PawPaws are a great treat for me every fall when I can beat the raccoon. oppossum, squirrels and deer to them. Supposedly the leaves are a natural insecticide. Not sure but an old old man from my youth always said you would never get a mosquito bite in a paw paw patch. Our farm had a nice stand of about 1/4 acre and I used to sit back and wait for the squirrels to come in for feeding. Never got a mosquito bite. But as soon as I started walking back to the house I was fair game.