Groundbreaking research shows DEET's not sweet to mosquitoes
Monday, August 18, 2008 - 16:35
in Biology & Nature
Spray yourself with a DEET-based insect repellent and the mosquitoes will leave you alone. But why? They flee because of their intense dislike for the smell of the chemical repellent and not because DEET jams their sense of smell, report researchers at the University of California, Davis.