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2. 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]

3. Bug off! The insect repellents that actually work, according ...

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   The insect repellents that actually work, according to shoppers. Korin Miller and Katelyn Mullen. July 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM. Bug off! The insect repellents that actually work, according to shoppers.

4. The Best Bug Sprays and Insect Repellents, According to ... - AOL

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   DEET-free Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent. This bug repellent uses the oil of Lemon Eucalyptus-based formula to help combat mosquitoes and other bugs for up to 6 hours.

5. Insecticide - Wikipedia

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   Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. [1] They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use of insecticides is in agriculture, but they are also used in home and garden settings, industrial buildings, for vector control, and control of insect parasites of animals and humans.

6. Faso soap - Wikipedia

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   Faso soap or Fasoap is the brand of a Burkina Faso-manufactured type of soap, in the development stage, which ostensibly repels mosquitoes and thus protects from mosquito-borne diseases. The company has shifted its focus from the Faso soap to a mosquito-repellent ointment called Maïa.

7. Benzoylurea insecticide - Wikipedia

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   They do not directly kill the insect, but disrupt moulting and egg hatch, and thus act as insect growth regulators. They act by inhibiting chitin synthase, [2] preventing the formation of chitin in the insect's body. The insecticidal activity of the BPUs was discovered serendipitiously at Phillips-Duphar who commericalised diflubenzuron in 1975 ...