Insecticide

<p>Insecticides are <a href="/facts/Pesticide/Uhf4KnwJ">pesticides</a> used to kill <a href="/facts/Insect/IgDNvnUL">insects</a>. They include ovicides and <a href="/facts/Larvicides/dlhj8wkN">larvicides</a> used against insect <a href="/facts/Egg_(biology)/KyMSx9v4">eggs</a> and <a href="/facts/Larva/GKo2FIew">larvae</a>, respectively. The major use of insecticides is in <a href="/facts/Agriculture/TGztqzJs">agriculture</a>, but they are also used in home and garden settings, industrial buildings, for <a href="/facts/Vector_control/JoX84wM7">vector control</a>, and control of insect <a href="/facts/Parasitism/HWPcgky7">parasites</a> of animals and humans.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Acaricide/y9llKWHg">Acaricides</a>, which kill <a href="/facts/Mite/M52qFjlE">mites</a> and <a href="/facts/Tick/LNe33WJf">ticks</a>, are not strictly insecticides, but are usually classified together with insecticides. Some insecticides (including common bug sprays) are effective against other non-insect <a href="/facts/Arthropod/JKJLTFzp">arthropods</a> as well, such as <a href="/facts/Scorpion/clJKHDdY">scorpions</a>, <a href="/facts/Spider/aqpU7eg3">spiders</a>, etc. Insecticides are distinct from <a href="/facts/Insect_repellent/a5wpJeTr">insect repellents</a>, which repel but do not kill. 
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Insecticide