Mosquito-Warding Myths and Tips

It’s skeeter season (at least here in Carolina) and while everyone has their preferred method of avoiding malaria and dengue fever–and the general annoyance of being vampirized by flying insects–there are some really bad ideas about how to do so. DIY Life has a list of legitimate tips and debunks some common myths about mosquito control.

Example:

A popular email forward from a few years back states that if you spritz yourself with a 10 to 1 mix of water to Listerine, you’ll repel mosquitoes. While the menthol and eucalyptus doesn’t appeal to the critters, the dilution won’t be enough to make much of a difference. (And directly applying Listerine to skin will just dry you out.)

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