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2. 15 Ways to Repel Bugs Naturally (and Cheaply) - AOL

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   Barbecues are a summer essential, but mosquitoes can turn them into a nightmare.Rather than rush to the store for an antidote, repel insects with DIY citronella candles. The project requires safe ...

3. Non-pesticide management - Wikipedia

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   Over years insects have withstood natural calamities and survived successfully. They are able to develop resistance to chemical pesticides insecticides used by farmers. To be successful, farmers should be knowledgeable and able to identify various crop pests, and their natural enemies (farmer’s friendly insects).

4. Sterile insect technique - Wikipedia

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   The screw-worm fly was the first pest successfully eliminated from an area through the sterile insect technique, by the use of an integrated area-wide approach.. The sterile insect technique (SIT) [1] [2] is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild.

5. Tobacco water - Wikipedia

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   Tobacco water, tobacco juice, tobacco dust juice, or tobacco lime is a traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening. [1] [2] In The English Physician Enlarged of 1681, Nicholas Culpeper recommended tobacco juice to kill lice on children's heads, referencing it as an insecticide poison.

6. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Some insect repellents are insecticides (bug killers), but most simply discourage insects and send them flying or crawling away. Nearly any would be fatal upon reaching the median lethal dose, but classification as an insecticide implies death even at lower doses.

7. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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   Open water marsh management (OWMM) involves the use of shallow ditches, to create a network of water flow within marshes and to connect the marsh to a pond or canal. The network of ditches drains the mosquito habitat and lets in fish which will feed on mosquito larvae. This reduces the need for other control methods such as pesticides.