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2. Bug zapper - Wikipedia

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   A bug zapper, more formally called an electrical discharge insect control system, electric insect killer or (insect) electrocutor trap, is a device that attracts and kills flying insects that are attracted by light. A light source attracts insects to an electrical grid, where they are electrocuted by touching two wires with a high voltage ...

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. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   repels mosquitoes [4] Lettuce: repels carrot fly [3] Lime basil: repels mosquitoes [1] Mexican marigold: repels insects and rabbits [2] Myrrh: repels insects [5] Narcissus: repel moles [3] Nasturtiums: repel squash bugs, [2] aphids (though there is conflicting information with some sources stating it attracts aphids), [10] many beetles, and the ...

5. Local elimination of mosquitoes is possible. Here’s why we ...

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   Importantly, those ecosystems don’t have much going on by way of other species that might be affected – so eliminating those specific species of mosquitoes wouldn’t upset the natural balance ...

6. The Best Mosquito Repellents to Keep Those Pesky Bugs Away - AOL

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7. Ecological light pollution - Wikipedia

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   Ecological light pollution [1] is the effect of artificial light on individual organisms and on the structure of ecosystems as a whole.. The effect that artificial light has upon organisms is highly variable, [2] and ranges from beneficial (e.g. increased ability for predator species to observe prey) to immediately fatal (e.g. moths that are attracted to incandescent lanterns and are killed by ...

8. Green gardening: Too much light from your house at night can ...

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   Too much light from any building at night can disrupt the rhythms of life for birds, insects and even the humans at the top of the food chain. Green gardening: Too much light from your house at ...

9. Imidacloprid - Wikipedia

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   [7] [3] [8] Imidacloprid is widely used for pest control in agriculture. Other uses include application to foundations to prevent termite damage, pest control for gardens and turf, treatment of domestic pets to control fleas, [3] protection of trees from boring insects, [9] and in preservative treatment of some types of lumber products. [10]