How to get rid of a pesky mosquito?
04-23-2011, 06:55 AM
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Bedbugs? Actually I thought about that but thankfully not. I checked for signs but DH says if it was bed bugs it wouldn't be confined to only me or be only on my left arm and under my neck. I placed dryer sheets under my sheets and in my pillow case last night and no new bits. Will also try the Listerine spray. Maybe I will at least force it over the his side of the bed.
Thanks for all the good tips. Ann in TN
Thanks for all the good tips. Ann in TN
04-23-2011, 07:04 AM
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Just received an email forwarded from a friend. The email suggested spraying around the area you are in with Listerine. Supposedly works for hours. Haven't tried it myself. Today we are having snow showers, not mosquitoes yet.
04-23-2011, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ncredbird
, I am menopausal. I start out with blankets and a nightgown and somewhere in the middle of the night they just magically disappear. Ann in TN
04-23-2011, 08:13 AM
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I live in a rural swampy alligator infested area in Florida and there are lots of skeeters. If you don't want a dragon to eat the pests I guess you wouldn't consider keeping a bat in your bedroom? LOL.
Mosquitoes are drawn to the CO2 released during respiration so the relentless little buggers can always find us. If you have to keep your windows open I'd suggest some netting... I don't know how the dryer sheets work as I've never used them (sensitive to perfumes). Also check for standing water around your home. Good luck!
Mosquitoes are drawn to the CO2 released during respiration so the relentless little buggers can always find us. If you have to keep your windows open I'd suggest some netting... I don't know how the dryer sheets work as I've never used them (sensitive to perfumes). Also check for standing water around your home. Good luck!
04-23-2011, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ThreadHead
use Off spray. I sprayed Off on my dog and it kept the fleas off of him for 2 days. lol
Thread, where did you get those cutie horsies (?) in your Avatar. Must have. lol
04-23-2011, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ncredbird
Thanks for reminding me about that, I had forgotten. Hope Downy sheets work, that's all I have.
It isn't that I don't want sheets, I am menopausal. I start out with blankets and a nightgown and somewhere in the middle of the night they just magically disappear. It is blankets on, blankets off, thrash, roll, kick, you probably know the drill. My DH says I get more exercise when I am sleeping than when I am awake. I tell him I wouldn't exactly call it sleeping. None the less the mosquito is appreciative. Ann in TN
It isn't that I don't want sheets, I am menopausal. I start out with blankets and a nightgown and somewhere in the middle of the night they just magically disappear. It is blankets on, blankets off, thrash, roll, kick, you probably know the drill. My DH says I get more exercise when I am sleeping than when I am awake. I tell him I wouldn't exactly call it sleeping. None the less the mosquito is appreciative. Ann in TN
04-23-2011, 12:21 PM
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the bounce sheets worked for me. when a cook up at a boyscout camp one summer the head chef would'nt listen was eaten up by them i wasn't touched.i wore them in my waist band and rub them on my arms to be sure or in the cuffs of my sweater. maybe let some hang between your mattress and box springs or tie a few on the headbord
04-23-2011, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I don't have any skeeters inside, but out in the back yard, I put a dryer sheet hanging from a back pocket, and then safety pin one on the top of each sleeve. They don't bother me then. Only time they do bother me is the rare time they get inside and come crawling around in my ears singing soprano in some language I don't want to learn.
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