Does citranella work?

[TheFied]

Bought a bucket of citranella candle for the deck. Does this stuff really repel mosquitos?

 

[TexasEd]

no, but you'll think it will.

Actually I have seen evidence that it does, but I have read studies that it doesn't.

I can tell you I don't think it attracts mosquitoes so you are no worse off for using it.

I usually buy some cutter for spraying the grass a day before a big event.

 

[andaval]

maybe helps some people, but not me.

 

[MizzouSnives]

if tonight is any example, no. i sat directly between two citronella candles, and mosquitos were still all over me.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

not even a little bit.

 

[l00p]

There is a product I have seen sold at Cabela's that does work. There are hunters deep in the blind that use it and it repels them. It is powered by a small propane tank and is effective for X amount of sq. ft.

I forget what it is and am too lazy to find it but I know a guy who used two on his backyard patio and not one bite was had by anybody at the get together.

 

[wolfman]

Sounds like loop is talking about a "mosquito magnet". It uses propane to emulate the scent of something that mosquitoes like to bite, then traps and kills them once they are lured in. I think that they cost around $200 plus you have to fill up a propane tank every month or so.

Personally, I have had good luck with a product called "cutter" You can get a bottle of it a Lowes for around $10. It attaches to the end of a garden hose and you spray it in your yard. It cuts down on mosquitos significantly for about 3 weeks for me. A bottle usually lasts the summer for me.

Oh, and Ihave burned citronella candles but Im not too impressed with their effectiveness. It seems like they help a little but not much.

 

[Steel Shank]

Is Cutter safe for pets? My dogs like to graze on the grass sometimes.

 

[crash_davis]

the only down side of the yard spray stuff is that it makes the lightning bugs disappear. i can deal w/ a few misquito bites to see me some lightning bugs. i loves me some lightning bugs.

but the yard spray stuff does work. citranella, not so much.

 

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[wolfman]

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[l00p]

I went ahead and looked up what I was talking about. My bad. It is not propane or propane accessories, it's Butane.
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[pulque]

Citranella ain't worth a damn; but don't tell my wife that!

 

[B]

Maybe it works, but to me the idea of putting something on my patio that will attract even more mosquitos so it can trap them just sounds like a recipe for more mosquitos.

 

[kevwun]

Mosquitoes find you by the CO2 in your exhaled breath. If you invested in several scuba tanks with rebreathers, you should be able to eliminate your problem.

 

[Summit104]

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[Hornin Hong Kong]

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[scottsins]

does not work at all.

 

[TheFied]

Hong Kong, so you use the thing from Cabelas?

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

I have used this in upstate NYC ( the liberty)
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Run it and it's like Texas-Colorado '05 with the magnet as Vince and the Mosquitos as Colorado.

 

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[YoLaDu]

Monster Magnet = $520.00!!

It's worth it if it really, really works, but i am so sick of spending money on crap that doesn't do jack. I feel like my desperation to kill mosquitos clouds my judgment. (could be blood loss)

I felt ripped off when i bought that Cutter Spray for $10 and got eaten up by mosquitos two days later!