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Broad and Narrow Spectrum Pesticides

Narrow Spectrum: Diflubenzuron

Sold as Dimilin

Targets gypsy moth, forest tent caterpiller, several evergreen eating moths, and the boll weevil

Broad Spectrum: Carbaryl

Chitin inhibitor: inhibits the function of chitin synthetase - needed to make a new exoskeleton

Most used pesticide in the world

Cholinesterase Inhibitor: affects nervous system

Cholinesterase is continuously stimulated resulting in uncontrollable movements

Broad Spectrum: Oxamyl

Sold as Sevin, Adios, Carbamec, Denapon, Hexavin, and Panam

Used against: insects, mites, ticks, roundworms

Sold as Vydate

Comes in granulated (banned in US) and liquid form

"Contact with the skin, inhalation of dust or spray, or swallowing may be fatal."

-Food and Agriculture Organization

What's the difference?

Broad Spectrum: Kills wide range of insects

Narrow Spectrum: Kills selective range of insects

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