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

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    Aside from the gratification of concocting DIY bug repellent, there's the benefit of its chemical-free composition. Ingredients needed for a bug-repellent lotion bar include coconut oil; shea ...

  3. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    Pitcher plants: traps and ingests insects Radish: repels cabbage maggot and cucumber beetles [3] Rosemary: repels cabbage looper, carrot fly, cockroaches and mosquitoes, [11] slugs, snails, as well as the Mexican bean beetle [3] Russian sage: repels wasps Rue: repels cucumber and flea beetles Sarracenia pitcher plants

  4. Kaolin spray - Wikipedia

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    Kaolin spray is a pest control that has kaolin as the main ingredient. The practice has been in recorded use from 2000 B.C.E. in China [ citation needed ] . More recent studies have shown that kaolin sprays can promote photosynthesis and are effective in reducing insects and disease on plants.

  5. White oil - Wikipedia

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    White oil is an insecticide spray used for controlling a wide range of insect pests in the garden. The spray works by blocking the breathing pores of insects, causing suffocation and death. It is effective in the control of aphids, scale, mealybug, mites, citrus leafminer and other smooth skinned caterpillars. [1] "

  6. Pesticide application - Wikipedia

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    A manual backpack-type sprayer Space treatment against mosquitoes using a thermal fogger Grubbs Vocational College students spraying Irish potatoes. Pesticide application is the practical way in which pesticides (including herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, or nematode control agents) are delivered to their biological targets (e.g. pest organism, crop or other plant).

  7. 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]