50 Citronella Long Burning Incense Sticks - made with pure and natural citronella essential oil.

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House Flies and Other Filth Flies.” House Flies and Other Filth Flies | IDPH, dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/environmental-health-protection/structural-pest-control/house-flies-other-filth-flies. To start getting rid of those flies, it’s good to turn to citronella. It’s a natural remedy for a natural cause. I mean we can’t blame those flies for wanting to eat, right? How you use the citronella is key, depending on the situation you have outside. The studies used dried powdered plant material such as pyrethrum flower heads, camphor, Acorus, benzoin, and neem leaves, mixed with the additives like joss and charcoal powder, and repelling essential oils like lemongrass essential oil.

Read More – How to Keep Flies Away From Food – and Guests – During an Outdoor Party! The Risks of Using Incense at Home The same logic applies to almost all incense products. They may be proven to be efficient in the lab setting. However, whether they will work in real-life circumstances depends on too many factors to guarantee success.

If flies are a constant problem, planting citronella plants alongside fly-prone spaces is an amazing place to start. However, before planting these grasses, make sure to crunch or rub the leaves of the plant to activate the oils. If you plant the plant as is, you may not grasp all the benefits of the oils – so agitating the greenery a bit is an important step. The citronella plant or oil does not actually eliminate flies, however, it simply repels them. The lemony smell of the citronella plant is so strong and so aromatic, that it will mask any smells that a fly or other insect may be attracted to, and will, in turn, make it harder to find and locate those stinky smells flies and other insects seem to love. If you’re having a fly problem, it would be best to try a natural method like citronella before any other route.

Citronella is one of most natural and effective ways to deter flies and insects. Whether it’s in plant or oil form, citronella does not contain any chemicals or harsh ingredients. One of the most relaxing, feel-good aromas, is one of the most hated by flies. I mean they do prefer garbage, so it’s no wonder they’d hate something so light and clean smelling! Adding lavender in essential oil form or in plant form around your outside and inside landscapes will help keep flies and insects away. Peppermint Citronella oil is also a great option to use in a diffuser, or you can dilute the citronella oil and add it into a lotion or a carrier oil like coconut oil, and apply it to your skin! This will help keep flies and insects away from you at all times, and even help lessen mosquito bites! Truly natural incense is an alternative – although natural still doesn’t mean entirely safe! In most cases, it means understudied! The duration of a product’s effectiveness is its longevity. Pay attention to how frequently you’ll need to apply the repellent for it to continue working. For topical repellents, you can expect their longevity to be anywhere from three hours to 12 hours or more. Our top long-lasting mosquito spray is Sawyer Picaridin Continuous Spray Insect Repellent, which is effective for 12 hours from the aerosol spray can and up to 14 hours in lotion form. Spatial repellents will vary in how long they last before they’re used up or out of power. The Thermacell E55 has a 5.5-hour battery life, so that’s the maximum longevity on a single charge.

All in all, it seems that using traditionally used herbs and oils can and do repel the mosquitoes. Still, the study fails to prove the technique’s usefulness in real-life situations with free-flying mosquitoes or provide some reliable statistics from the volunteer part of the study. Burning natural incense may help you reduce the number of insects in your surroundings, as well as the number of bites. The experiments show that mosquitoes try to avoid smoke from herbal incense mixes. The World Health Organization did a revealing scientific reviewon smoke as an insect repellent, focusing on indoor smoke. The results have been largely inconclusive, with no proof that the smoke reduces the number of mosquito bites.