On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:05:58 GMT, Salty Thumb
wrote:

Phisherman wrote in
:

Take 100 mg of vitamin B1 (with B complexes) daily, avoid eating
bananas, wear light-colored clothing, and use DEET. This is better,
works everywhere, and less $ than those mosquito traps.


What's the vitamin B1 supposed to do for you? I can vouch for not eating
bananas. Apparently mosquitos find me even more tasty after eating them.

The mosquitoes avoid the smell of the B1 vitamin on your skin. It
takes 3 or 4 weeks of the daily vitamin to work. Also, hundreds of
mosquitoes can easily hatch from a small amount of stagnant water,
often within a week time.