In a study presented at the Society for Experimental Biology conference in Florence on Tuesday, a team working between Uganda and Wales found mosquitoes seeking a blood meal were less likely to land on people wearing lotions made from catnip.
Dr Simon Scofield, a senior lecturer at Cardiff University, said: “We found that a 6% catnip oil was just as effective as Deet, and the 2% catnip oil was only marginally less effective than that.
6 Comments
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 35d
With one drawback.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 35d
Not a drawback but a happy accident.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 35d
It’s likely not exactly an accident, but rather the reason cats like it.
58008@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 35d
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Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 35d
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 35d
Do you get to keep all the cats that follow you home?