Hacker News with Generative AI: Insecticides

Flies fed excessive caffeine die within week: Japan study (kyodonews.net)
Researchers in Japan have found that flies fed excessive amounts of caffeine generally die within seven days, a discovery that could lead to the development of insecticides that are less harmful to humans.
Larvicidal Activity of Hemp Extracts and CBD Against the Yellow Fever Mosquito (mdpi.com)
To mitigate pyrethroid resistance in mosquito vectors of emerging and re-emerging human pathogens, there is an urgent need to discover insecticides with novel modes of action.