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This seems like the sort of question that's very likely to produce a hallucinated answer. Interestingly, I asked Perplexity the same thing and it said that clo
by Zak 1y ago
This seems like the sort of question that's very likely to produce a hallucinated answer.
Interestingly, I asked Perplexity the same thing and it said that clothianidin is not commonly recommended for carpet beetles, and suggested other insecticides and growth regulators. I had to ask a follow-up before it concluded clothianidin probably will kill carpet beetles.
- tim333 1y agoYeah, as mentioned in another comment ChatGPT said "not generally effective" which I guess it hallucinated. It's actually a tricky question because the answer isn't really there in a straightforward way on the general web and I only know for sure because me and someone I know tried it. Although I guess a pesticide expert would find it easy. Part of the reason is clothianidin is too effective at killing insects and tends to persist in the environment and kill bees and butterflies and the like so it isn't recommended for harmless stuff like carpet beetles. I was actually using it for something else and curious if it would take out the beetles as a side effect.