Solar Mosquito Mist System

The solar mosquito mist system can reach 500 linier feet to create a protective barrier and up to 500 feet outside the intended protected perimeter. The quick change mist nozzles can be clipped onto tree limbs, attached to houses, fences or staked into the ground. Riptide Insecticide is: Biodegradable Environmentally safe 100 percent natural Water based pyrethrum Just one pint added to 15 gallons of water can protect for up to six weeks. The system sprays a measured amount of insecticide at specific timed intervals.

What is Pyrethrum?

Pyrethrum is derived from the dried flowers of Chrysanthemum Cinerariaefolium. The name given to the active insecticidal components of the dried flowers is “Pyrethrins”. Kenya is the largest producer of Pyrethrum in the world, supplying 90% of the worlds demand. The Pyrethrum flower provides a highly effective protection against mosquitoes, carriers of killer diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. The physiological action of pyrethrins is to inhibit the mosquitoes from biting and causes repellency, immobilization, paralysis and death.

Pyrethrum is a complex insecticide with these outstanding properties.

Rapid Action: Pyrethrum is a contact insecticide attacking the nervous system immediately and causing knockdown, soon followed by kill.

Lack of Insect Immunity: The structure of the molecule is so complex that insect resistance to Pyrethrum is not a practical problem.

Environment Friendly – Non resistant: Pyrethrum is degraded by sunlight and air and therefore presents none of the hazards which are usually associated with other classes of persistent insecticide.

Repellency: Pyrethrum is a powerful insect repellant which in combination with its low mammalian toxicity favors it in many applications, such as food and grain storage protection, personal protection and will inhibit target insects from biting.

Flushing Action: Pyrethrum has a greater flushing action than any other insecticide; it disturbs pests in there hiding places forcing them to get out and to get exposed to the insecticide.

(source: International Development Research Centre)