As an organic farmer, you want to create a substance that will lure a particular species of harmful insect away from your potato fields, while leaving beneficial insect species there.Which would be most effective in attracting the harmful species to a distant location?

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The aggregation pheromone produced by the harmful insect species would be the most effective substance to lure them away from the potato fields, as it is a signal used to attract others of the same species to a particular location. Extracts of potatoes or honey would likely attract a range of insects, including the beneficial ones. Extracts from a different kind of potato or an alarm pheromone from a beneficial species would not be effective in attracting the harmful insect species.

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