Abstract: A device for repelling insects from the vicinity of a support surface for the repelling device. The repelling device has a base which can be placed against an upwardly facing support surface to thereby maintain the repelling device in an operative position, a first arm connected to the base and in an elevated position above the upwardly facing surface on which the repelling device is maintained in the operative position and rotatable around a vertically extending axis, a first element depending from the first arm and rotatable with the first arm around the vertically extending axis, and a drive which is operable to rotate the first arm around the vertically extending axis to thereby cause the first element to trace an annular path around the vertically extending axis.