Do coffee grounds keep mosquitoes away?

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asked Jul 6, 2019 in Other-Home/Garden by Mike68 (330 points)
Do coffee grounds keep mosquitoes away?

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answered Jul 7, 2019 by Minty (132,850 points)
Yes coffee grounds do keep mosquitoes and other annoying insects away from an area.

Coffee grounds with a little water mixed in will actually kill mosquito larvae when the mosquitoes are born into the coffee grounds and water.

So you can keep a bowl of water with some coffee grounds in the bowl and then the mosquitoes will die when they come into contact with it and the mosquito larvae cannot survive in it.

Also the smell of used coffee grounds keeps the mosquitoes and many other insects away from you and the area.

I keep a bit of used coffee grounds in my desk or on my nightstand near my bed when I go to sleep because mosquitoes used to really bite me at night and now the mosquitoes stay away from my bed and leave me alone.

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