Effective Ways to Repel Pests Using Garlic: Mice, Flies, Lice, Cockroaches, Lizards, Mosquitoes

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### 🪳 4. **Garlic for Cockroach Control**

Cockroaches are resilient but sensitive to strong scents, especially sulfur-rich ones like garlic.

**How to Use:**
– Blend garlic with onion and water to make a pungent garlic-onion spray.
– Spray it into cracks, crevices, behind appliances, and anywhere roaches like to hide.
– You can also leave garlic cloves in corners and behind cupboards.

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### 🦎 5. **Keep Lizards Away with Garlic**

Lizards dislike the smell of garlic and tend to avoid areas where it’s present.

**How to Use:**
– Hang crushed garlic cloves near windows or light fixtures where lizards are spotted.
– Rub garlic juice along window sills or other areas they frequent.

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### 🦟 6. **Garlic as a Mosquito Repellent**

Mosquitoes are perhaps the most well-known pests that garlic helps repel. It doesn’t just repel them when applied to the skin—it can also reduce your attractiveness to them when consumed regularly.

**How to Use:**
– Crush garlic and mix it with coconut oil or olive oil. Apply to exposed skin.
– Make a garlic water spray and mist it around outdoor seating areas, doorways, and windows.
– Add garlic to your daily diet—it changes your body’s scent in a way that’s subtle to humans but unpleasant to mosquitoes.

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### 🌿 DIY Garlic Pest Repellent Spray (All-Purpose)

Here’s a simple homemade spray you can use against multiple pests:

**Ingredients:**
– 6 cloves of garlic (crushed)
– 2 cups of water
– Optional: 1 tsp dish soap or neem oil (for sticking and added pest control)

**Instructions:**
1. Combine crushed garlic and water in a pot and simmer for 10–15 minutes.
2. Let it cool, strain, and pour into a spray bottle.
3. Spray along baseboards, windows, doorways, garbage areas, and anywhere pests gather.

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### ⚠️ A Few Notes to Keep in Mind:

– Garlic has a strong smell—it can linger. Use in ventilated areas or outdoors if scent sensitivity is an issue.
– Don’t overapply garlic oil to pets or skin—always do a patch test first.
– Replace fresh garlic placements every 2–3 days for best results.

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### ✅ Final Thoughts

Nature has provided a powerful pest repellent that’s likely sitting in your kitchen right now. **Garlic is affordable, accessible, and effective** against a surprising variety of unwanted critters. Whether you’re trying to keep mosquitoes off your porch or discourage mice from sneaking in at night, garlic offers a smart and safe solution.

Best of all? You’ll keep your home pest-free without resorting to harsh chemicals.

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