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  2. Larvicide - Wikipedia

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    Larva of Aedes aegypti. The biological control agent Bacillus thuringiensis, also known as Bt, is a bacterial disease specific to Lepidopteran caterpillars. Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, also known as Bti, and Bacillus sphaericus, which affect larval mosquitoes and some midges, have come into increasing use in recent times.

  3. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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    Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus. Mosquito-control operations are targeted to multiple problems: Nuisance mosquitoes bother people around homes or in parks and recreational areas;

  4. Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis - Wikipedia

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    Bacillus thuringiensis serotype israelensis (Bti) is a group of bacteria used as biological control agents for larvae stages of certain dipterans. Bti produces toxins which are effective in killing various species of mosquitoes , fungus gnats , and blackflies , while having almost no effect on other organisms.

  5. Lysinibacillus sphaericus - Wikipedia

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    It is of important use in mosquito control programs worldwide and has high specificity against mosquito larvae in addition to being safe for mammals, fish, birds and nondipterean insects. [2] The high toxicity strains produce during sporulation a binary toxin composed of BinA (42 kDa) and BinB (51 kDa) proteins, which is the major insecticidal ...

  6. Toxorhynchites rutilus - Wikipedia

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    This small population makes it difficult to produce enough larvae to prey on the much larger populations of vector mosquitoes. Tx. rutilus thus cannot single-handedly control mosquito populations, but must be used in combination to other mosquito control methods such as insecticides. Care must be taken in the timing of applying pesticides as ...

  7. Pyriproxyfen - Wikipedia

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    It prevents larvae from developing into adulthood and thus rendering them unable to reproduce. [8] In the US, pyriproxyfen is often marketed under the trade name Nylar, [9] and is one of two active ingredients in Advantage II. In Europe, pyriproxyfen is known under the brand names Cyclio [10] and Exil Flea Free TwinSpot (Emax).

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