Many essential oils are natural insect repellents - the ones I use most often for this purpose are citronella and red thyme. You can put a few drops in a spray bottle with some water, and use that to keep insects at bay. I often add a few drops to the water I use to clean the floor.
Be careful with these oils, though, as red thyme is known to cause skin/lung irritation, and you shouldn't use it in a vaporiser or diffuser. Citronella is used in natural insect-repellent candles, but at higher concentrations it's also likely to cause skin/lung irritation - I'm slightly sensitive to citronella, myself, and I can vouch for this! (However, it's useful enough that I use it anyway - but at a low concentration, not more than a couple of drops per 500ml/18oz water.)
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