3. Lavender: The calming scent of lavender is loved by humans but disliked by flies, moths, and mosquitoes. Plant lavender in sunny areas of your garden to repel these insects. You can also dry ...

The licorice-like scent of petunias is enough to turn off many an insect including aphids, hornworms and squash bugs. The ...

Q: Fruit flies are being a nuisance in my kitchen ... Some fragrant herbs, such as lavender, basil, and mint, are also known as mosquito-repellent plants and smells that ants hate.

Now, researchers have found that felines rub against the plant to apply a mosquito-repelling compound onto their fur. The finding, by a team of researchers at Iwate University, Kyoto University ...