The residual effect of active ingredients is the reason why pesticides kill insects even after washed away by rainfall. Some insecticides have to be applied after natural or supplementary moisture since the insect killer's ingredients do not have long-lasting after- or side-effects. Other insecticides, such as Talstar, will remain effective for three months regardless of irrigation or precipitation.
vinegar can be as a pesticide because its acidity can kill a pest or insects in garden
An adulticide is a pesticide used to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
These chemicals are called insecticides.
for me , yes it can kill insects because of its bad odor, and by the help also of the materials/ingredients. .
Insects, bugs, little animals, plants, spiders and other arachnids, birds, rodents, fungi, bacteria, etc.
No. DDT was a pesticide used to kill insects on crops. It has been banned because it caused tremendous problems for humans who ate the crops.
Yes
Yes. Pesticide is a poison created to kill living things.
Insecticides is a general name for chemicals used to rid crops of insects. The ending '-icide' carries the idea of elimination. The beginning of the word tells what's to be eliminated. It's the same idea behind the word 'pesticides'.
It depends on the active ingredient in the pesticide and how much of it a person consumes or absorbs. Some pesticides are highly toxic and can kill a full grown man if he gets as little as one ounce in his body. Others are relatively harmless to humans even at higher dosages.
As apples are not known to kill pests, no.
Chemical composition of the pesticide.