The results: the most effective repellents against mosquitoes and ticks contain 25 to 30% DEET as their active ingredient. At ...

DEET formulas are widely available ... Bug zappers kill the wrong bugs—to control bugs without a spray repellent, use a spatial repellent or a fan instead. This EPA-approved picaridin formula ...

That’s not too surprising, because deet has a long track record as an effective bug repellent and is even often used as the standard by which scientists test the efficacy of other types of ...