Mosquito/bug repellant

[OakLeaf]

Bite Blocker or Bug Band (the spray, not the wristband). Both of them are based on soybean and geraniol, and they work very well. I'm a total mosquito magnet, too, if I'm on the premises no one else has to worry about mosquitoes, but either of those will keep them away. Never had a bite as long as I keep them applied ... DEET you can go longer between applications, but toxic or not, you have to worry about it melting all your stuff. The ONLY advantage DEET has over the less toxic stuff and less corrosive stuff is that you can go longer between sprays.

With the caveat that soybean/geraniol isn't rated for ticks, I've had three ticks crawling on me and one bite this year, and every one was when I had *not* put on the bug spray, so I tend to believe they repel ticks as well. Deer flies, which are the biggest problem in daylight hours here, they definitely repel.

I think there's a reason you can't import the permethrin-infused clothing into other countries ... I wouldn't have it touching my skin.