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Natural Homemade Bug Repellent Recipes – Easy Recipes With Essential Oil

July 7, 2026 by 5 Comments

This best homemade bug repellent recipe is easy to make with simple ingredients you have at home and can save you money over the store bought kind.

Homemade bug repellent is a good way to avoid chemicals but still keep mosquitoes, flies and gnats from bothering you. It’s best to spray it on your clothing instead of on your skin.

This natural homemade bug repellent recipe is easy to make with essential oil and ingredients you have at home. Keep mosquitos and bugs away!

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Filed Under: Bath and Beauty, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Recipes, Recipes, Saving Money

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  1. Robyn Johannes says

    July 1, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    How about a ant repellant recipe that works?

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    • Jill says

      July 1, 2022 at 2:40 pm

      Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 3 Tbsp. Borax, add enough water to make like a syrup. Set it out in small bowls and pour it around any ants hills you can see. The ants will be drawn to it because of the sugar and will take it back to their nests where the Borax will kill them.

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      • Mertie says

        July 5, 2022 at 6:51 am

        Will it accidentally harm a dog? My silly critter will try to taste anything which is why I won’t use commercial brands or should I just put on the counter as we have a few ants that crawl up there too. Thanks in advance for a response as I know this does take time!

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        • Jill says

          July 5, 2022 at 8:04 am

          The borax probably would not be good for him.

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  2. Maribel says

    September 10, 2022 at 12:11 am

    Hello! Thank you for these great recipes!
    The cinnamon essential oil ingredient on the list is linked to a cedarwood essential oil on Amazon. I am wondering now, if it is cinnamon or cedarwood I should be using. Can you please clarify?

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