Every repellent we've scored
Personal sprays and lotions, spatial emanators and coils, yard foggers, larvicides, and traps, and the gadgets that don't work, each scored on the same four pillars: effectiveness, transparency, evidence, and safety. Every product is judged on how well it does its own job, so scores are meant to be compared within a tab, not across. How scoring works.
These reduce the mosquitoes in your yard over time, rather than protecting you on the spot.
Larvicides kill larvae at the breeding source and traps catch adults over the season; foggers only knock down what's flying for a short window and are a weak, pollinator-harming option here, so they rank last. Each is scored on how well it does that job. Pair any of them with a skin repellent for on-the-spot protection.
Bonide
Bonide Mosquito Beater Water Soluble Pouches
Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) 1.7%
Summit
Summit Mosquito Dunks
Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis)
Central Life Sciences
Altosid Pro-G Mosquito Larvicide Granules
S-methoprene 1.5%
Microbe-Lift
Microbe-Lift BMC Biological Mosquito Control
Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis)
Summit
Summit Mosquito Bits
Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis)
Starbar
Pre-Strike Mosquito Torpedo
S-methoprene
Clarke
Natular DT Mosquito Larvicide Tablets
Spinosad 7.48%
Biogents
Biogents BG-Mosquitaire CO2 Mosquito Trap
Trap
Black Flag
Black Flag Propane Insect Fogger
Phenothrin 0.15%
Black Flag
Black Flag Electric Insect Fogger (Model 190107)
Tetramethrin 0.10% · Permethrin 0.25%
Bonide
Bonide Mosquito Beater Flying Insect Fog
Phenothrin 0.15%
Repel
Repel Propane Insect Fogger (Model 190397)
Tetramethrin 0.10% · Permethrin 0.25%
Cutter
Cutter Propane Insect Fogger
Phenothrin 0.15%
Biogents
Biogents BG-Home Indoor Mosquito Trap
Trap
Cutter
Cutter Backyard Bug Control Outdoor Fogger
Tetramethrin 0.20% · Phenothrin 0.20%
Burgess
Burgess 1443 Propane Insect Fogger
Phenothrin
Mosquito Magnet
Mosquito Magnet Executive (MM3300B)
Trap
Mosquito Magnet
Mosquito Magnet Patriot Plus Propane Mosquito Trap
Trap
Biogents
Biogents BG-GAT (Gravid Aedes Trap)
Trap
Biogents
Biogents BG-Sentinel 2
Trap
Cedarcide
Cedarcide PCO Choice Cedar Oil Concentrate
Cedarwood oil 84.7%
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
Katchy
Katchy Indoor Insect Trap
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
DynaTrap
DynaTrap DT1100 1/2 Acre Mosquito & Flying Insect Trap
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
DynaTrap
DynaTrap DT1775 1 Acre XL Mosquito & Flying Insect Trap
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
DynaTrap
DynaTrap DT2000XLP-TUN Decora Series 1 Acre Tungsten Mosquito & Insect Trap
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
Blue Rhino
Blue Rhino SkeeterVac SV3100
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
Katchy
Katchy Duo Indoor Insect Trap
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
DynaTrap
DynaTrap DT1050 Insect and Mosquito Trap
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
Spartan Mosquito
Spartan Mosquito Eradicator
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy
Pest Proof Co
BiteShield Mosquito Trap Set
Trap
Not recommended · No demonstrated efficacy