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  2. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    repels carrot fly [3] Lime basil: repels mosquitoes [1] Mexican marigold: repels insects and rabbits [2] Myrrh: repels insects [5] Narcissus: repel moles [3] Nasturtiums: repel squash bugs, [2] aphids (though there is conflicting information with some sources stating it attracts aphids), [10] many beetles, and the cabbage looper [3] Onion

  3. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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    Sunflower, basil: Monarch butterfly: Aphids: Plants that attracts aphids and spider mites: Attracts the monarch butterfly during spring and summer. Basil repels pests that attracts by the swan plant like aphids. Sweet pea: Lathyrus odoratus: Sweet alyssum, lobelia, roses, lavender, catmint [95] Brassica, spinach, silverbeet and salads: Bees ...

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    Not only does basil bring us tasty pesto sauce, yummy pastas, and delicious salads, but it also keeps away pesky pests such as mosquitoes and houseflies. The herb produces an essential oil called ...

  5. Nepetalactone - Wikipedia

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    For example, nepetalactols are able to repel Aedes albopictus. [5] [1] The cats typically hunt other animals by stalking them. This requires being still or slow movements, which allow insects to bite the cat more easily. This would make evolutionary pressure select for the behavior of rubbing of natural insect repellent. This was proposed to be ...

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  7. Ocimum americanum - Wikipedia

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    Ocimum americanum, known as American basil, lime basil, [2] or hoary basil, [3] is a species of annual herb in the family Lamiaceae. Despite the misleading name, it is native to Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. The species is naturalized in Queensland, Christmas Island, and parts of tropical America.

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