How to Kill Mosquitoes

[BULLRYDER]

I can't wait to try this in the summer!

I was at a deck party awhile back, and the bugs were having a ball biting everyone. A MAN AT THE PARTY SPRAYED THE LAWN AND DECK FLOOR WITH LISTERINE, AND THE LITTLE DEMONS DISAPPEARED. THE NEXT YEAR I FILLED A 4-OUNCE SPRAY BOTTLE AND USED IT AROUND MY SEAT WHENEVER I SAW MOSQUITOES. AND VOILA! THAT WORKED AS WELL. . IT WORKED AT A PICNIC WHERE WE SPRAYED THE AREA AROUND THE FOOD TABLE, THE CHILDREN'S SWING AREA, AND THE STANDING WATER NEARBY. DURING THE SUMMER, I DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT....PASS IT ON.

OUR FRIEND'S COMMENTS: I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and itcost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes.

So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame . Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house.

Now these are Good Mosquitos!!!

 

[bestillmehard]

great info...i cant wait to try it...I cant stand the pesky little buggers

 

[great bear]

At the very least, if you don't kill them they will smell nice as they bite you.

 

[Hybridel]

I'll have to try that


Another option that works great is those propane powered mosquito magnets you can buy at hardware stores.


only downside is they're a little expensive

 

[seth gecko]

Bullryder is 100% correct - works against blackflies too. We usually get a separate squirt bottle for everyone & mix up a 50% listerine/ 50% water cocktail; squirt down your surroundings, your clothes & skin, everything. Works great & probably safer for you than the commercial bug repellants

 

[Twister]

I read on the brown one works....not the blue one

Update: if you look around its an urban legend

 

[Hornet]

OUR FRIEND'S COMMENTS: I tried this on my deck and around all of my doors. It works - in fact, it killed them instantly. I bought my bottle from Target and itcost me $1.89. It really doesn't take much, and it is a big bottle, too; so it is not as expensive to use as the can of Bug-spray you buy that doesn't last 30 minutes.

So, try this, please. It will last a couple of days. Don't spray directly on a wood door (like your front door), but spray around the frame . Spray around the window frames, and even inside the dog house.

Your friends comments are the exact same ones as on this urban legend site posted 2 years ago.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/listerine.htm

and on snopes 2 years ago as well
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/mosquitoes.asp

 

[cancowboy2001]

Your friends comments are the exact same ones as on this urban legend site posted 2 years ago.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/listerine.htm

and on snopes 2 years ago as well
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/mosquitoes.asp

Did you see the poll at the bottom of the urbanlegends page?
http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/pa...nlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/listerine.htm

Have you tried Listerine as a mosquito repellent? If so, was it effective?
I've tried it and it was effective.
(5867) 62%
I've tried it and it was ineffective.
(2880) 30%
I haven't tried it.
(566) 6%
Total Votes: 9313

 

[JEFF247]

So now what do I do with all this fuckin mouthwash!!!

 

[rafterman]

Pretend you are in the hood and drink it.

 

[T.O.tourist]

I doubt that listerine kills mosquitoes by spraying your lawn and deck. However from experience in the mosquito and black fly infested forests and swamps of northern Ontario, I know that spraying listrine/water (3:1 mix) on yourself definately keeps them away... or at least sends them after the other people around.

 

[seth gecko]

So now what do I do with all this fuckin mouthwash!!!

We've tried & it works.
I still have some military-issue bug-repellent which is 75% DEET. Compare that to DEET levels in stuff like Deepwoods OFF!, which is around 5%. Nothing works like that stuff, but it's possibly causing other more serious problems down the road.

Isn't there some beauty creme that also repels bugs?

 

[Berlin]

Isn't there some beauty creme that also repels bugs?

Actually I heard of that before and didn't take it too seriously. Some lotion from Avon .

 

[King Midas]

We've tried & it works.
I still have some military-issue bug-repellent which is 75% DEET. Compare that to DEET levels in stuff like Deepwoods OFF!, which is around 5%. Nothing works like that stuff, but it's possibly causing other more serious problems down the road.

Isn't there some beauty creme that also repels bugs?

Avon Skin So Soft bath oil

 

[21pro]

serious mosquito problem at my place in Caledon, so I tried it...

doesn't work at all.

anyways, I used to use DEET products, but that shit is pretty toxic. rather just spray larvacide around and drops in the rain barrels and ponds, though pesticides are illegal in Caledon so I'm stuck sucking it up whenever I go home. Maybe I'll just stay down at the harbour... the chicks like it better here

 

[Twister]

serious mosquito problem at my place in Caledon, so I tried it...

doesn't work at all.

anyways, I used to use DEET products, but that shit is pretty toxic. rather just spray larvacide around and drops in the rain barrels and ponds, though pesticides are illegal in Caledon so I'm stuck sucking it up whenever I go home. Maybe I'll just stay down at the harbour... the chicks like it better here

The SSS dosen't work or the listerine?

 

[hamermill]

Having worked in north - and I mean Hudson Bay way imho Avon Skintastic or skin so soft does not work. Deet 75% is not miltary grade - I have 95.9% stock still left over - now that is military grade.

When using the 95.9% it would melt plastic and metal so washing hands after use was very important. Even at that strength it did not keep the flies at bay. Only mother nature a la forest fire kept those suckers at bay.

 

[Moraff]

Friend of mine swears by it (the regular Listerine, not the mint one which doesn't work) and I've seen her spray it around while we were sitting on the porch. Misquitoes hit by the spray go spastic and die and it certainly seemed to keep the others at bay for awhile.

<edit> and it certainly smells better than commercial bug sprays

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Won't that just make the mosquito bites minty fresh?

 

[21pro]

serious mosquito problem at my place in Caledon, so I tried it...

doesn't work at all.

anyways, I used to use DEET products, but that shit is pretty toxic. rather just spray larvacide around and drops in the rain barrels and ponds, though pesticides are illegal in Caledon so I'm stuck sucking it up whenever I go home. Maybe I'll just stay down at the harbour... the chicks like it better here

when u think about it, Listerine - mostly alcohol - would evaporate very fast... sure it may work instantaneously when you spray a live mosquito with it, but I doubt it has little if any residual killing power at all.