I WAS HELPING A FRIEND SET CATFISH TRAPS ONCE WHEN I NOTICED
THAT MOSQUITOES WERE NOT BOTHERING HIM WHILE THEY BOTHERED ME ALOT.
UNTIL THAT IS HE HANDED ME THE BAG OF RAW LIVER THAT HE WAS SETTING
THE CATFISH TRAPS WITH. THEY SUDDENLY DID NOT BOTHER ME.

A FEW WEEKS LATER I WENT TO A RENDEZVOUS NEAR THE MISSISSIPI
RIVER, AND THERE WERE LOTS OF MOSQUITOES THERE, BUT I HAD COME TO TRY
AN EXPEREMENT. IN 2 AIRTIGHT ZIP LOCK BACKS I HAD SEALED 1/4 LB. OF
BEEF LIVER, AND 1/4 LB. OF CHICKEN LIVER TO SEE IF MY THEORY WAS
RIGHT AND IF IT MATTERED WHAT KIND WAS USED..
AFTER ARRIVING I PUT ONE BAG INSIDE MY PACK ON MY BACK, AND THE
OTHER INSIDE MY LEAN TO TENT. ANYWAYS AS I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND I
POINTED TO A LOG AND SUGGESTED WE GO OVER AND SIT DOWN. HE POINTED
OUT THE LOG WAS SWARMING WITH MOSQUITOES. I THEN TOLD HIM MY THORY
ABOUT MOSQUITOES BEING REPELED BY RAW LIVER AND THAT I HAD A ZIP LOCK
BAG OF IT IN MY PACK. BEING A BUCKSKINNER HE AGREED.
THE INTERESTING THING TTART OCCURED IS THAT THE CLOSER WE GOT TO
THE LOG THE FARTHER THE MOSQUITOES MOVED AWAY FROM IT UNTIL WE WERE
SITTING ON THE LOG UNMOLESTED BY MOSQUITOES. THE RAW LIVER HAD WORKED.
THAT IS UNTIL ABIT LATER WE ATE A SIDE OF BEEF THAT HAD BEEN
COOKING AWHILE. WHEN WE WENT TO EAT THEY SUDDENLY BOTHERED US FOR
ARROUND AN HOUR AFTER WE STARTED EATING THE MEAT AND THEN THE
MOSQUITOES DISAPPEARED. I AM GUESSING THAT THE ODER OF THE FRESH
COOKED MEAT WAS STRONGER THEN THE LIVER UNTIL AFTER WE FINISHED
EATING AND THEN IT HAD DISSAPEARED.
I SPEANT THAT NIGHT IN AN OPEN CANVAS LEAN TO WITH TWO SEALED
ZIP LOCK BAGS OF RAW LIVER SEALED IN MY PACK AND NOT A MOSQUITOE
BOTHERED ME THOUGH I HEARD LOTS OF COMPLAINTS IN THE MORNING FROM
OTHERS.

AS FOR WHAT I DID WITH THE RAW LIVER. WHEN I WAS DONE WITH IT
I PLACED IT ON THE GROUND SO AN ANIMAL COULD FIND AND ENJOY IT SURE
THAT THE LIVER WOULD NOT BE BOTHERED BY ANY MOSQUITOES. THEY HATE
LIVER AND WON'T GO NEAR IT. JUST STAY AWAY FROM COOKED MEAT. I HAD
FOUND A USE FOR SOMETHING I HATED. RAW LIVER KEEPS MOSQUITOES AWAY.
OH YES I LEFT BEFORE ANYTHING COULD EAT THE LIVER AND TRY TO BE A
FRIEND WITH ME BECAUSE OF IT. I AM NOT ADVOCATING EATING RAW LIVER.
JUST CARRYING IT IN ZIP LOCK BAGS TO KEEP MOSQUITOES AWAY.

OH YES MY MOTHER ALWAYS GAVE ME LIVER WHEN I WAS SICK BECAUSE SHE SAID
LIVER WAS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD, AND HAD VITAMIN B and IRON IN IT TO HEAL.
I STILL HATED LIVER UNTIL I FOUND OUT MOSQUITOES HATED IT EVEN MORE.

ONE OTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW. DO NOT WEAR ALOT OF BLUE AS
BLUE WILL ATTRACT MOSQUITOES. I DISCOVERED THIS WHEN I WAS HIKING IN
INDIANA DUNES ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN.
A LADY WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS, A BLUE SHIRT, BLUE WET LOOK TYPE
JACKET, AND A HAT WITH FLOWERS. I MENTION THIS AS TH0UGH THEY DID NOT
SEEM TO BITE HER BUT THEY WERE CRAWLING ALL OVER HER BACK AS IF SHE
WAS SOME KIND OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR THEM. AS A RESULT NO ONE WOULD
WALK NEAR HER AND RISK MOSQUITOES CHANGING LOCATION FROM HER TO THEM.
I WAS INFORMED LATER THAT MOSQUITOES ARE COLOR BLIND AND SEE ONLY
3 COLORS. BLACK, WHITE AND BLUE. I AM GUESSING THAT BLUE MAYBE KINDA
PSYCADELIC TO THEM OR NATURES WAY OF LETTING THEM SPOT WATER FROM
HIGH IN THE AIR BEFORE MAN STARTED CHANGING THE COLOR FROM WATER'S
NATURAL BLUE COLOR TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. WONDER IF THEY CAN SMELL

OH YES ~ INSECTS ARE ATTRACTED TO ODERS THAT REMIND THEM OF
FLOWERS. SO IF YOU WANT TO AVOID BEES DON'T SMELL LIKE A FLOWER.
IF ONE APPROACHES YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, STAND COMPLETELY STILL AND
MEDITATE ON BEING AND ACTING LIKE YOU ARE A TREE ON A STILL DAY.
THE BEE WILL THINK YOU ARE A TREE AS LONG AS YOU DON'T SMELL LIKE A
FLOWER OR IT FEELS THREATENED BY YOU AND WILL GO AWAY WITHO
STINGING. DON'T ATTACK AND TRY TO DRIVE BEES OFF BY SWATTING AT
THEM LIKE FLIES.

SPEAKING OF FLIES TO GET A FLY TRY THE NINJA FLY TRAP.
REMEMBER FLYS HAVE LOTS OF EYES TO FOCUS WITH. WHEN YOU SEE THE FL
START WRIGGLING THE FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND AND MOVE THEM SLOWLY
TILL THE FLY IS FOCUSSED ON YOUR FINGERS. THEN COME AT HIM FROM
THE RIGHT LIKE A NINJA. GOT EM.

I HAVE TRIED THESE THINGS AND BELIEVE THEY ARE TRUE AND WILL WORK.
COMMENTS ON RESULTS ARE APPRECIATED.

REMEMBER WHERE YOUR TOWEL IS, LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.

Very interesting. I will take your word about the raw liver it...lol..

I also heard that you can use dryer sheets to repel mosquitos. When you're outside loop one through a belt loop, or tuck it into your pocket.

I am afraid the kitties would eat me...lol.

Blondie, I have tried the dryer sheet thing and it didn't work for me.

I got eaten alive tonight when I went for a walk. I had some OFF on but it didn't seem to help.

.. it repels ants, so if you are ever attacked by ants, you know what to do.

You know what's weird around here?

I have only seen two or three of the big, hairy, black spiders around the house this summer.
You know how I always carry on about them....lol. They just haven't been here this year.

It's nice, I am not complaining...BUT...

I don't want to see the nasy bug-a-boo that's eating them!