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that explains. I was always wondering why in Siberia (where i worked for 2 summers back then at university times) coming out from house with freshly applied DEET you're getting covered with mosquitos - i was attributing that to the especial ferociousness of the mosquitos there - yet it sounds like the smell of DEET for them in those towns may have become like a BBQ smell for us :)
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It's OK, we still have picaridin
Picaridin gives me worsened tinnitus, so I can't use it unless maybe I slowly try to condition myself to it over a week. DEET doesn't.
The simple answer would be to add a natural strongly repellent gentle oil to the DEET spray.
I hope these mosquitoes were not released in the wild. The simple answer would be to add a natural strongly repellent gentle oil to the DEET spray.
that explains. I was always wondering why in Siberia (where i worked for 2 summers back then at university times) coming out from house with freshly applied DEET you're getting covered with mosquitos - i was attributing that to the especial ferociousness of the mosquitos there - yet it sounds like the smell of DEET for them in those towns may have become like a BBQ smell for us :)
"Evolution! Can you give me capsaicin, to deter mammals? I want birds to spread my seeds!"
I hope these mosquitoes were not released in the wild. The simple answer would be to add a natural strongly repellent gentle oil to the DEET spray.
[1] https://www.consumerreports.org/health/insect-repellent/oil-...
I hope these mosquitoes were not released in the wild. The simple answer would be to add a natural strongly repellent gentle oil to the DEET spray.
They already loved that shit.
that explains. I was always wondering why in Siberia (where i worked for 2 summers back then at university times) coming out from house with freshly applied DEET you're getting covered with mosquitos - i was attributing that to the especial ferociousness of the mosquitos there - yet it sounds like the smell of DEET for them in those towns may have become like a BBQ smell for us :)
I hope these mosquitoes were not released in the wild. The simple answer would be to add a natural strongly repellent gentle oil to the DEET spray.
that explains. I was always wondering why in Siberia (where i worked for 2 summers back then at university times) coming out from house with freshly applied DEET you're getting covered with mosquitos - i was attributing that to the especial ferociousness of the mosquitos there - yet it sounds like the smell of DEET for them in those towns may have become like a BBQ smell for us :)
A bit like how capsaicin was evolved to prevent things being eaten by mammals, but... Well.. humans came along and developed a taste for it. "Evolution! Can you give me capsaicin, to deter mammals? I want birds to spread my seeds!" https://youtu.be/1fW2uTRdUJU