Do you know what mosquitoes are afraid of?

Mosquitoes belong to the family Diptera. There are about 3000 species in the world. They are tiny flying insects with piercing mouthparts. Females usually feed on blood, while males feed on plant sap. They are intermediate hosts of dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis and other pathogens. Do you know what mosquitoes are afraid of? Let's take a look at it together.

What plants are mosquitoes afraid of?

1. Garlic: garlic will give off a prickly smell, and the mosquito repellent effect is also very good. After eating garlic, people will secrete a taste, mosquitoes will stay away, and friends who like to eat garlic will get an unexpected harvest. Garlic can also be sliced, placed in the window or smeared on the screen to prevent mosquitoes from entering the room.

2. Orange peel: after eating the orange, put the orange peel on the window or on the balcony to dry. Order orange peel at night, orange peel burning smell, mosquito repellent effect is quite good. And the orange peel is quite fragrant!

3. Nocturnal incense: nocturnal incense is a good mosquito repellent plant. Plant a few pots of nocturnal incense at home, or plant some in the yard. Summer can not only drive mosquitoes, but also be a scenery!

Lavender: lavender is an effective mosquito repellent and can also kill mosquito larvae, so it is also a good choice to plant a few lavender at home in summer.

5. Lotus plants: a new study published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine found that lotus and other lotus plants are effective mosquito repellents and can also kill mosquito larvae. Therefore, you might as well raise some small lotus plants at home in summer.

6. Cat mint (also known as camphor grass): a study by Ohio State University in the United States found that cat mint can scare mosquitoes, and its essential oil is 10 times more effective than mosquito repellent dew.

7. Black pepper: the study also found that black pepper also has obvious mosquito repellent effect. Usually it can be scattered on the window, door or the edge of the flowerpot to prevent mosquito breeding and invasion.

What animals are mosquitoes afraid of?

1. In the water: fish, tadpoles, water fish (dragonfly larvae).

2. Land: frogs, toads and other amphibians, gecko, lizards and other reptiles, spiders and other arthropods.

3. The sky: bats, dragonflies, small insectivorous birds (such as swallows, sparrows, etc.).

What chemicals are mosquitoes afraid of?

1. Insecticides: pesticides are the most direct and effective way to kill mosquitoes directly. However, friends who have used pesticides must not like the smell of pesticides, and people smell a little dizzy, so it is not an environmentally friendly way. After use, pay attention to ventilating the house and beware of poisoning.

2. Mosquito-repellent incense: mosquito-repellent incense can burn all night. The editor has used it before. Dish-type mosquito-repellent incense works very well and is relatively cheap. But some friends don't like the smell of mosquito-repellent incense. When sleeping, pay attention to the ventilation of the room. I think mosquito-repellent incense is a little harmful.

3, wind oil essence: wind oil essence or cool oil, many friends have used, painted to chilly, in fact, it has another effect, that is, mosquito repellent. Wind oil essence gives off the smell, mosquito repelling effect is quite good! At the bedside, under the bathroom and under the sofa, put two or three boxes of open essential oil, mosquitoes smell and fear, do not run away.

5. Smoke: when I was a child, when I was enjoying the cool outside at home, I tied the straw into a thick braid, and then put it in the limelight in the yard. The thick black smoke blew along with the wind, and the mosquitoes had long been dizzy, so they didn't have time to bite!