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packets in 4 days or less. Aspartame triggers gross obesity, suicide, diabetes, behavioral problems and learningdisorders and many other diseases and symptoms. http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-side-effects.htmlSee Acetaminophen (Tylenol), Tagamet and Ibuprofen (Advil).Aspirin - Solutions of aspirin when sprayed on plants will help protect against pathogens and insects. Placing2 aspirins in your cut flower water will keep them fresh longer.Assyrian Apple (Malus assyria) - Pliny in Book 12 of his Natural History noted that the fruits and leaves ofthis plant, also called citron, have an exceptionally strong scent that “penetrates garments stored with them andkeeps off injurious insects.”Assassin Bugs - Depending on the species, they will eat flies, bees, leafhoppers, Japanese beetles, tomatohornworms, caterpillars and the like; they are fierce hunters and even may bite you.Assume - When you assume you make an ass out of u and me.Attention - Learn to pay proper attention so you can acquire knowledge and proper controls.Attic Vents - should all be screened.Attractants - Use these chemicals to bring in beneficials or to bring in pests or to monitor your controls.Pheromones, lures:• Advantages:Non-hazardous to humans or other animals; no residues; targets specific insects whileleaving beneficials unharmed.• Disadvantages: Variable results due to weather, physical conditions, etc; effectiveness limited to veryspecific adult insect populations; expensive, more useful for monitoring the presenceof insects rather than for control purposes in most cases.Automobiles - kill many insects as they travel. Put a net out one window and you can do mosquito counts;you can drive over fire ant colonies repeatedly to kill or move them, and you can use the exhaust to euthanizeanimals in tunnels or in (bagged) traps.Augmentation - When natural predators or enemies are too few in number or missing, their numbers and theresulting control can be increased by releases.Avocodo - A good source of unsaturated fat, fiber, vitamin C and B 6and folate; folate is a nutrient that neutralizesheart risks by neutralizing excess levels of heart attack-causing homocysteine. Florida avocados have less fatand fewer calories than those from California.Avocado Oil - Can be used to repel insects.Avoidance - You can till the soil to control volunteer or host plants to help reduce early season insect pests and/or you can plant resistant species, practice crop rotation and/or plant cover crops and change planting dates tocontinue to help avoid pest problems and/or to reduce plant damage.Azadirachtin Extract - See Neem.Baby or Food Oil - willl kill ear mites in cats and dogs.Bacillus popillae - A bacterial control agent used to control Japanese beetles.Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) - A bacterial pathogen first used to control flour moth larvae; named in 1911 for theGerman province Thuringia where a European Researcher first encountered this pathogen. It was discovereda decade earlier by the Japanese. Early products were replaced by more effective ones in the 1960s whenpathogenic strains were discovered with activity against different types of insects. BT is stable during storage,but loses strength in sunlight. It is believed that a strain of gut bacteria (Enterobacter microbes) turns Bt toxininto a killer.358