Cordate telosma: also known as cordate telosma, with heart-shaped leaves and hairy edges. Every summer and autumn, clusters of yellow-green bell-shaped flowers will bloom in the axils of leaves, and when they go up to the treetops in the same month, they will float out bursts of fragrance, which makes mosquitoes afraid and is a good mosquito repellent.
Lavender: It's a kind of small blue-purple flower. Likes to be dry, and the flowers are shaped like wheat ears, which usually bloom in June. Lavender itself has insecticidal effect. People usually put sachets made of lavender in the cupboard, and some put them in the bedroom to repel mosquitoes.
Nepenthes: It is a typical insect-eating plant. It has strange leaves, and there is an oblong "insect catching bottle" hanging at the top. The bottle mouth has a lid, which can be opened and closed. He is a master mosquito catcher.
Geranium: geranium is full of flowers and balls. In high temperature season, it is placed in outdoor shade environment; In cold season, watch it in a bright room. Geranium has a unique smell, which makes mosquitoes and flies run away.
Qilixiang: A small shrub that is evergreen all the year round. It is umbrella-shaped, with many branches, bright leaves and dense white flowers. After flowering, it can bear red berries, adding beauty to the humble room. Touch its leaves, you will feel a thick sweet fragrance and have a good mosquito repellent effect.
Cordyceps sinensis: A herb of Compositae, which can grow to 1 meter, with small yellow flowers and hundreds of flower heads. There is mucus around each flower head, just like five outstretched little fingers. When the mosquito landed on it, it was stuck, and then the worm body was slowly digested by it. Place a pot of potted plants to catch mosquitoes and vacuum at home.
Mosquito repellent vanilla: The lemon twist fragrance emitted by mosquito repellent vanilla is mainly citronellal, citronellol and other aromatic natural essential oils with mosquito repellent effect to achieve the purpose of mosquito repellent.
In addition, unlike other insects like flies, mosquitoes like "dark" environments. Therefore, you can use the electric mosquito swatter to kill mosquitoes in the room before going to bed. If you are afraid that mosquitoes will not be completely eliminated, try the following methods: first, close the doors and windows and lie in bed for a nap, so as to draw mosquitoes out, and then eliminate them. Hehe, my own experience.
Check the pots and pans, floor drains, sewers, flower pots and other places with stagnant water at home, and cover them with lids to change water frequently. Floor drains, sewers and other places to prevent water accumulation, and often spray some pesticides to prevent mosquitoes from living environment.
Mosquitoes love to hide in the radiator, under the bed, under the table, in the corner and other hidden places. You can smoke them out with mosquito-repellent incense and kill them one by one.
When it gets dark at night, mosquitoes like to lie on the window, so don't turn on the light at this time, kill them with a fly swatter or mosquito spray.
Pay attention to close the screen window and screen door, and don't leave the door wide open for mosquitoes to drive in.
If you are afraid of mosquito bites in the wild at night, you can buy repellent such as mosquito bites and apply it to your body, which can last for about 4 hours.
Don't litter cans, mineral water bottles, egg shells and other rubbish that is easy to accumulate water, so as to reduce mosquito breeding grounds.
If you are on a business trip or don't live for a long time, cover the toilet and clean the water in the sink to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs.
Mosquitoes are very sensitive now, so it is difficult to hit them with a fly swatter. You can aim mosquito spray at them and it is easy to kill them.
Using natural materials can also prevent mosquitoes healthily.
Principle: Rutaceae plants, such as orange peel and Liu Ding peel, are dried and wrapped in stockings and placed in the corner, which is also a kind of mosquito repellent.
Recently, a study in Beijing found that the extracts of Meliaceae plants, such as Azadirachta indica and Azadirachta indica, have a good control effect on mosquitoes. If kerosene lamps with Azadirachta indica oil are used, mosquito bites can be prevented, and electric mosquito-repellent incense tablets with a concentration of 5 ~10% can be made, which has a good mosquito repellent effect.
The Institute of Microbial Epidemiology of Beijing Academy of Military Medical Sciences found that the following mosquito repellent plants with anti-mosquito effects were widely used in animal experiments:
1~ 3 hours effective: white orchid, Cinnamomum camphora, Qilixiang, fennel, mint, Acorus calamus, etc.
Effective for 4 ~ 6 hours: Illicium verum and Citronella.
Effective for 7 ~ 9 hours: hawthorn, marigold, etc.
The effective anti-mosquito essential oils in human experiments are:
1~ 2 hours effective: mint, lavender, clove oil, holly, laurel and white camphor oil.
Effective in 2 ~ 4 hours: celery rapeseed oil, orange peel oil and cinnamon oil. Studies show that if camphor oil is applied to the skin, the mosquito repellent protection time can reach more than 6 hours.
Disadvantages: However, the disadvantage of natural mosquito control is that the effect is limited and the maintenance time is not long.
Suggestion: Nature doesn't mean safety. How much earthwork should be used to be effective? Orange cellophane mosquito repellent method: put orange cellophane with strong light transmission on a 60-watt light bulb, and mosquitoes will flee everywhere.
Dried orange peel mosquito repellent method: light a few pieces of dried orange peel or orange peel indoors, and mosquitoes will flee in haste.
Applying grass to repel mosquitoes: Use a proper amount of leaves of mint, perilla or tomato, knead the juice and apply it to the naked skin of human body. Mosquitoes will smell the special smell of these plant juices, lest they avoid it.
Dissolving 0/3 to 5 tablets of vitamin B/KLOC-in water and wiping exposed limbs can repel mosquito bites.
Use two pieces of star anise and fennel in seasoning, soak them in a warm water washbasin, and bathe with their water, so that mosquitoes dare not get close.
Mosquito repellent method of toilet water: In addition to mosquito repellent effect, some toilet water contains the "Six Spirits Stock Solution" of Chinese herbal medicine, which has the functions of cooling, removing malnutrition and summer heat in midsummer, so it can be described as "one thing for multiple purposes". Especially suitable for children.
Flowers and plants repel mosquitoes:
Qilixiang, Chinese caterpillar fungus, fly-chasing plum, mosquito repellent, cordate telosma, marigold: jasmine, mint, etc.
These flowers and plants not only have good mosquito repellent effect, but also are economical and easy to operate, and do no harm to human body. It can also add beauty to the room, purify the air, and put it by the window, which is pleasing to the eye, especially in hot summer.