Best Mosquito Repellents

Do It Yourself / Gardening

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Spending Time Outdoors

Warmer weather means you are spending more time outdoors. Whether you are enjoying the patio, camping, swimming in the pool, grilling or going for a walk in the park.  Spring and summer bring lots of outdoor activities. And with the warmer weather comes mosquitoes. Learn how to get rid of mosquitoes. The best mosquito repellent for your yard so you can get back to enjoying your summer. 

Mosquito Season

Depending on where you live mosquito season will vary.  It generally begins mid spring and runs through summer and sometimes into the fall.  

Mosquitoes

Some years the mosquitoes are worse than others.  Open water like rivers, streams, lakes, creeks, puddles and pools can increase the mosquito population. Finding the best mosquito repellent for yard is important.

Mosquitoes And Disease

Mosquitoes bug bites cause itchy skin irritation and swelling.  It is not uncommon in the spring and summer to see kids with red bug bites on their arms and legs running through the sprinkler. 

Mosquitoes Harmful Diseases

Some mosquitoes do carry harmful diseases that can make your family very sick like West Nile Virus, Zika Virus and Yellow Fever. You can prevent these mosquito borne illnesses by repelling the mosquitoes in your yard using one or more of the best mosquito repellents for the yard. 

Mosquito Spray For Yard

Mosquitoes live in the grass and water areas of your yard.  Spraying these areas with a mosquito spray repellent is good mosquito prevention. 

Bug Spray

Using a formula like Cutter Backyard Bug Spray which gives you up to 12 weeks of prevention against mosquitoes, fleas and bugs.

DIY Mosquito Repellant

I have heard of people making a DIY mosquito repellent using Lysol mouthwash and spraying around the yard an hour before use and seeing great results.  Mosquitoes don’t like the mint in the mouthwash.  Making this a great frugal DIY mosquito repellent.  

Best Mosquito Yard Spray

Cutter Backyard Bug Spray is one of the most popular and effective yard bug repellents we have found that is available.  You simply connect it to your hose a spray the selected area.  This bug repellent works even after it rains.  Lasting up to 12 weeks for most of the summer. 

Natural Mosquito Repellent

Citronella, mint, lemon and eucalyptus are all know to repel bugs.  These natural mosquito repellents can be found in plants, oils, sprays and candles.

⭐Top 5 Natural Mosquito Repellents:

Best Mosquito Body Spray

Mosquito repellent body spray is simple and easy to use.  You can use it in your backyard, on a walk, while camping or near the water.  Repel Plant Based Bug Spray is consumers top pick because it is naturally derived, smells good and repels bugs. 

Best Mosquito Lantern

If you are looking to protect your patio from bugs the Thermacell Patio Shield is your best choice.  This mosquito repellent is scent free, cost effective and uses no bug sprays.   You do have to replace the repellent mats every four hours and the fuel cartridge every 12 hours which may be it’s down fall.  But it is a very effective bug repellent unit. 

Best Mosquito Zapper

The best mosquito zapper by far is the Stinger Insect Zapper for 1.5 acres you can also buy the Stinger Cordless Mosquito Lantern which lights up your patio and kills the bugs. 

Bug Zapper

Within 24 hours of using this hanging mosquito repellent (Stinger 1.5 acre) our bug population hugely decreased.  The machine was full of dead mosquitoes. The Stinger Insect Zapper works and it works well.  It works based on 3 essentials. Attracting mosquitoes to light, scent attraction and electrical zapping or killing of the bugs.  The mosquitoes also get caught in the mesh like frame preventing escape ensuring a decrease in mosquito population. 

Patio Insect Control

Through thorough testing I think the best patio insect control and best mosquito repellents for your yard are an Insect Zapper, Cutter Backyard Bug Spray and Repel Plant Based Bug Spray.  Please note you do not need to use all three at once. 

These are the best result showing mosquito repellents to keep the bugs away. 

Bug Free Summer

Get out and enjoy your patio invest in a bug free repellent that will repel mosquitoes from your yard.

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Updated July 18, 2021

Best Mosquito Repellents