resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggestswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days 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·edit-28 days agoThe reason they work as a repellant for mosquitos after ingestion, iirc, is because it literally turns your blood to poison for them.
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.