10 Ultimate Tips To Get Rid of Mosquitoes
You are sleeping peacefully in your nice, cozy bed, but then all you could hear is the constant buzzing sound of none other than a mosquito that is not just roaming around minding its own business but also biting you here and there.
The tranquil environment will poof off with you rubbing (now slight pinkish bumps) on the areas wherever the nasty pest has kissed. Does the question arise of how to get rid of mosquitoes?
It is only the female mosquito that drinks blood (Pun intended!!). So, that it can provide prenatal supplements for the growing eggs.
Blood is full of amino acids and proteins helping the eggs grow strong.
Apart from temporary inflammation, mosquitoes also bring along a number of infections and diseases-Malaria, Dengue Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Chikungunya virus, to name a few. So, it is very important to get rid of indoor mosquitoes.
10 Ultimate Tips To Get Rid of Mosquitoes
1. Applying Citronella oil
- It helps to repel mosquitoes. When we apply it to our skin, it masks the lactic acid and carbon dioxide scents, which make it difficult for mosquitoes to search for.
- Do a patch test before applying, as we find a few people allergic to it.
2. Cloves stuck in lemon halves
- Mosquitoes do not like the smell of clove and lemons.
- So, take a lemon. Cut it in half.
- Stick 5-6 cloves into the lemon half.
- Place it in a room.
3. Crushed Lavender
- Place crushed lavender flowers in a room.
- Mosquitoes will fly away as they hate its smell.
- We widely used lavender as a primary scent in perfumes, soaps, and disinfectants, but it proves to be also a popular mosquito repellent.
4. Fix any gaps
- If there are any gaps in your room’s door or window sills, then do fix them.
- Otherwise, there is no use in trying out other methods to repel the mosquito if you do not nip the bud.
5. Use netting
- If you are like me, who enjoys the natural cold wind more than that of an air conditioner and you keep your window open to enjoy it at night, then use a netting instead.
6. Sugar yeast concoction trap
- To get rid of mosquitoes, take a plastic water bottle. Cut it in half.
- Heat water. Add some sugar to it. Brown sugar works best. Mix it up. Dissolving the sugar. Put this mixture into the cut half of the bottle.
- Add yeast into this concoction, initiating carbon dioxide production.
- Then place the inverted second half of the bottle and tape the two ends.
- The carbon dioxide will attract mosquitoes into the funnel of death.
- Replace this mixture after a fortnight.
7. Keep your fans on
- Lots of times we cannot beat mosquitoes, but mosquitoes cannot beat high-speed fans.
- So, to get rid of mosquitoes. Just turn the fan on and see the magic. If you are feeling very cold and there are a lot of mosquitoes, better to cover yourself with a blanket.
8. Do not keep water standing
- Mosquitoes breed on standing water.
- Cover the water-filled bucket or tub or better not to fill them at all.
9. Use essential oils
- Essential oils like eucalyptus, rosemary, tea tree oil, cinnamon oil, and thyme oil are best to be used as mosquito repellent.
10. Ground Coffee beans incense
- Take dry coffee grounds
- Place it on aluminum foil in a safe spot at your home.
- Burn it like incense.
The bottom line
You can try any of these methods which are the ultimate tried and tested ways to get rid of mosquitoes.
Happy, Peaceful Sleeping