Aphids, scales, mites, leafhoppers, hemlock woolly adelgid, mealybugs and powdery mildew | Horticultural oil (dormant oil for winter season, summer oils for growing season) | Highly refined paraffinic oil or petroleum oil | SunSpray |
Aphids, ants, scales, mites, mealybugs, small caterpillars, and other soft-bodied insects, weeds | Insecticidal soap | Potassium salts of fatty acids | Safer's Soap, Garden Safe |
Aphids, whiteflies, mites, extract of black spot, powdery mildew, rust, anthracnose, grubs and more | Neem Oil | Clarified hydrophobic neem oil | Safer BioNeem, Azatin, Greenlight brand |
Ants | 1.Arsenic ant baits 2.Sulfluramid ant baits | 1.Arsenic trioxide 2.N-ethyl perflourooctanesulfonamide | 1.Grants Kills Ants 2.Hot Shot Maxattrax Ant Bait |
Ants & Cockroaches | 1.Abamectin ant & roach baits 2.Borax 3.Fipronil ant and roach baits 4.Hydramethylnon baits | 1.Abamectin 2.Sodium tetrahydrate decahydrate
3.Fipronil 4.Hydramethylnon | 1.Advance Bait Station, Avert brand, Raid Max House & Yard Roach Bait 3. Combat Quick Kill Formula 4. Combat |
Ants, Cockroaches & Fleas | 1.Citrus oil spray 2.Diatomaceous earth, Desicating dust, Insecticidal dust | 1.d-Limonene 2.Silicon dioxide | 1.Orange Guard, Concern Citrus Home Pest Control 2.Diatomaceous earth |
Ants, cockroaches, fleas, silverfish, termites | Boric acid/ borate products | Orthoboric acid | Boric acid Borax laundry detergent |
Fleas & ticks (on pets) | 1.Fipronil topical or spray 2.Insect growth regulator topical 3.Lufenuron pills | 1.Fipronil 2.Methoprene 3.Lefenuron | 1.Frontline 2.Frontline Plus (contains both fipronil & methoprene) 3.Program |
Fleas (indoors) | 1.Insect growth regulator carpet spray (breaks life cycle, larva can't mature) 2.Boric acid-based carpet treatments (best used with steam cleaner) | 1.Methoprene 2.Borate | 1.Precor 2.Fleanix |
Mosquitos, aphids, ants, leafhoppers, thrips, whiteflies | Garlic (Concentrated garlic 'clips' to attach to plants OR Garlic oil sprays) | Garlic | Victor Mosquito Barrier Garlic Barrier Insect Repellent |
Mosquitos (kills larvae in standing water for use in ponds, large puddles) | Bt mosquito dunks (Small, doughnut-shaped, floating disks) | Bacillus thuringiensis | Mosquito Dunks (found at home improvement stores) |
Snails & slugs | 1.Snail & slug bait 2.Snail & slug barrier 3.Diatomaceous earth | 1.Iron phosphate 2.Coconut oil soap 3.Silicon dioxide | 1.Monterey Sluggo, Escar-go |
Weeds | 1.Herbicidal (insecticidal) soap 2.Corn gluten meal 3.Vinegar spray 4. Pelargonic acid herbicide | 1.Potassium salts of fatty acids 2.Corn gluten 3. 20% Vinegar, put in spray bottle 4.Pelargonic acid | 1.Safer Superfast Weed & Grass Killer 2.Concern Weed Prevention Plus, Supressa 3.N/A 4.Quick Weed Killer |
White grubs | Imidacloprid Also see Neem above | Imidacloprid | |
Yellow jackets and other flying insects | Mint oil | Mint oil, sodium lauryl sulfate | Victor Poison-Free Wasp & Hornet Killer Spray |