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2. 15 Ways to Repel Bugs Naturally (and Cheaply) - AOL

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   Aside from the gratification of concocting DIY bug repellent, there's the benefit of its chemical-free composition. Ingredients needed for a bug-repellent lotion bar include coconut oil; shea ...

3. Bottle trap - Wikipedia

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   Wasps can be drawn into a funnel type bottle trap using syrup, a soft drink or sugar water. Bread soaked with beer will attract cockroaches. Bread soaked with beer will attract cockroaches. Other fruits are sometimes used, but banana is most common used since it is widely available, normally inexpensive and contains sufficient sugar to start a ...

4. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repels insects, [2] including ants, cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, carrot fly, codling moth, flea beetles, whiteflies, the Cabbage White, and the Small White, as well as mice [3] Basil: repels flies, including mosquitoes [2] [4] the carrot fly, asparagus beetles and whiteflies [3] Borage: repels tomato hornworm and cabbage worms [2] Castor ...

5. Fly spray - Wikipedia

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   Fly spray contains chemicals (including many organophosphate compounds) that bind to and permanently block the action of an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase. [1] Acetyl choline (ACh) is the nerve transmitter substance released by motor neurones (at a site called the neuromuscular junction) to stimulate muscle contraction.

6. It’s a ‘big year for wasps’ in California. Here’s why and how ...

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   The fiercely territorial insects, Kimsey said, typically cannot fly in temperatures below 60 degrees and struggle to function in weather exceeding 100 degrees. Warm weather also means wasps could ...

7. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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   "Bees and wasps are stinging you as a defense," Frye says. "You almost instantly know when you've been stung by one of them because they want you to know right away." ... Fly bites. Fly bites ...

8. Fly-killing device - Wikipedia

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   Three fly bottles from Central Europe, beginning of the 20th century. A fly bottle or glass flytrap is a passive trap for flying insects. In the Far East, it is a large bottle of clear glass with a black metal top with a hole in the middle. An odorous bait, such as pieces of meat, is placed in the bottom of the bottle.

9. Laphria (fly) - Wikipedia

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   They prey on a variety of insects, including other robber flies, bees, wasps and beetles. Like other asilids, they use their proboscis to penetrate the body of their prey and inject enzymes which dissolve the tissues. Laphria thoracica eating a common eastern bumblebee. These large flies measure 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) in length.