- life
stage of an insect.
Their most
common use is
against mosquitoes.
Larvicides may be
contact poisons,
stomach poisons,
growth regulators, or (increasingly)...
-
Insecticides are
pesticides used to kill insects. They
include ovicides and
larvicides used
against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. Acaricides,
which kill...
- threats. Insecticides,
larvicides, rodenticides,
Lethal ovitraps and
repellents can be used to
control vectors. For example,
larvicides can be used in mosquito...
-
Health Organization (WHO)'s
Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) for
larvicides. In
January 2016, the
Brazilian ****ociation for
Collective Health (Abrasco;...
- sand flies, snails,
termites and
mosquitoes both as a
repellent and as a
larvicide. Neem
extracts act as an
antifeedant and
block the
action of the insect...
- no
vaccines for EHD are available.
Spraying land with
insecticides or
larvicides could also
decrease the risk of transmission.[citation needed] Because...
- boll weevils,
gypsy moths, and
other types of moths. It is a
widely used
larvicide in
India for
control of
mosquito larvae by
public health authorities....
-
attributed the
cause of a
microcephaly outbreak in
Brazil to the use of a
larvicide chemical added to
reservoirs of
drinking water to
combat dengue fever...
-
fumigation of buildings,
spraying of insect-breeding
areas with oil and
larvicide,
installation of
mosquito netting and
window screens, and elimination...
-
certainty evidence that
fogging may have an
effect on
malaria transmission.
Larviciding by hand
delivery of
chemical or
microbial insecticides into
water bodies...
