Pheromones offer green alternative to pesticide sprays

Sex chemicals confuse male insects into looking for love in all the wrong places. Each pheromone only targets a single pest species. That leaves beneficial pollinators like bees and predators such as ladybugs unharmed.  Some farmers are now turning to the green alternative of pheromones, the alluring chemicals female insects use to attract males. By spraying pheromones into the air in orchards and vineyards, farmers can confuse male insects into thinking that females are calling from all directions. The males go looking for love in all the wrong places, while the females wait helplessly. Pheromones have a number of advantages. Insecticides don’t just kill pests, but also beneficial insects such as pollinators and pest-eating predators. Pheromones, on the other hand, are precisely targeted, because each insect species has its own chemically distinct pheromone.  A given pheromone can target just the single insect species that’s causing damage while in no shape or form affecting any other moth around or any other insect for that matter: nor do pheromones affect any other organisms, including humans. They can be used by both organic and conventional growers. The technology be completely mainstream in the next five or six years.     Go Green Pest Control    Tsawwassen Pest Control   Ladner Pest Control    Delta Pest Control   Randy Bilesky   males  males   males  males

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