Hot pepper wax is a safe effective insect repellent to spray on garden and house plants. A patented process blends capsaicin from hot cheyenne pepper with fine food-grade paraffin. The spray coats plants and keeps working for up to 3 weeks, yet washes off with warm water. Harmless to the plant, and it can be used safely on fruits and vegetable right up to the day of harvest. The insect spray destroys and controls insects and insect larvae including: aphids, spiders, mites, thrips, leaf miners, whitefly, lace bugs, leafhoppers and scale Supplied Ready-to-Use(RTU), in a 22 fl.oz. pump-spray bottle or 16 oz concentrate jug ( Concentrate makes up to 4 gallons at the normal rate).