larvicide
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Some local authorities also spray larvicide and insecticide.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2022
The eradication programme has hired hunters to find and map water sources deep in the forest, which are then treated with larvicide.
From Nature ● Sep. 29, 2019
Miami used both aerial and ground spraying of insecticide and larvicide, along with teams going house-to-house looking for breeding sites.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2017
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine told the Miami Herald that the city will begin truck-spraying of larvicide in the zone on Saturday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2016
No box privy should be permitted to exist unless it is thoroughly and regularly treated with some effective larvicide.
From The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 by Bishopp, F. C.
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