Imidacloprid

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The following is information about Imidacloprid, a bees-killing Neonicotinoid. 

Neonicotinoid synthetic chemicals and their derivatives are so common, as to already be present in homes, offices, and places of worship. Imidacloprid, a Neonicotinoid, is the most widely used insecticide in the world.  Imidacloprid has many brands and formulations for a wide range of uses, including delousing and defleaing animals.

Major uses of Imidacloprid include:

• Agriculture – Control of aphids, thrips, stink bugs, locusts
• Arboriculture – Control of the emerald ash borer and tree-attacking insects
  
• Home Protection – Control of termites, carpenter ants, cockroaches
• Domestic animals – Control of fleas (applied to the neck)
  
• Turf – Control of Japanese beetle larvae
• Gardening – Control of aphids and other pests

Brand names:

• Admire
• Advantage (a.k.a. Advocate)
• Gaucho
• Mallet
• Merit
• Nuprid
• Prothor
• Turfthor
• Confidor
• Conguard
• Hachikusan
• Kohinor
• Optrol
• Premise
• Prothor
• Provado
• Intercept
• Winner
• Xytect