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  2. Human uses of bats - Wikipedia

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    Human uses of bats include economic uses such as bushmeat or in traditional medicine. Bats are also used symbolically in religion, mythology, superstition, and the arts. Perceived medical uses of bats include treating epilepsy in South America, night blindness in China, rheumatism, asthma, chest pain, and fever in South Asia.

  3. Insecticidal soap - Wikipedia

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    Insecticidal soap is used to control many plant insect pests. Soap has been used for more than 200 years as an insect control. [1] Because insecticidal soap works on direct contact with pests via the disruption of cell membranes when the insect is penetrated with fatty acids, the insect's cells leak their contents causing the insect to dehydrate and die. [2]

  4. Black myotis - Wikipedia

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    The body temperature varies, depending on the ambient temperature. When the body temperature is cooler the bats enter a state of torpor and remain in that state until the body temperature has warmed. [8] In order to cool body temperature, they show behavioral thermoregulation by spreading out in the roost into smaller groups. [5]

  5. Antibacterial soaps may not be as beneficial as we think - AOL

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    Antibacterial ingredients in soaps may not be as helpful as people think. According to a recent article by Ars Technica.

  6. Insecticide - Wikipedia

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    Extracts and purified chemicals from thousands of plants have been shown to be insecticidal, however only a few are used in agriculture. [49] In the USA 13 are registered for use, in the EU 6. In Korea, where it is easier to register botanical pesticides, 38 are used. Most used are neem oil, chenopodium, pyrethrins, and azadirachtin. [49]

  7. Biological pest control - Wikipedia

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    There are three basic strategies for biological control: classical (importation), where a natural enemy of a pest is introduced in the hope of achieving control; inductive (augmentation), in which a large population of natural enemies are administered for quick pest control; and inoculative (conservation), in which measures are taken to ...

  8. Pyrethrin - Wikipedia

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    Their insecticidal and insect-repellent properties have been known and used for thousands of years. Pyrethrins are gradually replacing organophosphates and organochlorides as the pesticides of choice as the latter compounds have been shown to have significant and persistent toxic effects to humans. They first appeared on markets in the 1900s ...

  9. Gray bat - Wikipedia

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    The gray bat (Myotis grisescens) is a species of microbat endemic to North America.It once flourished in caves all over the southeastern United States, but due to human disturbance, gray bat populations declined severely during the early and mid portion of the 20th century. 95% of gray bats now hibernate in only 15 caves.