Mosquitoes can pretty much spoil your summer evening. So that you have some peace in the garden or in your room, you will find tips here to drive away the beasts.
You look forward to summer and warm temperatures - even small, but annoying mosquitoes spoil a quiet evening on the terrace or a restful night in bed. Not only do they ensure a bad night's sleep with their hum, but you also wake up the next day with red puncture marks and swollen spots. Patience runs out quickly and home remedies are needed to drive away the nuisances. We have some tips for you.
Driving away mosquitoes: how to get rid of them in the garden and on the terrace
It is particularly difficult to keep mosquitoes away from you outdoors. But it does help if you pay attention to a few points that make you less attractive to the buzzing insects.
- Wear long, light-colored clothing if tolerable .
- Wash off body sweat .
- Do not apply strong fragrances or shower gels .
- Stay away from bodies of water and avoid any accumulation of water, such as puddles or stagnant water in the rain barrel .
To keep the pests even further away from you and your guests, you should use essential oils such as eucalyptus, aniseed or cedarwood . Even with lavender, mint or tomato plants, the beasts turn up their noses and run away. It is therefore worth planting them in the garden or placing them in a pot on the window sill so that the mosquitoes do not slip into the house through an open gap. Or you can simply set up a fireproof bowl in which you put a few crushed sage leaves and light them. The scent is pleasant for you - but the mosquitoes will turn back in disgust.
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Plants and home remedies: how to get rid of mosquitoes in the room
The classic mosquito repellent is the fly screen , which you attach to the window frame. This makes it more difficult for the little pests to get into your bedroom. By the way, mosquitoes are not attracted to light, as is often wrongly assumed. Instead, they follow body odors and exhaled carbon dioxide - and therefore find their way through your open window in the dark. Because just around the head, the beasts encounter a lot of carbon dioxide.
To confuse the mosquitoes, it can help to turn on a fan . It swirls out the air and makes it difficult for them to find the source of the carbon dioxide. A shower just before going to bed keeps body sweat away at least for a short time and therefore spares you from being attacked by insects for a while.
You can also - like in the garden - set up essential oils to drive away the mosquitoes. There is also a wide variety of scented candles that give off these scents. If you want to ventilate the room, put a bowl full of apple cider vinegar, bay oil, lavender oil or lemon essence on it. So the little animals turn right away again.
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What does the mosquito repellent on the socket do?
So-called mosquito plugs drive the pests out of the room with the help of insecticides. According to Stiftung Warentest, many of the products offered are actually effective, but consumers often expose themselves to vapors that pollute the room air, the environment and mucous membranes . You should therefore be kept away from children in particular. Home remedies are the better alternative here.
Can an app banish mosquitoes?
Perhaps you have already noticed that there are even mosquito repellent applications in the app store. These anti-mosquito apps generate a high-pitched tone that cannot be heard by humans, but is intended to drive away female mosquitoes who want to sting. At Stiftung Warentest, however, this app fell through smoothly: The female mosquitoes did not react at all to the sound and just kept biting cheerfully. " Those who kill mosquitoes with the iPhone are more successful, " was the sober conclusion.
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