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2. The Best Bug Sprays and Insect Repellents, According to ...

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   According to the American Mosquito Control Association, DEET (N-Diethyl-3-Methylbenzamide) is the most effective active ingredient in an insect repellent. A 10% DEET-based repellent will typically ...

3. Cerceris fumipennis - Wikipedia

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   Preliminary studies have shown that the wasp's EAB detection skills far surpass any comparable human technology. C. fumipennis has become a novel ally in efforts to monitor for EAB in Canada and the United States. Researchers have unofficially nicknamed C. fumipennis the "Smokey Winged Beetle Bandit”. This name has now been submitted to the ...

4. Sphex pensylvanicus - Wikipedia

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   Sphex pensylvanicus is a large, black wasp, significantly larger than their congener Sphex ichneumoneus (the great golden digger wasp). [6] Males are smaller than females, at only 19–28 mm (0.7–1.1 in) long compared with typical female sizes of 25–34 mm (1.0–1.3 in). [2]

5. Scoliidae - Wikipedia

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   Scoliid wasps act as important biocontrol agents, as many of the beetles they parasitize are pests, including the Japanese beetle. Male scoliids patrol territories, ready to mate with females emerging from the ground. Adult wasps may be minor pollinators of some plants and can be found on many wildflowers in the late summer. [1]

6. Orussidae - Wikipedia

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   The fully winged sawflies are 2−23 mm long. They are predominantly black but species of Chalinus, Mocsarya and Orussobaius are more or less metallic. Some species have a red thorax or abdomen and conspicuous white or golden pilosity. Many Orussus species bear white spots on the legs. The antennae of males are composed of 11, those of females ...

7. Pimpla rufipes - Wikipedia

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   The species Pimpla rufipes has several synonyms, which include Pimpla hypochondriaca and Pimpla instigator. Pimpla instigator (Fabricius, 1793) has been permanently rejected under the International code of Zoological Nomenclature, since the original name Ichneumon instigator Fabricius, 1793 is a junior homonym of Ichneumon instigator Rossius, 1790, which represents a pimpline species outside ...