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And the other option is to understand there'll always be mosquitoes around so eat the right things to repel them from you. A garlic and onion heavy diet is a good start. You get the added benefit of eating food that's good for you.

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Dehydration prompts more blood feeding by mosquitoes. Biologists have found that dry conditions prompted house mosquitoes to seek a blood meal. This could explain why researchers have found higher rates of disease transmission during droughts. Source 5q.

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How mosquitoes smell human sweat (And new ways to stop them). Female mosquitoes are known to rely on an array of sensory information to find people to bite, picking up on carbon dioxide, body odor, heat, moisture, and visual cues. Now researchers have discovered how mosquitoes pick up on acidic volatiles found in human sweat. Source 3y.

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How one of the oldest natural insecticides keeps mosquitoes away. A new study has identified a scent receptor in mosquitoes that helps them sniff out and avoid trace amounts of pyrethrum, a plant extract used for centuries to repel biting insects. These findings could help researchers develop new broad spectrum repellents to keep a variety of mosquito species at bay, and by extension stop them from biting people and spreading disease. Source 4m.

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In my property in Spain I put mosquito nets on all windows and terrace doors so no insects can get through it. Plus I use special spirals, I fire them up and they make smell that mosquitos hate so they don't fly around me.

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A simple solution almost everyone can do is to always keep their surroundings clean. Making sure that we do not leave any possible uncovered water containers and other possible breeding habitats of these beings greatly reduces their chances of propagation, which effectively controls the inconveniences and even the real danger attributed to them. This is what we do in my country, and so far it is working for our cause. Although we still have cases of mosquito-related diseases, it has been properly been controlled to a managable degree.