Technical information of Pest Control, insects, insecticide. 

Synergy Pro Ant Bait

Sumitomo Chemical has a long association with the fire ant program in Brisbane and recently Sydney developing specialised bait products for red imported fire ant.  A number of bait products used in fire ant program have now been commercialised for general ant control including Distance® Plus and most recently the  newest innovation in ant control…

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Gel Rotation Prevents Aversion

  Gel Baits  Are mainstays of German cockroach management. However, over the last 20 years, bait aversion (cockroaches no longer eating the bait) and the consequent widespread control failure has surfaced several times, causing manufacturers to reformulate baits. This problem is often due to repeated use of the same or similar baits. The cockroaches that…

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Stored Product Pests

  The Forgotten Pests   It is estimated that about 12 per cent of the world’s cereal production is lost every year through insect infestation during storage. Infestation of stored product is not a recent problem for the “ Flour beetle “now commonly associated with stored products, was found in an Egyptian tomb of the…

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Pestech Queensland 2015

  Well what a cracking start to Pestech 2015, commencing on Monday on the Sunshine Coast and finishing at Ballina on the Friday. Commencing with lunch and the Trade show, this was followed by presentations from Suppliers including the introduction of new products from FMC’s Fury and Sundew,s Starrdust Pro and finishing with the hands…