I thought about those clip on dragon flies, but apparently they work on visual bugs like horseflies and not much on mosquitoes. In the past, OFF had a eucalyptus repellent lotion that worked great, but over the years, the mosquitoes seemed to have started ignoring it, so it's back to DEET. Citronella torches don't seem consistent in keeping them away. Maybe helps keeping mosquitoes down in the grass, but the moment you walk by, it's not enough of a deterrent for them to jump on you.
Agreed on the bug zapper being satisfying. I got the $10 at Canadian Tire and it works reasonably well. I gave the kids one each and taught them to make the bugs fly, then swing the zapper at them in our back yard. They had a lot of fun doing that.
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