☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.world
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square16fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldscience@lemmy.world
minus-squareswicano@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·2 days agoI should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoalso other bugs too. most of the mints are good at repelling bugs and they smell good too.
minus-squarekurikai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down5·2 days agohows is more cats a win? they will fight each other, crap on your lawn, and kill local wildlife.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoI am perpetually in a battle against the local wildlife (which also crap on my “lawn”), so I see few if any downsides here.
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoOutdoor cats mainly kill the things that kill mosquitoes, just saying.
I should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
also other bugs too.
most of the mints are good at repelling bugs and they smell good too.
hows is more cats a win? they will fight each other, crap on your lawn, and kill local wildlife.
I am perpetually in a battle against the local wildlife (which also crap on my “lawn”), so I see few if any downsides here.
Outdoor cats mainly kill the things that kill mosquitoes, just saying.
just concrete your whole yard then
Concrete is expensive, tho.