What could be more annoying than a mosquito ?! From his buzzing over his ear, insidious bites and intolerable itching of the skin, it seems, there is no escape. Or is there? What is more effective - chemical or folk remedies for mosquito bites?
Ways to deal with a buzzing bloodsucker
The fastest effect, of course, is from chemicals in the form of all kinds of repellents - creams, lotions and aerosols for application to the skin or clothes, and fumigants - lamellar, spiral or liquid. If the former have the ability to deter insects, then the latter emit deadly for mosquitoes and practically safe for humans substances when heated.
And yet, if possible, it is better to choose folk remedies for mosquito bites. In summer cottages, near water bodies, it is necessary to purposefully plant those plants that mosquitoes do not carry to the spirit. Of vegetable crops, these are tomatoes, anise, basil. Of the flower and grassy - Caucasian chamomile, wormwood, spicy cloves. Coniferous trees, in particular, juniper, can not only become a decoration of the garden, but also protection from insects. If a walnut grows in the yard, you can rest under it calmly, mosquitoes hate it. A beautiful bird cherry - it is only pleasant to a person, but a mosquito - not at all. And elderberry in general can be a salvation: it grows everywhere, perfectly survives on any soil, including around water bodies. Even several branches of fresh elderberry brought into the room are able to expel the bloodsucker from the house.
Moshka and mosquito are not twin brothers
Sometimes you hear comic statements like this: “The mosquito now sly has gone. "He does not buzz over his ear, bites imperceptibly, but it hurts, and the swelling at the site of the bite is greater." But the fact is that this quiet woman may not be a mosquito at all, but a midge. A small vulture easily enters the room through mosquito nets, it can live under the desk and bite all legs, and even in the yard or in the garden - it’s generally expanse. Moshka actually bites harder, literally plucking off a piece of human skin while drinking his blood, but a cunning creature pre-conducts anesthesia with his saliva. And after a bite, a terrible itching, burning sensation immediately begins, swelling appears on the skin. A mosquito, or rather, a female mosquito , unlike a midge, does not bite, but bites through the skin and drinks blood. But this is not easier. It is desirable to keep both creatures away from themselves, using any, including folk remedies for mosquito bites.
“We live in a mosquito land ...”
This is a line from the old-old song of geologists. Alas, almost any place where it is wet and warm can be called a mosquito edge. From the ever-damp basements of high-rise buildings, from sewer manholes, flowing water utilities, mosquitoes willingly move into human housing. What can we say about areas with an artificial or natural body of water - it is on the water surface that the bloodsuckers love to lay their eggs. One female can lay from one hundred to five hundred eggs at a time! If the coastal areas are literally dotted with peculiar needles sticking out of the water, these are already hatched larvae. Until complete formation, the insect lives in a pond for another 2-4 weeks. To prevent the buzzing hordes from coming into the world, radical mosquito exterminators are sometimes necessary. Owners of small ponds decide to carry out on their site even fire treatment of the water surface with the help of gasoline soldering irons. Of course, this is a last resort. It still will not save you from mosquito bites . Spraying liquid preparations over a pond, green spaces is bearing fruit, although temporary. Another extreme measure is the treatment of blood-sucking habitats with powdered insecticides. One thing when it comes to uninhabited basements. And if it is a natural reservoir? Whether it is necessary to say how dangerous it is to disperse poisonous preparations on coastal soil - this can turn into grave consequences for both nature itself and humans and animals.
In the latter case, one thing remains: folk remedies for mosquito bites. This refers to the mentioned plants, which can help to permanently drive the mosquito kingdom from its place of residence. Elderberry, growing violently along the fences, under the windows and near the pond, juniper at the head of the flowerbed, a bouquet of bird cherry on the windowsill - and romantic, calm and safe.