Here are some natural methods for keeping the blood-sucking little monsters at bay:
- Standing water makes perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Empty water from all buckets, kiddie pools, spare tires or whatever else you might have hanging around your yard.
- Recycla has heard that eating garlic will repel mosquitoes and if you are looking for a stronger variation, you can rub garlic on your skin. Bananas on the other hand attracts them.
- Stay away from scented shampoos, deodorants and perfumes as these tend to attract pests.
- Planting herbs in your backyard may help too. Basil and rosemary tend to repel mosquitoes.
- Ingesting Thiamine in the form of a B-1 tablet is rumored to give the skin an odor indiscernible to humans but unpleasant to mosquitoes.
- Natural oils like citronella and tea tree oil are save enough to put directly on the skin to keep mosquitoes at bay.
