but hate the smell of those myself.
Don't know how you go about catching the mozzie though to give it the geranium.
We live in Melbourne and have used strong smelling plants with good effect. Mossies want to suck your blood so if you can mask this smell then they won't venture forward. We use peppermint and lemon scented geraniums and other nice smelling plants around the place, lilac, lavender, daphne, jonquils etc etc Get a nice smelling house and less pesky visitors.
Mind you I'm sure it wouldn't work as well if we didn't have FLYSCREENS!!!!!
My wife is Italian and the mossies just love her, yet never touch me. So maybe marry an Italian (or get one in on the side for those special nights....When there are heaps of mossies around!!)
Cheers
McBlurter
there is a serface spray called Coopex. we get it from local rural suppliers. Will stop mozzies, flies,spiders and bugs like that. Working now for 5 months under the eves (where dosnt get washed off) and fantastic results....nothing inside. Spray around window/door frames you cant smell it,its non toxic.
Sophia Loren, my phone number is.................:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mcblurter
unfortunatly cow dung atracts dogs, so if you put cow dung on you get rid of the mozzies and end up with a hose full of dogs that have jumped through your window.
Texas and Louisiana, misquito capitols of the world. I have seen every gimmick used every gimcrack tried every trick in the book. If the critters are so thick you breathe a mouthfull with every breath, have your arms turn red from smashed misquitoes(your blood), find yourself going crazy from the drone; the only thing that works is get inside with screens and central air.
I'm not exagerating I have been able to pick up clouds of misquitoes in my boats radar they have been so thick. Ointments don't work because they have no olfactory sense. They are attracted to body heat, moisture and light. If you can mask your body heat and manage not exhaling you can avoid them. Bug zappers work well enough, but in order to work they have to attract them first and you don't want to attract them. Give a zapper to your neighbor as a present and they work the best. Dettol, if it's what I think it is, is carcinogenic. I have heard that eating medicinal sulphur or match heads works, but have not had any luck with it.
Now there are those (Game wardens, State troopers and such) that swear by Avon's "Skin So Soft" (not sure you can get Avon products over there) to the extent that some orginizations supply it, but I've had limited luck with it.
Now I'm sorry I lead in so hard:B , but unless someone else out there lives in a jungle or a swamp (East Texas, South Louisiana) you just don't know. If anyone is interested look up the tiger misquito on the net and meet our little denizen of the devil. He is a killer(56 West nile viral deaths in Tx. last year). I get to watch 2-3 birds a month fall out trees and die from it. Was sick all last August from this. If they are merely a bother, be thankful.
I lived in Holland, and there are loads of mozzies in Amsterdam in the summer. All the apartments used to have geraniums in the window boxes to deter them from coming in.Quote:
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