Beat mosquitos and biting bugs for free – with beautyberry leaves
2009 July 11
ALACHUA, FL – Beautyberry leaves – abundant in these parts – crushed and rubbed on clothes or skin repel mosquitos, ticks and other biting insects, including flies, much like the chemical DEET, Science Daily reports.
To read the whole story, click Beautyberry Leaves Repel Biting Bugs.
If you decide to use beautyberry as an insect repellant, apply to a small spot of skin to check for allergies before you use over a larger area. Back in the day, reports SD, folks not only used beautyberry for themselves, they broke sprigs and limbs from the shrub and attached them to harnesses to protect their horses from ticks, mosquitos and biting flies.
