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[Basil] Bay [Ocimum basilicum] Laurus nobilis
Leaves in containers to present weevils. And on shelves to keep ants away Deters moths and silverfish from clothes and books. Grow near plants that are prone to caterpillar attacks
Insect Repelling Plants | Herbology
In pots and window boxes against Flies Companion for cabbage, tomato and beans –downy mildew. Basil oil on skin against mozzies Made into spray – aphids, woolly aphids, flies, fruit flies, leaf miners, mozzies, scale, spider mites, thrips, whitefly. Also caterpillars, earwigs, millipedes, pear and cherry slug, pumpkin and other beetles, slaters, spiders and weevils.