Bananas and mosquitoes - Page 2

Jobiwan · 03-05-2011, 05:52 PM

Actually, it's certain chemicals that reside within carbon dioxide that attracts them. This can permeate through your skin. Also there are no known true repellents. DEET inhibits lactic acid which merely masks the odor of these CO2 dwellers. It doesn't repel the vampires but makes it so they cant pick up your CO2 signature.

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Qweetzy · 03-07-2011, 04:13 PM

If you eat a lot of sweets, you will also notice you get bit a lot more often. Mosquitoes like sweeties as well as we do so go easy on the sweets while you are out and about.

Refrigerator · 03-07-2011, 05:16 PM

Yes next time your out try putting on some extra shaving lotion, cologne, hair jells, under arm deodorant and anything that has really sweet smells......this will help you in identifying those skeeters.

SweetSassyLady · 03-07-2011, 05:20 PM

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I think I'll pass on the sweets to eat and the sweet scents too. I don't need any help attracting those little biters. They like me anyway. Maybe it's because I'm so sweet? LOL

Refrigerator · 03-07-2011, 05:26 PM

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I think I'll pass on the sweets to eat and the sweet scents too. I don't need any help attracting those little biters. They like me anyway. Maybe it's because I'm so sweet? LOL

scubaghost · 03-13-2011, 07:57 AM

I use this all natural bug repellent. Insect repellent, Pterodactyl repellent

dinosaur · 03-13-2011, 09:55 AM

Maybe the mosquitos that attack banana eaters have a potassium deficiency.

Forester · 03-13-2011, 02:11 PM

I can attest to this. When I was a missionary in the far east, most of us were of south-east Asian descent and one was from Korea and interestingly only he was getting attacked by the mosquitoes.

BCBabe · 03-14-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Refrigerator

Yes next time your out try putting on some extra shaving lotion, cologne, hair jells, under arm deodorant and anything that has really sweet smells......this will help you in identifying those skeeters.

I'm killing myself laughing....

I don't shower for the two days before we leave, and use unscented "pit stik": I'm a hygiene fanatic when the opportunity is present, but know better than to smell of anything "YUMMY" when in the 'tulies.

And the comment about being potassium deficient made me wonder if it's not one of the reasons skeeters target some folks: perhaps sugar &/or potassium are somehow necessary to their reproductive cycle?