[Chancellor Palpatine]

They don't like open places. The Empress Palpatine used to get annoyed with me for alloing spiders to survive in our home, until she began to realize that living in the woods tends to lend itself to having a lot of bugs around - and that spiders tend to control that.

[Mamzelle]

A flock of hens can be helpful. I've noticed the areas they frequent on my property are less likely to have ticks.