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Garlic and cacao leaves can be effective natural mosquito repellents. A study found that a preparation of 1% garlic oil rubbed on the skin prevented mosquito bites for up to 8 hours. Cacao leaves contain properties that are unappealing to mosquitoes and can be used to make a natural repellent spray. Such natural repellents can help reduce dengue cases while providing a safer alternative to DEET-based chemicals, which are toxic and can harm both mosquitoes and other organisms in the environment. Mosquitoes use chemical, visual, and heat sensors to track prey and feed on blood, with females requiring blood meals to produce eggs.

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Cacao Leaves RRL

Garlic and cacao leaves can be effective natural mosquito repellents. A study found that a preparation of 1% garlic oil rubbed on the skin prevented mosquito bites for up to 8 hours. Cacao leaves contain properties that are unappealing to mosquitoes and can be used to make a natural repellent spray. Such natural repellents can help reduce dengue cases while providing a safer alternative to DEET-based chemicals, which are toxic and can harm both mosquitoes and other organisms in the environment. Mosquitoes use chemical, visual, and heat sensors to track prey and feed on blood, with females requiring blood meals to produce eggs.

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Cacao Leaves and Garlic as Mosquito Repelants

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. ” -Betty
Reese Mosquitoes are small but deadly. Everywhere you go, they are willing to suck your blood anytime.
With their simple bites, they can cause you a great damage. Garlic has not just been considered a special
food for the unique flavor it imparts, but also for its medicinal value. It is thought that garlic may be an
alternative mosquito repellent for humans as well.

In a field study conducted in India, a preparation made of one percent garlic oil, petroleum jelly and
beeswax that was rubbed on the arms and legs of the study subjects was found to be effective in
preventing mosquito bites for up to eight hours. In addition, there is some evidence that heavy
consumption of garlic through supplements or well-flavored foods may help ward off mosquitoes.
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It has shown its anti-HIV properties and its cacao fats have been used in many skin care products. But it
can be also made as a mosquito repellant spray by its properties that are unappealing to mosquitoes.
The researchers came up with the idea of mosquito repellent spray to help our community lessen the
number of dengue victims nationwide at the same time to make an eco-friendly repellent spray because
it is made from natural products or it is made from organic substances which biodegrades in the
environment.

With this, we could help lessen the number of increasing dengue incidents, at the same time we could
help people to breathe air safely. There are a number of harmful side effects to most insect repelling
products on the market today. The active ingredient in most of these products is called DEET (diethyl-
meta-toluamide) which is so poisonous that even the Environment Protection Agency recommends the
users to wash off their skin when they return indoors. Furthermore, the agency suggests to avoid
breathing it in and not to spray it directly on face.

Though DEET is used in hundreds of brands in varying concentrations, It is still a pesticide. Many
consider DEET insect repellent to be harmless or even a beneficial mosquito repellent. Yet, it is a
synthetic product that could harm mosquitoes it could also do damage to other living things.
(hhtp://www. mercola. com/article/pesticides/deet. html) The mosquitoes are a family of small, midge-
like flies: the Culicidae. Although a few species are harmless or even useful to humanity, most are
considered a nuisance because they consume blood from living vertebrates, including humans.

Mosquitoes have a battery of sensors designed to track their prey, including chemical, visual, and heat
sensors. Typically, both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant juices, but in many
species the mouthparts of the females are adapted for piercing the skin of animal hosts and sucking
their blood as ectoparasites. In many species, the female needs to obtain nutrients from a blood meal
before she can produce eggs, whereas in many other species, she can produce more eggs after a blood
meal. Mosquitoes can act as vectors for many disease-causing viruses and parasites.

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