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Unfortunately for us humans but lucky for me as an individual, the humble (and profitable) mosquito,ant, cockroach, fly, spider, locust (insert your pest of choice) are rather difficult to repell...my company makes several insecticides that kill the above (and more)
While I think that DEET is one of the best for use on skin...citronella does have some effect but it is localized like most of the other products...they will work (coils, electronic etc.) but they products soon dissapate.
The best situation is where a large area managment plan is put in place...Many councils in the Brisbane area have some really good mosquito control programs combining larvicides and adulticides...In fact, it would not be a stretch to list them in the top tier globally. For them it is not only an issue of comfort for tourism but, one of public health...lots of nasty things can be spread by these vectors...
Sad to say that few other councils (especially around Sydney) actually try and control mosquito populations...
So, in a nut shell...there are not many options besides DEET for skin use...or banding together for area wide management.
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