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2. The Best Bug Sprays and Insect Repellents, According to ... - AOL

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   With 40% DEET, this stuff stands strong against mosquitos, ticks, gnats, biting flies, chiggers and fleas. With thousands of 5-star reviews, it's definitely one to keep on hand during the summer ...

3. Off! (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Off! (brand) Off! OFF! Unscented insect repellent. Off! (stylized as OFF!) is an insect repellent brand from American corporation S. C. Johnson & Son, produced in Finland. Its active ingredient is DEET ( N, N -diethyl- m -toluamide) or metofluthrin which is the most common ingredient in insect repellants. [1] It was first sold in 1957.

4. 15 Ways to Repel Bugs Naturally (and Cheaply) - AOL

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   Start by slicing off the top quarter of a plastic bottle. Smear petroleum jelly or cooking oil along the steep inner sides of the bottle, place the inverted neck into the cut opening, and secure ...

5. Animal repellent - Wikipedia

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   Animal repellent. An animal repellent consists of any object or method made with the intention of keeping animals away from personal items as well as food, plants or yourself. Plants and other living organisms naturally possess a special ability to emit chemicals known as semiochemicals as a way to defend themselves from predators.

6. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   Rue. repels cucumber and flea beetles. Sarracenia pitcher plants. are especially proficient at trapping yellowjacket wasps. Spearmint. repels fleas, moths, ants, beetles, rodents, [4] aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper [3] Spiny amaranth. repels cutworms.

7. Cypermethrin - Wikipedia

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   It is a non-systemic and non-volatile insecticide that acts by contact and ingestion, used in agriculture and in pest control products. Exposure to sunlight, water and oxygen will accelerate its decomposition. Cypermethrin is highly toxic to fish, bees and aquatic insects, according to the National Pesticides Telecommunications Network (NPTN).