Clothing & Gear$
Sawyer Permethrin Clothing & Gear Spray
Turn your actual clothes into armor. Treat once, protected through six washes.
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Coghlan's Mosquito Head Net
Five bucks of fine mesh that makes you unbiteable from the neck up. Fashion sold separately.
Best for: Yard work, gardening, compost duty, and high-density swarm zones · Price: $
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Why it made the arsenal.
Look, we know. But when you're doing real work in a mosquito-heavy zone — clearing the yard's leaf litter, turning compost at the community garden, painting the fence at golden hour — a head net is undefeated. Fine mesh, fits over a brim hat, weighs nothing, costs less than a sandwich. It's the cheapest 100%-effective item in the entire shop, for the body part mosquitoes love most. Equip it during grind sessions; de-equip before photos.
+ Power-ups
- Total protection for face and neck, no chemicals
- Costs almost nothing, lasts for years, packs to pocket size
- Best worn over a brimmed hat to keep mesh off skin
− Drawbacks
- You will not look cool. Acceptance is part of the build
- Mesh against bare skin can still be bitten through — wear a hat
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Traps$$
Ovi-Catch AGO Mosquito Trap
The CDC-designed autocidal gravid ovitrap. Egg-laying mosquitoes check in; nobody checks out.
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Traps$$
Biogents BG-GAT Trap (2-Pack)
The pro-grade passive gravid Aedes trap from the lab-nerd company mosquito researchers actually use.
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Gear is level 2. Level 1 is free: the Prevention Playbook. And if you're in Bed-Stuy, the pilot will hand you a trap.