Malathion is an organophosphate insecticide that is used mostly in agriculture and in public health programs to control infestations of insects including ants, aphids, fleas, fruit flies, hornets, mites, mosquitoes, moths, spiders, thrips, ticks, wasps, and weevil.
Thiamethoxam effectively controls sucking and chewing insects, including aphids, whitefly, thrips, ricehoppers, rice bugs, mealybugs, white grubs, potato beetles, flea beetles, wireworms, ground beetles, leaf miners among others.