<----This is the only good mosquito.
I just wanted to mention that the past couple of nights before I walked my dog I have tried spritzing myself with vinegar - exposed skin on neck, arms and legs to keep mosquitoes away. . . and it seems to work! Prior to that I was being accosted by those little arthropod vectors unmercifully. . . especially at night between 9 & 11 PM.
I have NO idea how long the effects last, but for the time I was outside - 20-30 minutes the mosquitoes occasionally touched me, but departed immediately without biting. I had to shoo them away from my face once, but I didn't spray my face - maybe I will tonight.
Yesterday there were about 100 of the little creeps swarming in the shade of my front porch, so I tried the Listerine trick - I had some knock-off citrus mouthwash that I sprayed all over the door jamb and the walls and floor out there. I'm telling you - the mosquitoes were SWARMING like crazy. A little while alter I checked and there might have been a dozen left, no more than that. 80-90% reduction is substantial for not using those toxic bug sprays. I will check again later today to see if the swarm is back, but I just wanted to post my immediate findings before I got too busy today.
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Vinegar works well against mosquitos, but NOT Horse Flies!!! Those things HURT! I had to get some Back-woods Cutter to keep them away while walking in the woods.
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