1. Mosquito repellent liquid The fewer mozzies are in your house, the fewer lizards you’ll find. Look around your house, urbanites. Maybe you still have a can or two of mosquito repellent. If you do, ...

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If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might need to enlist a heavy-hitter. Insect experts reach for one thing: permethrin. Here ...

Largely found in ponds, ditches, marshes, this how to avoid getting bitten and how to treat a mosquito bite if you do.