1. stop breathing. Mosquitoes follow carbon dioxide. That's why propane contraptions work.

2. don't eat bananas or other sweet fruit. Eat lots of garlic. The smells come out through your skin. Some biologists I met working on a fruit farm swore by garlic and B12 supplements.

3. Punk. Don't know if they sell it here on the mainland. I think they're called mosquito coils. Green. Light the end until it glows amber, then it smolders for hours. Don't sit too close...you'll smell like smoke, and they've got chemicals. Doesn't help when it's windy. Citronella candles are an OK substitute. Not as effective, but they look better and...hey it's a candle. More romantic than saying, "Hey honey, I lit some punks around the hot tub."

Just found that there's an Off brand: http://www.offprotects.com/mosquito-control/

http://www.offprotects.com/i/products/prodshot_mosquitocoil.jpg

4. Fan. It's hot anyway. Be selfish and sit in front of the fan. Mosquitoes can't fly when the wind is more than a few miles per hour.

5. Bats. Just a thought. Saw a half dozen of them dive-bombing a giant swarm of mosquitoes. Don't know how to train bats though.
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lived in Hawaii for a while

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