I just checked further into Bounce uses ,real and imagined. On the Snopes website some of the "uses" had been checked out. Some are real, some are urban legends, some have the status of water or a placebo. It apparently does not repel ants, nor mosquitos in any great quantity. It is a good deodorizer for shoes, and I understand from a friend who uses that it does repel slugs and snails in his greenhouse. More research with simple control tests (primitive straightforward kitchen and backyard research is OK) needs to be done re: uses in the garden, e.g., moles, deer, etc. Cheers, Adam