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  2. Aconophora compressa - Wikipedia

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    Some infestations were heavy, as the insects "encrusted all available branches and stems," secreting copious honeydew which then grew sooty mold, defoliating the trees and yellowing nearby lawns. [3] Populations on fiddlewood "overflow" onto other garden plants. [3] The insect has not been used for biological control since 2001. [2]

  3. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    They have been used in companion planting as pest control in agricultural and garden situations, and in households. Certain plants have shown effectiveness as topical repellents for haematophagous insects, such as the use of lemon eucalyptus in PMD, but incomplete research and misunderstood applications can produce variable results. [1]

  4. Ophiomyia camarae - Wikipedia

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    Ophiomyia camarae is a fly native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Florida [2] but has been introduced as biological control agent to many countries outside the Americas as biological control agent of Lantana camara. The adult have a size of 1.5–2 mm are shiny, black with red compound eyes. [3] [4]

  5. 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]

  6. Ophiomyia lantanae - Wikipedia

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    Native to the Americas, from the southern US to Brazil but had been introduced also to Australia as biological control agent of Lantana camara in 1914. [2] Biology

  7. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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    Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod-bourne) diseases such as malaria, Lyme disease, dengue fever, bubonic plague, river blindness, and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors for disease include insects such as flea, fly, and mosquito; and ticks (arachnids). [citation ...

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