Repel, control, and eat mosquitos

West Nile, Dengue, Zika, picaridin, dunks. Oh my.

“A scary mosquito,” courtesy AI

Mosquitos. They can be an infuriating nuisance. Occasionally (but increasingly) they can be a vector of disease in my part of the world. This post is going to touch briefly upon some diseases they spread, then focus mostly on which repellents work safely, and conclude with two ways to reduce their numbers in an environme…