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2. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels [6] Dahlias: repel nematodes [2] Dill: repels aphids, squash bugs, spider mites, [2] the cabbage looper, and the Small White [3] Epazote: repels spider mites, [7] thrips, aphids, and whitefly [8] Eucalyptus: repels aphids, the cabbage looper, and the Colorado potato beetle [3] Fennel

3. Electronic pest control - Wikipedia

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   Electronic pest control is the name given to any of several types of electrically powered devices designed to repel or eliminate pests, usually rodents or insects. Since these devices are not regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in the United States, the EPA does not require the same kind of efficacy testing that it does for chemical pesticides.

4. Groundcover - Wikipedia

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   Groundcover of Vinca major. Groundcover or ground cover is any plant that grows low over an area of ground, which protects the topsoil from erosion and drought.In a terrestrial ecosystem, the ground cover forms the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer known as the herbaceous layer, and provides habitats and concealments for (especially fossorial) terrestrial fauna.

5. Pest control - Wikipedia

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   An agricultural aircraft applies low-insecticide bait against western corn rootworm.. Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment. [1]

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Distraction display - Wikipedia

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   In any case, there are some forms of distraction display which may in fact have evolved from stress responses, an idea more in alignment with Lack's hypothesis. One of these is the "rodent-run" display, in which a bird fluffs its feathers to mimic the fur of a rodent and scurries away from the nest.