ʻO kahi pepeke make microbial, acaricide. ʻO kahi insecticide kūpono i hoʻokumu ʻia ma avermectin, ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi he hana kiʻekiʻe, insecticidal ākea ākea, hopena no ka manawa lōʻihi, a pēlā aku. Hana nui ia i loko o ka ʻōpū. Ke keʻakeʻa nei i ka hana insecticidal i ka hana o nā aʻalolo pests.