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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. White oil - Wikipedia

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   White oil is sold commercially as a petroleum oil-based organic pesticide, in both a concentrate, [3] [4] [5] and ready-to-use spray bottle or can. [6] [7]The term "horticultural oil" may be used to differentiate this petroleum oil-based product from homemade products using vegetable oil.

4. 6 Ways to Get Rid of Aphids on Milkweed Without Harming ... - AOL

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   Milkweed aphids are typically much less damaging to monarchs than pest control treatments, including organic treatment protocols. Ways to Get Rid of Aphids on Milkweed

5. Aphids in your garden? Here is what to know - AOL

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   For good aphid control, find them before they can build up large populations. ... Attract aphids’ natural predators with mint, fennel, dill, yarrow and dandelions. These predators include ...

6. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repels aphids, squash bugs, spider mites, [2] the cabbage looper, and the Small White [3] Epazote: repels spider mites, [8] thrips, aphids, and whitefly [9] Eucalyptus: repels aphids, the cabbage looper, and the Colorado potato beetle [3] Fennel: repels aphids, slugs, and snails [3] Fever tea: repels mosquitoes [1] Four o'clocks: attract and ...

7. Biological pest control - Wikipedia

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   In 1905 the USDA initiated its first large-scale biological control program, sending entomologists to Europe and Japan to look for natural enemies of the spongy moth, Lymantria dispar dispar, and the brown-tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, invasive pests of trees and shrubs. As a result, nine parasitoids (solitary wasps) of the spongy moth ...