Home Remedies To Keep Mosquitoes Away

CEBU, Philippines – The carbon dioxide that we exhale attracts mosquitoes. Dry ice emits a lot of carbon dioxide. So, place dry ice in a container and keep it at a certain distance. When all the mosquitoes are attracted towards that container, close the lid. While this can be a little time-consuming, it is an effective method to drive away mosquitoes.

2. Coffee Grounds

The simple home remedy to repel mosquitoes is coffee grounds. All you need to do is just sprinkle coffee grounds wherever you find stagnant water near your house. The mosquito eggs present in the water will be forced to come to the surface of the water due to the coffee grounds. As they come to the surface, they will be deprived of oxygen. This will kill them before they are hatched and will prevent mosquitoes from breeding.

3. Mosquito Traps

You can buy a mosquito trap from the supermarket or can easily make it at home. For preparing homemade mosquito trap, you need a plastic bottle. Cut this bottle in half. Add brown sugar in hot water and mix well. When it cools down, empty it in the bottom half of the bottle. Now, add yeast. Put the funnel part into the other half of the bottle in upside down direction. Wrap a black tape on the bottle, but the top should be uncovered. Place it in the mosquito prone area. Change the solution of the bottle every after  two weeks.

4. Camphor

Camphor is another home remedy to get rid of mosquitoes in an environment-friendly manner. Just close all the doors and windows of the room. Then light camphor and leave it for about half an hour. When you go back to that room after some time, you will not find any mosquitoes.

5. Garlic

Garlic has a very pungent odor, which many people do not like. Even mosquitoes abhor its smell. Crush a few cloves of garlic and boil the crushed garlic in water for some time. Then pour this homemade mosquito repellent in a spray bottle and squirt it around the room. This remedy will kill the mosquitoes.

6. Dish Soap

Squirt dish soap on the mosquitoes to kill them naturally.

7. Beer

Fill a bowl with beer and place it in your house to drive out the mosquitoes.

8. Indian Lilac Oil and Coconut Oil

Indian lilac has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, antiviral and also anti-protozoan properties. Mix Indian lilac oil and pure coconut oil in the ratio 1:1 and apply it all over your body. The strong smell of the mixture will keep the mosquitoes away from you for at least eight hours.

9. Eucalyptus Oil and Lemon Oil

A mixture of lemon oil and eucalyptus oil also works as a natural mosquito repellent. You just need to mix the lemon oil and the eucalyptus oil in equal proportions and apply it on the exposed parts of the body.

10. Holy Basil

Holy basil leaves are known to kill mosquito larvae. Hence, check the breeding places of mosquitoes. Just plant a holy basil plant in your garden and at the entry points of your home.

11. Citronella Oil

Citronella oil is the best essential oil when it comes to prevent mosquitoes. Apply citronella oil all over the body. You can also inject a few drops of this essential oil in a candle and light it up. Or else, put it in a spray bottle and sprinkle it in the mosquito prone areas.

12. Mint

The strong odor of mint, which most of us love very much, is loathed by mosquitoes. You can take out the mint oil from the mint extracts or just use the extract as it is to keep mosquitoes away. You can spray the mint oil by pouring it in a spray bottle, or you can apply it on the exposed parts of your body. Alternatively, grow mint shrubs in your garden.

13. Lavender Oil

The smell of lavender oil can keep away mosquitoes as effectively as any chemical agent would do. The smell of the lavender flower and oil is very strong and mosquitoes can't tolerate it. Therefore, spray lavender oil in a room. Or you can also apply it on your face and other parts of the body which remain exposed.

Alternatively, you can also spray lavender-scented room fresheners that are easily available in the market.

14. Tea Tree Oil

Tea tree oil is one of the effective essential oils to get rid of mosquitoes. The anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties work wonders when it comes to fighting off mosquitoes. The strong odor of the tea tree oil keeps mosquitoes at bay. All you need to do is mix a few drops of tea tree oil with a few drops of water and apply this mixture on your face and other exposed parts of your body.

15. Red Cedar Mulch

Red cedar mulch not only makes the garden or the yard beautiful, but is also effectively keeps mosquitoes away. Boil red cedar chips in water. Next, put this liquid in the garden sprayer that you use for your garden and sprinkle it everywhere. This will hold mosquitoes off your home.

16. Pinion Wood

Get some pinion woods. Burn these woods outside your home. The pungent odor that the woods release on being burnt kills mosquitoes and prevents them from entering your house.

17. Rosemary

Rosemary is a natural mosquito repellent. Burn a few stalks of rosemary. The aroma that arises thereof will drive out the mosquitoes.

18. Mosquito Repellent Plants

Grow plants that repel mosquitoes such as catnip and feverfew in flower beds; and place them in your garden.

(homeremedyhacks.com)