Mosquitos

[Bizman]

DEET contains plastic softeners which can damage your clothing (that's not fatal). Used combined with permetrine it can cause gene mutations which show only in the descendants according to animal testing. Ikaridine (Autan) should cause less skin irritations than DEET, but it still isn't recommended for kids under 3. Same goes for IR3535. Source: Duodecim, the (Finnish) doctors' book of medicine and other substances October 2012

IMO if something can't be considered as suitable for kids, it can't be safe for anyone. Adults just die too slow to notice the reason why.

[nrshida]

You could try keeping a fan blowing over people while they sleep. Here is a link about fans and mosquitos'

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/a-simple-fan-is-your-best-mosq-121788

The fan could even be made into a mosquito trap, like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXHEvHylsHg

CHEERS!

Genius!   

[uptown]

I dont get bitten because I am Ugandan

You nutty bastage

[blkblade]

Shida. Move to New Mexico. No water, no mosquitoes!
We do compensate with black widows, scorpions, and other creepy crawlies tho...

[Nwbie]

works

http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/homemade-mosquito-trap/

[NOT]

ThermaCell

http://www.thermacell.com/




NOT

[smoe]

Mosquitos can be attracted because of a high meat diet. I would suggest consuming fruit juice, this is a natural repellant.

[Babalonian]

I'd invest in some good screens, not pricey and something you can even do yourself with some youtube howto help.  The other trick, since you live in an apartment, is look around the property for any birdbaths or buckets/pools with standing water in them and discretely get rid of the mosquito nurseries you find.

Zappers I've only foud work best outdoors like on a porch or around a campsite.

[Xtirp8r]

Don't forget the Aerogard, and avabloodygoodweekend! 

[Bizman]

My neighbour bought a portable ThermaCell, and I must say it's a toy. Doesn't even last the whole evening...

The "How it works" section of it tells a "secret":

The repellent is allethrin, a copy of a repellent that naturally occurs in chrysanthemum flowers. It repels mosquitoes, black flies, and no-see-ums, and will not harm humans or pets.

So why not go for the real thing? Flowers are pretty, consume no energy, emit no additives... Alright, some might not digest well, but you shouldn't eat the ThermaCell pads either.