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  2. 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] "

  3. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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    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 cabbage looper [3] Onion: repels rabbits, the cabbage looper, and the Small White [3] Oregano: repellent ...

  4. Beech bark disease - Wikipedia

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    The woolly, white tufts and broad strips are the colonies of the beech scale insect that are formed in tiny crevices along the bark. [3] An adult beech scale insect has a soft body, is yellow in color, ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 millimeter long, and has an elliptical shape. [1] The beech scale insect also has a stylet that it uses to

  5. Pseudaulacaspis pentagona - Wikipedia

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    Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, the white peach scale [1] or mulberry scale, is a species of armoured scale insect in the family Diaspididae. [2] This scale infests over 100 different genera of plants including many fruit trees and ornamentals.

  6. 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]

  7. Aulacaspis yasumatsui - Wikipedia

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    Aulacaspis yasumatsui, or cycad aulacaspis scale (CAS), is a scale insect species in the genus Aulacaspis that feeds on cycad species such as Cycas revoluta [1] or Dioon purpusii (Purpus' cycad). Other common names include the cycad scale, the sago palm scale, [2] and the Asian cycad scale. [3] This is a serious pest of cycads which can kill ...

  8. Cryptococcus fagisuga - Wikipedia

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    Cryptococcus fagisuga, commonly known as the beech scale or woolly beech scale, is a felted scale insect in the superfamily Coccoidea that infests beech trees of the genus Fagus. It is associated with the transmission of beech bark disease [ 3 ] because the puncture holes it makes in the bark allow entry of pathogenic fungi which have been ...

  9. Christmas tree pests and weeds - Wikipedia

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    Species of spruce trees face assault from insects such as the white pine weevil (Pissodes strobi), Cooley spruce gall adelgid, and the pine needle scale (Chionaspis pinifoliae). The final category of Christmas trees, pines, are commonly susceptible to insect infestation and damage from the pine root collar weevil ( Hylobius radicis ), Zimmerman ...