3 Ways To getting Rid Of Mosquitoes Without Insecticides

Mosquitoes are definitely a threat to our health because not only do they cause you a sleepless night, but a rough skin and malaria to top it all up.

Mosquitoes can be a huge menace to humanity and cause various vector-borne diseases and the use of insecticides to get rid of them sometimes isn’t a good idea for some of us with allergies to such product.

I remember sleeping at home one night (all by myself) and trust me, I couldn’t wait for the morning to come knocking my eyes open. I was literally battered with stings from their bite as there was no one to share in this punishment with me.

By the way, guess what I did. I sprayed the house with an insecticide and buried my head in my cover cloth to avoid breathing in the smell of the insecticide. In my poor little head, I was simply trying to get rid of the mosquitoes. Trust me, the effect of that night took its toll on me for the next couple of days.

Hence, getting rid of mosquitoes the natural way hasn’t been a bad idea to me. Here are 3 ways you can do this.

ALSO READ: 3 Effective Homemade Catarrh Remedies

1. Use Garlic

mosquitoes

Garlic is one of the most efficient mosquito repellants on this list because of its larvicidal properties.

To use this trick, crush a few garlic cloves and boil them in water for some time. Pour the water into a spray bottle and spray it around the room to prevent any mosquitoes from coming near you.

On the other hand, if you are okay with the smell of garlic and can tolerate it, rub a garlic clove on your skin and you will never be bitten by a mosquito again!

2. Camphor

mosquitoes

Camphor is one of the most effective ways to get rid of mosquitoes. Made from the extract of a tree, it is one of the longest mosquito repellent activity when compared to other natural products.

You can rub the camphor balls in oil (organic oil) and put in different corners of the house, close the doors and windows and leave for about 15-30 minutes. Boom! All the mosquitoes are gone.

3. Use mint to get rid of mosquitoes

mosquitoes

Funny how mint, one of our favourite fragrances, is offensive to mosquitoes. Well, who actually cares?

You can use fresh mint, mint oil or mint extracts to keep mosquitoes away. Mint oil, for instance, can be used as a fumigator by pouring it into a spray bottle, or you could just apply it on the exposed parts of your body.

There you go! These natural tips can help you get those mosquitoes out and save you the stress of dealing with them the hard way (clapping your hands every now and then just to kill them).

SHARE
Kehinde Omotosho is a content writer at healthfacts.ng who enjoys the punching sounds of the keyboard when conjuring words together to make a full entity. When she is not typing, she's examining a few fashion pieces and playing dress-up. Meeting people and smiling always are a few of her hobbies. For more details, send an email to info@healthfacts.ng

17 COMMENTS

  1. Great article! That is the kind of information that are meant to
    be shared around the net. Shame on Google for no longer positioning this publish
    upper! Come on over and seek advice from my web site . Thank you =)

  2. I’m really enjoying the theme/design of your web site.
    Do you ever run into any web browser compatibility problems?
    A small number of my blog readers have complained about my site not operating correctly
    in Explorer but looks great in Opera. Do you have any advice to help fix this problem?

  3. Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video to make your
    point. You clearly know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just posting videos
    to your weblog when you could be giving us something informative to read?

  4. It’s a shame you don’t have a donate button! I’d most
    certainly donate to this fantastic blog! I guess for
    now i’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS
    feed to my Google account. I look forward to new updates and
    will talk about this blog with my Facebook group.
    Chat soon!

  5. I like the valuable info you supply for your articles.
    I will bookmark your blog and test once more here frequently.
    I’m quite sure I’ll be told a lot of new stuff proper right here!
    Best of luck for the following!

  6. Hi there! This article couldn’t be written much better!
    Looking through this post reminds me of my previous roommate!

    He constantly kept talking about this. I’ll send this information to him.
    Fairly certain he’ll have a great read. Thanks for sharing!

  7. Hi there would you mind stating which blog platform you’re
    using? I’m planning to start my own blog soon but I’m having
    a hard time selecting between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal.
    The reason I ask is because your design seems different then most blogs and I’m looking
    for something unique. P.S My apologies for getting off-topic but I had
    to ask!

  8. Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted
    to say that I have really enjoyed surfing around your blog
    posts. After all I will be subscribing to your feed
    and I hope you write again soon!

  9. Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say that I have truly enjoyed surfing around
    your blog posts. In any case I will be subscribing to your rss feed
    and I hope you write again very soon!

  10. I would like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in penning this
    site. I am hoping to check out the same high-grade content by you in the future
    as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my own website now ;
    )

  11. OMG! This is amazing. Ireally appreciate it~ May I tell
    you my secret ways on a secret only I KNOW and if you want to with no joke truthfully see You
    really have to believe mme and have faith and I will
    show how to get connected to girls for free Once again I want to show my appreciation and may all the blessing goes to you now!.

  12. Do you mind if I quote a few of your articles as long as
    I provide credit and sources back to your site? My website is in the very same area of interest as yours and my users would definitely benefit from a lot of the
    information you provide here. Please let me know if this ok with you.
    Thank you!

  13. The integration of technology into classrooms is reshaping traditional teaching methods, offering students and educators unprecedented opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and personalized learning.

LEAVE A REPLY