Thanks to this grandmother’s advice, you can stop suffering from mosquito bites this summer. With an empty bottle and just 3 ingredients, you can make a really effective trap. We explain it to you.
In summer, it’s always the same problem: mosquitoes make our lives difficult! So, if you want to avoid commercially sold chemicals to have a peaceful summer without mosquitoes, you can opt for equipment such as mosquito nets on the windows, or natural repellents such as clove, lavender, basil, geranium… Essential oils of lemongrass, Egyptian geranium or even lemon eucalyptus are also effective in keeping small animals away.
But we have even better, a trap well known by our grandmothers, very effective at getting rid of mosquitoes. To make it you will need a 1.5 L plastic water bottle, 50 grams of brown sugar, half a sachet of baker’s yeast and 20cl of warm water. Here’s how to make the trap:
- Cut the bottle two-thirds from the bottom.
- Pour 20 cl of warm water into the bottom of the bottle.
- Add the sugar and mix until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Let the preparation cool.
- Once it has cooled, you can sprinkle with baking powder. Be careful not to mix it with the rest of the preparation.
- Take the top of the bottle that you cut off earlier and return it to the other part that contains your mixture. Important, the neck must be soaked in the preparation.
- Place the trap in a dark room.
- Otherwise, you will need to tape a sheet of black paper around the bottle.
- Wait two weeks before the trap is really effective. Important: the trap must not be moved during these two weeks to prevent the yeast from mixing with the rest.
This will give you peace of mind for at least two weeks! It’s worth a try, right?
