What is your best idea for keeping bugs away?
By tanniebabe78
@tanniebabe78 (2934)
United States
July 10, 2008 9:51pm CST
I love to walk and exercise in the evenings or even the early mornings. These last few years with the concerns about mosquitoes, I wondered what you use. I am looking for something natural and baby friendly.
I heard that rubbing orange peel on you before going out is an option, but I am concerned about pesticides and the like of course.
I saw in Rural King where they have lye soap that apparently repels mosquitoes, but I am not sure about that either.
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@highlyclever (1111)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I've never tried this and have no idea if it works (and quite frankly think that it sounds crazy), but somewhere I heard that mouthwash (like Listerine) - put into a spray bottle and sprayed all over you - can drive the bugs away.
We had a wave of biting black flies (the little kind) that were nasty; they'd bite the kids and leave a mess... but we didn't know of anything to repel them...
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@tanniebabe78 (2934)
• United States
13 Jul 08
I actually read a fiction book where it described them making lye soap and it sounded dangerous. I just am positive that isn't the right thing to use on a baby.
@shlooper (309)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I did a little bit of internet research and found this website http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/a/aa050503a.htm
I thought it had some good tips on there. When it comes to the list of oils that repel mosquitoes, I have often heard that catnip oil can be used in a recipe; however, I later read that this can attract bees and fire ants, which may be worse than mosquitoes... good luck though.
@tanniebabe78 (2934)
• United States
13 Jul 08
Thank you for the website. I will be sure to check it out.
