It's not clear from your note that you verified this tip yourself. If anyone else tries this, please report back your results & observations. Not enough mosquitos where I'm located to run a definitive test. But it'd be nice to know. //Jack '85 Weekender
Date sent: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:42:38 -0700 Send reply to: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> From: developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> Subject: Eliminating mosquitoes while camping To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I thought this tip might be useful to others while camping. > > Mosquitoes > > > > Pass this on to anyone who likes sitting out in the evening or when they're > having a cook out. > > So you don't like those pesky mosquitoes, especially now that they have the > potential to carry the West Nile Virus? > > Here's a tip that was given at a recent gardening forum. Put some water in a > white dinner plate and add a couple drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent. > Set the dish on your porch, patio, or other outdoor area. > > Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white plate color, or > what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the > Lemon Fresh Joy/water mixture, and usually within about 10 feet of the plate. > Check this out--it works just super! May seem trivial, but it may help > control mosquitoes around your home, especially in the South and elsewhere > where the West Nile virus is reaching epidemic proportions in mosquitoes, > birds, and humans. |
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