Plant-Based Insect Spray for Home, Yard and Pet Areas
Three ready-to-use sprays made with botanical oils instead of harsh synthetic pesticides. One for mosquitoes while you are outdoors, one for indoor pet areas, and one for the everyday crawling and flying insects around the house. Made in the USA.
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Rip Bug™ Flea & Tick Spray for Pets (16 oz)
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Before you buy
What is actually in these sprays?
The active ingredients are botanical: rosemary oil, citronella oil and geranium oil, in a soybean oil base. The full active list and its percentages are printed on every bottle.
Is the mosquito spray DEET-free?
Yes. The Mosquito Repellent Spray is DEET-free and made with plant-based botanical oils.
Can I use the Flea & Tick spray on my dog or cat?
No. It is made for indoor pet areas: beds, carpets, crates and the spots pets rest in. It is not applied directly to animals.
Where do I spray indoors?
Along baseboards, entry points, corners and the quiet spots insects gather in, and directly on insects. Always use as directed on the label.
Do I need to mix or dilute anything?
No. All three are ready to use straight from the trigger or the pump.
How often should I reapply?
Use as directed, and top up after rain or heavy activity when you are treating outdoors.
Where are they made?
In the USA.
Plant-based pest control, explained
Rip Bug makes ready-to-use insect sprays built on botanical oils rather than harsh synthetic pesticides. Three products cover most of what a household runs into: mosquitoes outdoors, fleas and ticks in indoor pet areas, and the ants, roaches, flies and spiders that turn up around the house.
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Which spray does which job
The Mosquito Repellent Spray (8 oz) is the DEET-free option for time spent outdoors. It is a pump mist made with botanical oils, and it is the one to reach for on the patio, at a campsite or on the trail. The Multi-Insect Spray (16 oz) is the everyday trigger spray for around the home: ants along a counter, roaches in a garage, flies and spiders in the corners they favour. The Flea & Tick Spray for Pets (16 oz) is for indoor pet areas rather than for the animal itself, which matters enough that it is worth repeating: beds, carpets, crates and resting spots, not the coat.
What is in them
Rosemary oil, citronella oil and geranium oil, in a soybean oil base. Those are the actives, and the exact percentages are printed on the label of every bottle along with the precautionary statements. Nothing here is a mystery blend, and there is no need to guess what you are spraying near a food counter or a dog bed.
Where to apply
Indoors, treat the routes rather than the room: entry points, thresholds, baseboards, the gap under a door, the back of a cupboard, and the corners where webs appear. Outdoors, treat the surfaces people actually use, such as patio furniture, decking, railings and the planted edges beside them. For mosquitoes, the mist is applied while you are outside rather than to the yard in advance.
How often
Follow the label. As a rule of thumb, indoor treatments are repeated as pest pressure returns, and outdoor treatments need topping up after rain or after heavy use of the space. Reapplying on a sensible rhythm does more than one heavy application, particularly with botanical actives.
The pests most households are dealing with
Ants are the most common reason people reach for a spray indoors, and they are worth treating at the trail and the entry point rather than only where you see them. Cockroaches favour warm, hidden spots close to food and water, so kitchens, garages and the back of appliances are the places to work on. Flies and spiders tend to be a doorway and corner problem, which makes thresholds and window frames the useful surfaces. Mosquitoes are the outdoor case, handled with the DEET-free mist while you are out rather than by treating the yard. Fleas and ticks are the pet-area case: most of a flea population is in carpet, bedding and soft furnishings rather than on the animal, which is why an indoor-surface product is the right tool for it.
Reading the label first
Every bottle carries its own directions, and they are the instruction that counts. Read and follow the label before use, keep the product out of reach of children, and use each spray only where its label says it belongs. If you are treating an area your pets use, the Flea & Tick product is the one made for that job, applied to the surfaces and not to the animal.