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30 Ways To Keep Bugs Away While Camping - jasmin - 05-06-2022

Choose a dry campsite
Traditional bug spray and creams
Alternative or homemade bug sprays
Rub on essential oils
Rubbing yourself with citrus, onion, garlic, or mint
Mosquito head nets
Wearable oil diffuser
Bug repelling bracelets
Bug repelling laundry detergent or additives
Pre-treat clothes with permethrin
Ingesting garlic capsules
Start a campfire
Burn herbs
Tiki torches
Mosquito coils
Salt gun
Insect fogger
Electronic bug repeller
Bug zapper
Battery powered bug repelling diffusers
Food covers
Avoid sweet smelling soap
Avoid beer
Avoid bananas
Avoid wearing very bright or very dark colors
Clean up ALL food from the campsite (beverages and trash too!)
Throw coffee grounds in stagnant water to kill mosquito larvae
Sprinkle diatomaceous earth
Stuff pieces of cloth in zipper gaps
Use bug repelling bulbs (does not attract bugs like regular bulbs)