resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggestswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1231arrow-down1external-linkMosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggestswww.theguardian.comresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoEat more garlic and onion so your body just naturally repels the bastards. Avoid bananas.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYou’re thinking of vampires. Body hair though. Look like that armenian dad at the beach, and revel in your immunity to mosquitoes.
minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWhat if mosquitos start associating garlic and onion with blood meals? It’s the same idea as the one mentioned in the article
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe reason they work as a repellant for mosquitos after ingestion, iirc, is because it literally turns your blood to poison for them.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoAlso works on humans
Eat more garlic and onion so your body just naturally repels the bastards. Avoid bananas.
You’re thinking of vampires.
Body hair though. Look like that armenian dad at the beach, and revel in your immunity to mosquitoes.
What if mosquitos start associating garlic and onion with blood meals? It’s the same idea as the one mentioned in the article
The reason they work as a repellant for mosquitos after ingestion, iirc, is because it literally turns your blood to poison for them.
Also works on humans