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As I understand it, DEET just prevents biting as they don't like the taste of it, and they taste with their feet. Thus, it doesn't do much to prevent initial at
by fooqux 4mo ago
As I understand it, DEET just prevents biting as they don't like the taste of it, and they taste with their feet. Thus, it doesn't do much to prevent initial attraction.
Edit: thought I'd include a link to a study about this as it's not well known. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30402-6 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)...
- exabrial 4mo agoI believe DEET interferes with their ability to locate prey actually.
- fooqux 4mo agoThere may be multiple ways it works, but we don't fully understand all of them. However, here is one study about the feet to show I'm not spouting AI generated bullshit: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30402-6 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)...