It's not clear from your note that you verified this tip yourself.

If anyone else tries this, please report back your results & observations.
Not enough mosquitos where I'm located to run a definitive test.  But it'd
be nice to know.

//Jack
'85 Weekender

Date sent:              Thu, 8 Jul 2004 18:42:38 -0700
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From:                   developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
Subject:                Eliminating mosquitoes while camping
To:                     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> I thought this tip might be useful to others while camping.
>
> Mosquitoes
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>
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> Pass this on to anyone who likes sitting out in the evening or when they're
> having a cook out.
>
> So you don't like those pesky mosquitoes, especially now that they have the
> potential to carry the West Nile Virus?
>
> Here's a tip that was given at a recent gardening forum. Put some water in a
> white dinner plate and add a couple drops of Lemon Fresh Joy dish detergent.
> Set the dish on your porch, patio, or other outdoor area.
>
> Not sure what attracts them, the lemon smell, the white plate color, or
> what, but mosquitoes flock to it, and drop dead shortly after drinking the
> Lemon Fresh Joy/water mixture, and usually within about 10 feet of the plate.
> Check this out--it works just super! May seem trivial, but it may help
> control mosquitoes around your home, especially in the South and elsewhere
> where the West Nile virus is reaching epidemic proportions in mosquitoes,
> birds, and humans.