Here are several Wirecutter-approved ways to do just that. Bug zappers kill the wrong bugs—to control bugs without a spray repellent, use a spatial repellent or a fan instead.

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Three University of Minnesota students from the Carlson School of Management developed a new bug repellent, called Alure, ...

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"An ounce of prevention certainly is worth a pound of cure," said Megan Meuti, an Ohio State University Extension agent.