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often as her three children, a seven-year-old daughter and 19 and 21-year-old sons who she said eat more sweets, something which she believes makes them more vulnerable to the insects.
Nina Shepardson of Flint Hill prefers using Tansy. She said this is a flower which can be crushed and rubbed on the skin. She also sometimes leaves it on a nearby table while she and her family are outside.
“It seems to work really well,” she said.
Shepardson said the flower emits a bit of an odor which likely makes mosquitoes less interested.
This happens because female mosquitoes seek out humans and other animals through their odors in hopes of gleaning protein from their blood which will help their developing eggs. “It’s pungent," Shepardson said about the flower she uses. “But it’s not really bad.”
Shepardson said she has
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