I should plant some catnip around my house… more cats, less mosquitos? Win win
hows is more cats a win? they will fight each other, crap on your lawn, and kill local wildlife.
also other bugs too.
most of the mints are good at repelling bugs and they smell good too.
The trial compared the catnip lotion against 15% DEET, so it’s unknown how it compares against stronger formulas. However this is quite promising and I hope further studies are conducted globally! Catnip, as a member of the mint family, is quite a fast-growing, hardy plant, and could easily replace DEET for both home and commercial products if it continues to prove effective.
Repels mosquitos. Pumas, panthers, leopards, etc…not so much.
Funny enough, that’s a leading theory of why attraction to and the desire to roll around in catnip by felines was selected for.
cats are smart :)
