insect powder

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insect powder - a chemical used to kill insects insecticidepyrethrum - made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plantsDDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972larvacide - an insecticide that kills the larvae of insectslead arsenate - a poisonous white solid (Pb3[AsO4]2) used as an insecticideAs, atomic number 33, arsenic - a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgarlindane - a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticideMalathion - a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mitesorganophosphate - an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous systempesticide - a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)parathion - a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticideParis green - a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetaterotenone - a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube

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