ʻO ka imidacloprid kahi lāʻau insecticide pūnaewele e hana ana ma ke ʻano he neurotoxin pepeke a pili i kahi papa o nā kemika i kapa ʻia ʻo neonicotinoids e hana ana i ka ʻōnaehana nerve waena o nā inike.ʻO ka imidacloprid he mea hoʻohana kino, chloro-nicotinyl me ka lepo, ka hua a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lau no ka mālama ʻana i nā pepeke omo e like me ka laiki, aphids, thrips, whiteflies, termites, turf insects, soil insects a me kekahi mau pipi.Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ia ma ka laiki, ka palaoa, ka ʻuala, ka ʻuala, nā mea kanu, nā beets kō, nā huaʻai, ka pulupulu, nā hops a me ka turf, a ʻoi loa ka ʻōnaehana ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻanoʻano a i ʻole ka mālama lepo.