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Organic Bug Repellents: Useful For All Campers

Camping is guaranteed family fun, no matter where your family likes to camp. One not so fun thing about camping is bug bites.

Preventing and eliminating bug bites is an important way to ensure your family camping trip remains fun. Choosing organic bug repellents is also a way to make sure your family remains safe and free of bug bites.

This article will discuss:

• Preventing Bites at Your Campsite
• Organic Vs. Conventional Repellents

Preventing Bites at Your Campsite

Prevention is by far one of the most successful approaches to insect control because it does not harm any insects, but repels them much like a processed repellent would. When camping, prevention techniques are important to ensure the experience isn’t ruined by a bunch of bug bites.

Choosing surroundings that are completely bug free is impossible, but you can choose environments that are less apt to have tons of bugs. Choose areas with short grasses and short weeds because they are less likely to have high numbers of insects. Avoiding insects can be as simple as setting up camp away from puddles, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.

Mosquitoes and other biting insects spawn in water, so sleeping away from these areas will help prevent you from getting bitten. Buying conventional insect control tools can be effective towards protecting your family, but not helpful to your wallet. Therefore, keeping your campsite clean is a free alternative to eliminating pests from your camping experience.

Clean food scraps and crumbs, which will stop the allure of your site to animals and insects alike. Also keeping a campfire lit (until you go to sleep) will help repel insects because they too are irritated by excessive smoke. Using organic insect repellent is also very helpful towards riding yourselves of pesky mosquitoes and other biting pests.

Organic Vs. Conventional Repellents

Learning the scoop on insect repellents is important because there are positives and negatives to organic and chemical insect control. Both forms of bug repellents are effective at stopping bugs with their various ingredients. EcoSMART’s organic insect repellent is made from natural ingredients (like cinnamon and rosemary oils) that block an insect’s adrenaline receptors that plants, animals, and people don’t have.

This leaves plants, animals, and people unaffected by the power of this organic repellent, leaving insects running scared. Chemical or conventional repellents use chemicals like DEET, which similarly affects an insects receptors, but in their antennas. These chemicals kill or repel insects, but can also have harmful consequences if absorbed into a plant, animal, or person.

When using conventional repellents rich in DEET, it is important to make sure to only use recommended levels (especially with children). However, chemical repellents and insecticides are often easier to find in stores, while organic repellents and insecticides are harder to find and require a little extra effort to locate.