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2. 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.

3. Flea - Wikipedia

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   Once the flea reaches adulthood, its primary goal is to find blood and then to reproduce. [15] Female fleas can lay 5000 or more eggs over their life, permitting rapid increase in numbers. [16] Generally speaking, an adult flea only lives for 2 or 3 months. Without a host to provide a blood meal, a flea's life can be as short as a few days.

4. List of common household pests - Wikipedia

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   The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect. [1]This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.

5. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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   Flea adults, larvae, or eggs can be controlled with insecticides. Lufenuron is a veterinary preparation (known as Program) that attacks the larval flea's ability to produce chitin, necessary for the adult's hard exoskeleton, but it does not kill fleas. Flea medicines need to be used with care because many of them also affect mammals.

6. Fumigation - Wikipedia

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   Fumigation is a hazardous operation. Generally it is a legal requirement that the operator who carries out the fumigation operation holds official certification to perform the fumigation, as the chemicals used are toxic to most forms of life, including humans. [1] Post operation ventilation of the area is a critical safety aspect of fumigation.

7. Indoor residual spraying - Wikipedia

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   Estimated cost per house per 6 months (US$) [6] WHO toxicity rating [7] DDT: Organochlorine: 1–2 >6 1.60 II Fenitrothion: Organophosphate: 2 3–6 14.80 II Malathion: Organophosphate 2 2–3 8.20 III Pirimiphos-methyl: Organophosphate 1–2 2–3 III Propoxur: Carbamate: 1–2 3–6 18.80 II Bendiocarb: Carbamate 0.1–0.4 2–6 13.80 II ...