☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down10
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareswicano@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 months agoI should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
minus-squarekurikai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·2 months agohows is more cats a win? they will fight each other, crap on your lawn, and kill local wildlife.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months 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-22 months agoOutdoor cats mainly kill the things that kill mosquitoes, just saying.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoConcrete is expensive, tho.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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.