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Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSBs) are oral insecticides designed to reduce malaria infections by killing the host vector – the mosquito – rather than the parasite itself. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Attractive toxic sugar baits are manufactured from readily available, inexpensive ingredients in tropical and sub-tropical areas.
Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...
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Scarecrow in a field Rat guards: steel or aluminum discs attached to the mooring line to prevent rats from boarding a ship Ultrasonic bird repeller. An animal repellent consists of any object or method made with the intention of keeping animals away from personal items as well as food, plants or yourself.
In one form of mating disruption, males are attracted to a powder containing female attractant pheromones. The pheromones stick to the males' bodies, and when they fly off, the pheromones make them attractive to other males. It is hoped that if enough males chase other males instead of females, egg-laying will be severely impeded. [2]
A hanging bucket trap for the Mediterranean fruit fly An insect trap mounted onto a pickup truck, for collection of nocturnal species.. Insect traps are used to monitor or directly reduce populations of insects or other arthropods, by trapping individuals and killing them.
A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that farmers place in pastures for livestock to lick).
Last week, Fox 25 published a video of students at Deer Creek High School licking peanut butter off the toes of other students as part of a fundraiser.