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2. 15 Ways to Repel Bugs Naturally (and Cheaply) - AOL

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   For a stronger option try this recipe: 1 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons boric acid, and 3 cups warm water. Combine the ingredients in a jar, put some cotton inside the lid of the jar, and saturate it ...

3. Eight ways to repel insects without bug spray - AOL

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   The trees also bear large ovate leaves which can be crushed and wiped on your skin as a useful insect repellent. The leaves are at their best in the spring and early summer, when their strong ...

4. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repels insects, [2] including ants, cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, carrot fly, codling moth, flea beetles, whiteflies, the Cabbage White, and the Small White, as well as mice [3] Basil: repels flies, including mosquitoes [2] [4] the carrot fly, asparagus beetles and whiteflies [3] Borage: repels tomato hornworm and cabbage worms [2] Castor ...

5. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   A mosquito on a bottle of "natural" insect repellent. Several natural ingredients are certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as insect repellents, namely catnip oil, oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE) (and its active ingredient p-Menthane-3,8-diol), oil of citronella, and 2-Undecanone, which is usually produced synthetically ...

6. Fly-killing device - Wikipedia

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   Three fly bottles from Central Europe, beginning of the 20th century. A fly bottle or glass flytrap is a passive trap for flying insects. In the Far East, it is a large bottle of clear glass with a black metal top with a hole in the middle. An odorous bait, such as pieces of meat, is placed in the bottom of the bottle.

7. Pyrethroid - Wikipedia

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   A pyrethroid is an organic compound similar to the natural pyrethrins, which are produced by the flowers of pyrethrums (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium and C. coccineum). Pyrethroids are used as commercial and household insecticides. [1] In household concentrations pyrethroids are generally harmless to humans. [1]