
Remember, DEET, the strongest and most effective repellent, should be used sparingly. The natural products can be used throughout the day but only last a couple of hours at most. Picaridin is reportedly as effective as DEET, but it is new to the United States and has not been studied as fully.
DEET
3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent aerosol spray (25 percent DEET, controlled-release lotion)To buy: $8.50,
www.rei.com.
Off! Deep Woods (23.8 percent DEET, pump spray)
To buy: About $5, at drugstores.
Sawyer Controlled Release Insect Repellent (20 percent DEET)
To buy: $5,
www.rei.com.
Sawyer Broad Spectrum Spray (for biting flies, 17 percent DEET)
To buy: $6,
www.rei.com.
Off! SkintasticTo buy: About $5 at drugstores.
Picaridin
Cutter Advanced Picaridin Insect-Repellent Pump SprayTo buy: $6,
www.rei.com.
Permethrin
Repel Permanone (0.5 percent permethrin)
To buy: $4,
www.amazon.com.
Sawyer Permethrin Clothing spray (0.5 percent permethrin)
To buy: $7,
www.rei.com.
Natural repellents
Bite Blocker insect repellent (active ingredients: soybean oil and geranium oil)
To buy: $9,
www.biteblocker.com for store locations.
Repel Lemon Eucalyptus Lotion (active ingredient: oil of lemon eucalyptus)
To buy: $6,
www.drugstore.com.
Skeeter Defeater Bite Stop spray (active ingredient: geranium oil)
To buy: $7,
www.skeeterdefeater.com.
Natrapel Plus insect repellent (active ingredient: citronella)
To buy: $7.50,
www.rei.com.
Fly Traps and Strips
Arbico Organics Solar Fly TrapTo buy: $56,
www.arbico-organics.com.
Hot Shot No-Pest StripTo buy: $5.50,
www.homedepot.com for store locations.
Ant Bait
Ortho Fire Ant Killer BaitTo buy: $4.50,
www.acehardware.com.
Terro Ant Killer SprayTo buy: $7,
www.terro.com.
Advance Carpenter Ant BaitTo buy: $23,
www.pestcontrolsupplies.com.