> While Repel-Xp (which contains pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide and lots of > deoderized kerosine) is very effective at repelling flies, for several hours, > it lacks the citronella that make FlyGone7000 so effective at repelling > culicoides. From my (fairly extensive) testing, Repel-Xp does almost nothing > toward repelling culicoides. I find that FlyGone also works very well at > repelling flies, and its effect lasts considerably longer than that of > Repel-X, probably due to its stabilized citronella. [See: < > http://www.maineicelandics.org/html/se.html >.]
Hello Barbara: Thank you for that information. For some reason I thought that the ingredients in Flygone and Repel Xp were the same. Do you think I cold make it work better by adding some citronella oil to it? Anneliese
