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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:34 am
Clean bedding and showering before bed, so they won't be as attracted to you. I did some research a few years ago and I believe showering helps. At least with unscented soap.
Clean bedding and showering before bed, so they won't be as attracted to you. I did some research a few years ago and I believe showering helps. At least with unscented soap.
Hmm. I seem to recall the opposite. Get all dirty and grimy (say by wandering around in the woods for a week) and the mosquitoes will tend to ignore you somewhat. I understand they are primarily attracted to CO2 (at a distance) and body heat once they have zoned in, so you are kind of screwed regardless.HighlyIrregular wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:34 amClean bedding and showering before bed, so they won't be as attracted to you. I did some research a few years ago and I believe showering helps. At least with unscented soap.
I think you should build a contraption and make money on it. The market is wide open. Passive income baby!HighlyIrregular wrote: ↑Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:33 amI asked this on the old forum and got no replies but I still think about it. Where do you cut your toenails? I've been putting my foot over the bathroom sink but I often miss when a clipping goes flying. I don't think that method is safe. You could be 80 years old and tweak the foot you're standing on and fall on the hard floor.
Need something to remind me. Or auto update things (like smartphone, pc) to cause me to notice the difference between my devices and any non updating time sources I look at (night stand clock, thermostat clock, and I still have one wall clock in the kitchen).HighlyIrregular wrote: ↑Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:07 amHow do you remember to turn clocks forward and back? I don't mean spring forward fall back, I mean do you rely on a TV show to tell you?
Yeah. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/world/mo ... index.htmlHighlyIrregular wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:34 amClean bedding and showering before bed, so they won't be as attracted to you. I did some research a few years ago and I believe showering helps. At least with unscented soap.
The mosquitoes were most attracted to airborne carboxylic acids, including butyric acid, a compound present in “stinky” cheeses such as Limburger. These carboxylic acids are produced by bacteria on human skin and tend not to be noticeable to us.
While carboxylic acids attracted the mosquitoes, the insects seemed to be deterred by another chemical called eucalyptol, which is present in plants. The researchers suspected that one sample with a high eucalyptol concentration might have been related to the diet of one of the participants.
Yes, maybe if you brush against plants. I may look up the article to see what else they're repelled by.