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Lavender
Lavendersare beautiful flowers with very sweet and pleasant smell that is hated by insects and pests especiallymosquitoesand spiders.
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Peppermint
Peppermintis ahybrid mintbetween water mint and spearmint and an extremely refreshing and flavorsome herb.
Peppermint oil has high intensity of natural pesticide called Pulegone.
It acts as a natural refresher, flavorsome herb for food and insecticide at the same time.
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Lemon Grass
Citronella is the oil that is found in lemongrass.
This oil repels spiders and prohibits them from coming back.
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Lemon Balm
Lemon balmor common balm is a perennial shrub of the mint family.
It has a lemony scent similar to other mint trees.
It produces anessential oilthat is a great insect repellent as well as has high cosmetic value.
It keeps all kinds of creepy-crawlies at distance and is extremely good as a skincare item.
It soothes and rejuvenates skin and calms and heals burns.
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Basil
Basilhas innumerable qualities.
It is a delicious herb and keeps spiders and houseflies out of your way.
you might even make insect repellent spray by mixing basil extract and cheap vodka.
It is cheap, easy to make and effective as well.
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Dill
Dillis an extremely well-known herb from the celery family and has many uses in the culinary sector.
But it is very little known that it acts as a great bug juice too.
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These leaves are pointed in structures and emit very powerful smell if it is bruised a little.
Bugs and pests, especially spiders cannot stand this smell and that keeps them at bay.
Therefore, having a lemon Verbena can act as a dual purpose.
