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Message: [QUOTE="Chuck, post: 26821, member: 944"] Plain garlic tea is a deterrent but when hot peppers are added it is a good insect killer. What it does is literally burn the soft parts of an insects body. A sweet pepper will have no effect at all but a scotch bonnet or habenero will. Effectiveness depends on the level of Capsaicin in the pepper. Have you ever handled really hot peppers and forgot to wash your hands and later on in the day rubbed your eye? Well, on a bug their "skin" is much more tender than ours so I imagine what it does to them. [/QUOTE]