☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 days agoCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareswicano@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·23 days agoI should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
minus-squarekurikai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·23 days agohows is more cats a win? they will fight each other, crap on your lawn, and kill local wildlife.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·23 days agoI am perpetually in a battle against the local wildlife (which also crap on my “lawn”), so I see few if any downsides here.
minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-223 days agoOutdoor cats mainly kill the things that kill mosquitoes, just saying.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoConcrete is expensive, tho.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoalso other bugs too. most of the mints are good at repelling bugs and they smell good too.
I should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
hows is more cats a win? they will fight each other, crap on your lawn, and kill local wildlife.
I am perpetually in a battle against the local wildlife (which also crap on my “lawn”), so I see few if any downsides here.
Outdoor cats mainly kill the things that kill mosquitoes, just saying.
just concrete your whole yard then
Concrete is expensive, tho.
also other bugs too.
most of the mints are good at repelling bugs and they smell good too.