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2. Can What You Eat Really Repel Mosquitoes? Let's Debunk ... - AOL

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   Consuming garlic and onion was once thought to potentially repel mosquitoes, but Potter said that has been found to not be true. Webb added that another myth debunked by scientists is that Vitamin ...

3. How To Get Rid of Stink Bugs in Your Home for Good - AOL

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   Spray garlic: Garlic acts as a natural repellent for stink bugs, and it's easy to make your own garlic spray at home. All you have to do is mix two cups of water with four teaspoons of garlic ...

4. These Plants and Herbs Will Actually Repel Mosquitoes - AOL

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   Lavender. While many of us love the smooth and clean scent of lavender, mosquitoes just don't feel the same. Actually, the linalool odor is detestable to mosquitos, moths, flies, fleas, and other ...

5. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repels mosquitoes [4] Lettuce: repels carrot fly [3] Lime basil: repels mosquitoes [1] Mexican marigold: repels insects and rabbits [2] Myrrh: repels insects [5] Narcissus: repel moles [3] Nasturtiums: repel squash bugs, [2] aphids (though there is conflicting information with some sources stating it attracts aphids), [10] many beetles, and the ...

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

7. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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   Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus.