What Are Mosquitoes Afraid Of? A Detailed Analysis

Mosquitoes belong to the order Diptera, family Culicidae, class Insecta. There are about 3000 species worldwide. They are slender small flying insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts. Usually the females feed on blood, while the males feed on plant juices. They are intermediate hosts of pathogens such as dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis and others. Do you know what mosquitoes are afraid of? Let us take a look together below!

What plants are mosquitoes afraid of?

1. Garlic: Garlic gives off a pungent odor, and its mosquito-repellent effect is also very good. After eating garlic, a person secretes a certain smell, and mosquitoes will stay far away. Friends who like eating garlic get an unexpected bonus. You can also slice garlic and place it at windows or smear it on window screens to keep mosquitoes from entering the room.

2. Orange peel: After eating oranges, put the orange peel on the windowsill or balcony to dry in the sun. At night, light the orange peel. The smell released by the burning orange peel has a quite good mosquito-repellent effect. And orange peel smells quite nice too!

3. Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum): Night-blooming jasmine is a good mosquito-repellent plant. Grow a few pots at home, or plant some in the yard. In summer it can both repel mosquitoes and serve as a beautiful sight!

4. Lavender: Lavender is an effective mosquito repellent, and it can also kill mosquito larvae. So planting a few lavender plants at home in summer is also a good choice!

5. Lotus family plants: A new study published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine found that lotus and other plants of the lotus family are an effective mosquito repellent, and they can also kill mosquito larvae. Therefore, in summer you might as well keep some small lotus family plants at home.

6. Catnip (also called camphor herb): Research by Ohio State University in the United States found that catnip makes mosquitoes “afraid”, and the mosquito-repellent effect of its essential oil is 10 times that of mosquito repellent spray.

7. Black pepper: Research has also found that black pepper also has a clear mosquito-repellent effect. You can usually sprinkle it at windows, doorways or the edges of flower pots to prevent mosquitoes from breeding and invading.

What animals are mosquitoes afraid of?

1. In water: fish, tadpoles, water tiger beetles (dragonfly larvae).

2. On land: amphibians such as frogs and toads, reptiles such as geckos and lizards, and arthropods such as spiders.

3. In the sky: bats, dragonflies, small insect-eating birds (such as swallows, sparrows, etc.).

What chemical substances are mosquitoes afraid of?

1. Insecticides: Insecticides are the most direct and also the most effective way, killing mosquitoes directly. However, friends who have used insecticides surely do not like the smell of insecticides, and people even feel a bit dizzy when they smell them, so it is not an environmentally friendly method. After use, be careful to let the house ventilate, and beware of poisoning.

2. Mosquito coils: Mosquito coils come in discs, and one can burn for a whole night. The editor has used them before. Disc-type mosquito coils have a very good effect and are relatively cheap. But some friends also dislike the smell of mosquito coils. When sleeping, be careful to ventilate the room. I think mosquito coils still have some harm.

3. Essential balm: Many friends have used essential balm or cooling oil. It feels cool when applied, but it actually has another effect, which is repelling mosquitoes. The smell given off by essential balm has a quite good mosquito-repellent effect! Beside the bed, in the bathroom and under the sofa, place two or three opened boxes of essential balm. Mosquitoes will fear it upon smelling it and flee without being driven away.

5. Smoke: When I was little, when the family was cooling off outside, they would tie straw stalks into very thick braids, then light them at the windward side of the yard. Thick black smoke blew over with the wind, and the mosquitoes were already dizzy from the smoke. How would they have time to bite people!