One of your worst summer nightmares? Mosquitoes of course! What if you prepared a mosquito trap with an everyday product?
Every summer, it’s the same song, mosquitoes prevent us from sleeping peacefully at night and take pleasure in biting us, and every summer, you go in search of the best tricks to keep these little beasts away from your home. If the miracle ingredient was in your kitchen? You necessarily have some on hand: it is dishwashing liquid. You still need to know how to use it properly… Here is the step-by-step method with the dosages and instructions for use:
Here’s how to make an effective mosquito trap using water and washing-up liquid
- Fill a bowl with hot water.
- Add a teaspoon of dish soap.
- Mix well, it should foam and make bubbles.
- Put the trap on your nightstand.
Mosquitoes will be attracted to water. If they get too close to your trap, the washing up liquid bubbles will eradicate them.
More tips and mosquito traps?
If you want to put the odds on your side to avoid mosquitoes this summer, here are some other effective techniques to keep them away:
- Plant cloves in lemons and place them on your windowsills, on your dining table and in bedrooms. Mosquitoes hate this smell.
- Spray your window surrounds with white vinegar, this should discourage them from entering your home.
- Prepare an infusion of eucalyptus leaves at night and apply it to door and window surrounds. You can also put some in a container on your bedside table. This will diffuse a pleasant smell for you in the room, and will scare away the mosquitoes that hate this plant.
- Plant basil, geraniums or lavender plants on your windowsill or in your garden, mosquitoes hate the smell of these plants and flowers.