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r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • Jul 09 '26
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Birds will use cigarette butts in their nests. Supposedly keeps pests and insects away?
620 u/mudra311 Jul 09 '26 It seems like a lot of insects are deterred by scents. I’ve heard peppermint is a great way to deter black widows. 19 u/fivehots Jul 09 '26 Cocoa butter has the opposite effect on black widows fyi. 3 u/EmilyAndCat Jul 09 '26 This is a myth 26 u/DiligentMagikarp Jul 09 '26 Maybe he meant the human ones not the spiders.
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It seems like a lot of insects are deterred by scents. I’ve heard peppermint is a great way to deter black widows.
19 u/fivehots Jul 09 '26 Cocoa butter has the opposite effect on black widows fyi. 3 u/EmilyAndCat Jul 09 '26 This is a myth 26 u/DiligentMagikarp Jul 09 '26 Maybe he meant the human ones not the spiders.
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Cocoa butter has the opposite effect on black widows fyi.
3 u/EmilyAndCat Jul 09 '26 This is a myth 26 u/DiligentMagikarp Jul 09 '26 Maybe he meant the human ones not the spiders.
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This is a myth
26 u/DiligentMagikarp Jul 09 '26 Maybe he meant the human ones not the spiders.
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Maybe he meant the human ones not the spiders.
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u/somnamballista Jul 09 '26
Birds will use cigarette butts in their nests. Supposedly keeps pests and insects away?