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Mosquito question
What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for
dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. |
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Try Avon skin so soft.
"Marcy Hege" wrote in message ... What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. |
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Marcy Hege wrote:
What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. I find skin so soft pretty useless. Some people swear by it. Deet sprays or lotions have been proven the most effective. If you can. try to find any standing water and empty it. Kid's toys and plates under planter pots are the biggest offenders. You could limit your gardening to windy days. With the wet weather, skeeters are really bad along with every other byting insect. Mark |
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I suggest Avon Skin So Soft -- it's available (or it was) as a combination
sunscreen/insect repellent. I don't have it right now, as it disappeared into my husband's fishing boat when I was not looking! BTW, I originally bought Skin So Soft bath oil in a bait & tackle shop in Florida (or maybe Texas), after the biggest burliest guy I'd ever seen bought some! As a birdwatcher, I found it worked great -- but my hubby insisted I not apply it until *after* I got out of the car! Note: these days, in light of West Nile, I suggest Deet unless you are allergic to it. (It was different when being bitten by mosquitoes was just extremely annoying, but not a health problem.) Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "Marcy Hege" wrote in message ... What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. |
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In article , "Anne Lurie" wrote:
I suggest Avon Skin So Soft -- it's available (or it was) as a combination sunscreen/insect repellent. I don't have it right now, as it disappeared into my husband's fishing boat when I was not looking! Consumer Reports just did a review on this. ISTR that the Avon product was not very highly rated, although I have never tried it. I've had good luck with the OFF product. -don |
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I use the Bert's Bees product at work. Works pretty well and feels and
smells great. It is an oil with citrus overtones. Wouldn't mind it as a perfume. Marcy Hege wrote: What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. Pat Brothers The Powell House Wake Forest The Perennials Lady at Atlantic Ave. Orchid and Garden Center |
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In article , C.L. Lassiter wrote:
Marcy Hege wrote: What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. And I have another question. I have a bird bath and orchids with pebble trays. How long does the larval stage last? i.e., how often should I be changing the water? Every day? Every other day? Once an eon? Seems like I read 7-10 days. I use those mosquito dunks in our bird bath. I don't use a whole one but break it up. Could do the same in the trays. So changing water ever week should prevent them also. Notice larve only show up in stagnant water. I have always wondered if larger bird baths could just be agitated to kill the larve. cl -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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In article , Don S. wrote:
In article , "Anne Lurie" wrote: I suggest Avon Skin So Soft -- it's available (or it was) as a combination sunscreen/insect repellent. I don't have it right now, as it disappeared into my husband's fishing boat when I was not looking! Consumer Reports just did a review on this. ISTR that the Avon product was not very highly rated, although I have never tried it. I've had good luck with the OFF product. My wife says it is not effective. Wonder if the people who think it works actually have some natural repellant ( more like they are less attractive)? I don't like the way deet feels on my skin. Knowing my luck I will come down with west nile since I only use it as a last resort. I prefer to put up with a bite or two. -don -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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In article , Marcy Hege wrote:
What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. Those OFF lanterns that you put the cardboard piece in that lasts for about 4 hours will work if there is not too much of a breeze. You may need two. A fogger is also a good investment. Again will not work in a breeze. I have wondered if I could rejuvenate those OFF cards by dipping them inthe fogger juice and use a regular tea candle and save money. Think they both use a prytherin (sp?) of some kind. I also saw a hose end sprayer bottle that purported to repel them for up to 3 months but it was a prytherin also and I doubted the claim. It treated up to 4000 sq ft. I am thinking that since mosquitoes do not hang around in a stiff breeze that perhaps an all weather electric fan is a niche market to get into. If such a thing exists I would mount one in our rose arbor. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Marcy Hege wrote:
What do you use to keep the mosquitos from making you their main course for dinner when you're working in the yard? Looking for something other than the normal Off or other compounds containing Deet. And I have another question. I have a bird bath and orchids with pebble trays. How long does the larval stage last? i.e., how often should I be changing the water? Every day? Every other day? Once an eon? cl |
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Thanks, Pat for reminding me about the Burt's Bees insect repellent! I
totally forgot I had it until just now. The one I have (don't know how many Burt's Bees has) contains lemongrass & citronella oil, and it *does* smell neat & refreshing. Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Pat Brothers" wrote in message ... I use the Bert's Bees product at work. Works pretty well and feels and smells great. It is an oil with citrus overtones. Wouldn't mind it as a perfume. |
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