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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests

www.theguardian.com

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Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests

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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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The insect may learn to associate the chemical Deet with a ‘blood meal’, researchers say

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    Eat more garlic and onion so your body just naturally repels the bastards. Avoid bananas.

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      You’re thinking of vampires.

      Body hair though. Look like that armenian dad at the beach, and revel in your immunity to mosquitoes.

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      What if mosquitos start associating garlic and onion with blood meals? It’s the same idea as the one mentioned in the article

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      Also works on humans

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