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  2. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    repel roaches, ants, the Japanese beetle, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and root-knot nematodes [2] Citronella grass: repels insects, may deter cats [5] Clovers: repel aphids and wireworms [3] Common lantana: repels mosquitoes [1] Coriander: repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites [3] Cosmos: repel the corn earworm ...

  3. Lavender oil - Wikipedia

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    Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. There are over 400 types of lavender worldwide with different scents and qualities. There are over 400 types of lavender worldwide with different scents and qualities.

  4. Strewing herb - Wikipedia

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    Kills fleas. Also used to stuff mattresses. Sweet flag: Sweet smell. Rush-like leaves. Pennyroyal: Kills fleas (also known as fleabane) and repels ticks. Lavender: Insect repellent (e.g. moths). Also used in mattresses and pillows. Hyssop: Fragrant. Also has biblical reference to cleanliness [2] Mint: Various species meadowsweet (Filipendula ...

  5. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

  6. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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    Fleas can be drowned by immersion for about 24 hours; they may appear to be dead if immersed for shorter times, but can revive after some hours. [11] Soaps and surfactants can facilitate the death of fleas in bathing. The process of washing the flea (and the pet) removes integumental waxes on the flea's body and it dies from dehydration. [12 ...

  7. Erigeron - Wikipedia

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    It appears to be derived from a belief that the dried plants repelled fleas [10] or that the plants were poisonous to fleas. [11] The generic name Erigeron is derived from the Ancient Greek words ἦρι ( êri ) "early in the morning" and γέρων ( gérōn ) "old man", a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after ...