Organocide^® BEE SAFE Insect Killer, when used as directed as an organic bug spray or soil drench, is safe to use around beneficial or large insects such as bees, beetles, lady bugs & adult butterflies. A natural insecticide for plants, it kills the eggs, larvae, nymphs and adult stages of over 25 soft-bodied insects including (but not limited to) aphids, hemlock wooly adelgid, citrus rust mites, leafrollers, mealy bugs, scale insects, spider mites, thrips, whiteflies, and fungus gnats.