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backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 10:52 PM Jul 2012

citronella a bug reppelent?seems so

I loaded all my tiki torches with a citronella and ceder fuel and I have to say it works at keeping bugs away.I haven't seen a bug for an hour on the porch.

Katie is doing her part eating every bug in dorchester county

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citronella a bug reppelent?seems so (Original Post) backwoodsbob Jul 2012 OP
It is supposed to work, elleng Jul 2012 #1
Cedar is a great repellent, as well. Fridays Child Jul 2012 #2
citronella oil and lemongrass oil are good bug repellents. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #3
Try growing pennyroyal. It is a nice groundcover and bugs hate the shit. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4

elleng

(130,126 posts)
1. It is supposed to work,
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:07 PM
Jul 2012

and its at least silent, compared with those electrical things which make a 'frying' sound when they capture insects!

Fridays Child

(23,998 posts)
2. Cedar is a great repellent, as well.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 11:30 PM
Jul 2012

I've purchased a number of products from cedarcidestore.com and had excellent results. For skeeters, though, I recently read the following at http://altmedicine.about.com/od/healthconditionsdisease/a/insect_repellents_oils.htm:

"In a 2005 study that compared the repellent activity of 38 different essential oils, researchers discovered that clove oil offered the longest duration of protection against all mosquito species involved in the lab experiments. The same study found that citronella and patchouli oils also provided two hours of complete repellency."

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