The secret to keep mosquitoes away from you

With the arrival of hot summer, those annoying mosquitoes come out again to make trouble with their buzzing sound. When people are bitten by mosquitoes, in addition to itching and pain, mosquitoes can also transmit a variety of diseases such as malaria, filariasis, dengue fever, and epidemic encephalitis B. Therefore, how to repel mosquitoes becomes an important issue in healthy living in summer. Below, we will teach you some common mosquito repellent methods so that mosquitoes will no longer bother you.

● Joy: stagnant water, sweet residue

Mosquitoes like to breed in dirty, stagnant water and lay eggs in these places which then hatch into larvae. Therefore, clearing stagnant water in front of and behind houses and indoors is equivalent to removing their "breeding ground".

Mosquitoes also like to smell odors like sweet wine, or stay in places with milk stains such as the bottom of milk bottles, so using sweet wine bottles or milk bottles with stains as "traps" can often kill mosquitoes.

●Fear——Cooling oil, orange light

Mosquitoes are afraid of some flowers and the volatile smells of cooling oils and wind oils. If you place one or two pots of blooming roses, mint, Milan, jasmine and other flowers in the bedroom, or place a few opened boxes of cooling oils and wind oils, the mosquitoes will be dizzy and then flee.

Mosquitoes are also afraid of orange-red light. In the summer, install orange-red light bulbs indoors, or cover the light bulbs with translucent orange-red paper, and mosquitoes will stay away.

Installing screens on windows cannot guarantee that there will be no mosquitoes, but without them there will definitely be a lot of mosquitoes.

Mosquito prevention experts remind citizens to close the door in time when entering and leaving the house, so as not to let mosquitoes outside follow the house; try to reduce going in and out in the evening, because this is the time when mosquitoes are most likely to sneak into the house; if you go in and out frequently, you can consider temporarily lighting mosquito coils at the door.

Mosquito killing power: ★★★★

Safety: ★★★☆

When you wake up every day and see a large number of mosquito corpses scattered around the mosquito killer lamp, do you feel the pleasure of revenge? If you want the mosquito killer to achieve the maximum effect, you can refer to the following points:

1. The mosquito killer lamp should be placed at a height of 1.5m-2m to achieve the best mosquito catching effect.

2. If the product is used under direct strong light indoors, the effect of ultraviolet light in attracting mosquitoes will be weakened.

3. Do not place the mosquito repellent in front of an electric fan to avoid strong winds causing airflow interference.

Reminder: Citizens should avoid staying close to outdoor mosquito lamps for a long time when enjoying the cool air, and should not place mosquito lamps at the bedside when sleeping. It is particularly important to note that during use, be careful not to let the mosquito killer lamp get wet, and do not let children get close to it and touch it.

Mosquito killing power: ★★

Safety: ★★

They can only repel mosquitoes and make them faint, but they basically cannot kill them. Experts remind citizens that they should pay attention to the following four points when lighting mosquito coils:

1. If there are infants and young children at home, try not to use mosquito coils to fumigate mosquitoes.

2. Be sure to wash your hands after touching mosquito coils.

3. When purchasing mosquito coils, it is best to choose mosquito coils made from pyrethrum flowers; secondly, choose mosquito coils made from low-toxic pyrethroid chemical insecticides such as cypermethrin, deltamethrin, and permethrin; do not buy those that do not indicate the active ingredients.

4. Change to another brand of mosquito coil every once in a while.

Understanding the phototaxis of mosquitoes is very helpful in killing mosquitoes. In the evening, mosquitoes often come in from outside, so be extra careful to close the door at this time. At six or seven in the morning, mosquitoes want to stay outside the house, but many people are still sleeping or rushing to work at this time and have no time to take care of mosquitoes, but this is exactly the best time to kill mosquitoes!

Try leaving the screen door closed but the glass door open. Many mosquitoes are at the screen door, their heads are flying around, just wanting to get out! Use an electric mosquito swatter to spray them for a while, I guarantee you can get revenge!