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 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
Although the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District rolled out a huge campaign, employing helicopter sprayers, backpack foggers, larvicide and teams of officers, the outbreak lasted two years.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
Another chemical found to be even more effective as a larvicide is powdered borax.
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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