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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. 15 Ways to Repel Bugs Naturally (and Cheaply) - AOL

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   To deter ticks and mosquitoes, down 1 to 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and include garlic in your diet. The addition of vitamin B1 to a morning routine also might help repel pesky bugs.

4. Allicin - Wikipedia

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   Allicin is an organosulfur compound obtained from garlic and leeks. [1] When fresh garlic is chopped or crushed, the enzyme alliinase converts alliin into allicin, which is responsible for the aroma of fresh garlic. [2] Allicin is unstable and quickly changes into a series of other sulfur-containing compounds such as diallyl disulfide. [3]

5. 15 Ways to Repel Bugs Naturally (and Cheaply) - AOL

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6. Diallyl disulfide - Wikipedia

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   Diallyl disulfide (DADS or 4,5-dithia-1,7-octadiene) is an organosulfur compound derived from garlic and a few other plants in the genus Allium. [3] Along with diallyl trisulfide and diallyl tetrasulfide, it is one of the principal components of the distilled oil of garlic. It is a yellowish liquid which is insoluble in water and has a strong ...

7. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repel leafhoppers, the corn earworm, and the Small White [3] Hyssop: repels the cabbage looper and the Small White [3] Larkspurs: repel aphids [3] Lavender: repels moths, scorpions, water scorpions, fleas, and flies, including mosquitoes [4] Leek: repels carrot fly [3] Lemongrass: repels mosquitoes [9] Lemon balm: repels mosquitoes [4] Lemon ...

8. 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 ...

9. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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   Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish), a natural mosquito predator. A Hygieostatic Bat Roost, custom-built to house bats for biocontrol of mosquitos. Biological pest control, or "biocontrol", is the use of the natural enemies of pests like mosquitoes to manage the pest's populations. There are several types of biocontrol, including the direct ...