Listerine for Mosquitoes, Does It Work as Bug Spray?
Each year, people all over the place begin their battle against the bugs, especially mosquitos who need blood to reproduce. Most people in warmer, wet climates spend a small fortune each year, trying to figure out how to eliminate these nasty, infection spreading, blood sucking, insects from their home and their lawns. Due to the fact that people hate them so much, there are numerous ideas on possible alternatives to bug spray that are cost effective. Most are things that we have in our homes anyway. For instance, the rumor is that Listerine works to repel mosquitos, but there are many who question whether it is true or false. Does Listerine repel mosquitoes? Here is the truth about Listerine for mosquitos.
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does Listerine repel mosquitoes
The big question, “Does Listerine keep mosquitos away?” The theory is that the Listerine that most people uses for mouthwash is a great way to repel mosquitos. There are some who say that it works. It stems from the simple fact that eucalyptus is used in mouthwash and it is also used in some other types of mosquito repelling sprays.
As an idea, it is not necessarily wrong. However, mouthwash contains very little true eucalyptus in it. There is just enough in it to give you that little burn and a fresh feeling inside of your mouth. Many of the bug sprays that use eucalyptus, have a much more substantial amount of it in them. There are also many repellants that may use DEET as well, which has been rumored to be harmful to not only insects, but to humans who use it. With any spray that uses DEET, there is a chance that you will have reactions to it. Therefore, it should not be used too often throughout the day. This is perhaps one of the main reasons people opt to try and find other alternatives to bug spray.
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In the article “When Mosquitoes Were Killers in America” by Lauren Tarshis, She makes the statement “Yet mosquitoes are far more than a nuisance.” What she means is that mosquitoes aren't a little bug that just sucks a little blood and can be annoying, but instead it uses all that and more. Mosquitoes have killed millions upon millions of people by spreading disease like malaria. An example of how she supports this claim is in the article, she says “ In this way, bite by itchy bite, 212 million people are infected with malaria every year” (Tarshis 13). And that is only a year with bug spray, shots, and all the other things that help stop mosquitoes. So when the U.S. government tried to save people from these murders little insects. So they
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Ramona the pest by Beverly Cleary is a silly, exciting and fun book to read. Ramona is excited about the first day of kindergarten. But when she gets there it isn’t what she thought it would be like. Ramona is distracted about another classmate’s hair and can’t wait any longer to touch her hair. Ramona gets in trouble a few times but then gets over it. Her sister Beezus (Beatrice) thinks that she is a pest and everybody in her neighborhood thinks she’s a pest. At first when she starts kindergarten she loves her teacher but when Ramona gets in trouble a few times she’s beginning to thinks her teacher doesn’t like her anymore.
The Asian Tiger Mosquito looks very similar to our common, everyday mosquitos except for a few differences. This six-legged insect averages a length of about ten millimeters. The abdomen of this species is black with white horizontal bands. These white bands are also found on the legs and have white tips on the palp. The thorax is also black and the dorsal side of the thorax has a white stripe down the center, starting at the back of the head and continues along the thorax.
A disappointing fact is that bug zappers kill very few mosquitoes. If someone is planning on being outside, the best way to protect himself is to use a bug spray that contains DEET and wear light colored clothing. DEET helps repel mosquitoes because they think it
...e a much better chance of even avoiding the itch of a mosquito bite. Make sure that you drain standing water around your yard and repair the screens on your windows and doors to keep the bugs from coming in.
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Mosquitoes, mosquitoes, mosquitoes! Aaaahhhh! They can drive anyone crazy. Walking through the hammocks, not even the insect repellent will save you. I just don’t get it. I’m sacrificing my skin by wearing insect repellant with deet (which melts plastic) and these salt water monsters still managed and dared to pinch and penetrate though my skin, sucking my blood out of me. One of my classmates told me a mosquito secret. She said if I pulled my skin, stretching it in opposite ways while a mosquito is biting me, it’s stinger would get trapped in the skin and it would explode. I wondered how on Earth this was possible until she taught me that the mosquito would continue to draw blood as an attempt to get out. I trusted that she was correct because she works with the Everglades and she has done this herself.
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