☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down10cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkCatnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study findswww.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareswicano@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 month agoI should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
minus-squarekurikai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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-21 month agoOutdoor cats mainly kill the things that kill mosquitoes, just saying.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.socialBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoConcrete is expensive, tho.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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.