Include in your Flea and Cockroach treatments for outstanding results.
By Jeffrey Einam, Technical and Regulatory Affairs Manager, Bayer Environmental Science, ANZ

Starycide is a registered product for control of fleas, cockroaches and silverfish. It can best be described as an Insect Growth Regulator (IGR) and is designed primarily as a tank mix partner with residual sprays.

What makes Starycide different to most other registered IGR’s on the market?

The main differences between Starycide and other IGR’s are its mode of action and its residual control.

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The Australian Professional Pest Control Market is spoilt for choice when it comes to cockroach gels. There are a broad selection of toxicants, matrices and colours. But have you ever considered why? How do you cut through the product ‘claims’ and look for the right attributes in a gel to suit a given situation. Let’s take a look at a number of common use patterns and set some ‘must haves’ when we are evaluating the options out there.

THE BIG WET BRINGS ON MOSQUITOES – PEST MANAGERS CAN HELP REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF ROSS RIVER AND BARMAH FOREST VIRUSES

South-east Queensland and northern NSW had more than double the average number of cases of Ross River Virus in 2015.

Now south-eastern Australia has had massive rains over winter and, as the temperatures rise, the insects are out and about – including mosquitoes capable of transmitting viruses.

THERE IS A ‘CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLE’ BUT THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE CONFUSION OVER A SMALL FLY -Drosophila spp.

“Drain flies” or “fermentation flies” are accepted coverall names for vinegar fly, phorid fly and moth fly (no one fly is called a drain or fermentation fly). 

The vinegar fly, Drosophila spp  (sometimes called the common fruit fly) should not be confused with  flies belonging to the family Tephritidae which are the fruit flies that are economic pests in fruit production, such as the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera  tryoni.

Bayer has a termite control insecticide called Premise which has been highly successful in Australia under our difficult conditions.  Due to the natural foraging behaviour of sub-terranean termites and with their prolific presence in the Australian environment, there is a need to implement control management strategies in the environment surrounding structures to reduce the pressure from this pest. 

Bayer are so confident that Temprid 75 is the most effective insecticide for bed bug management that we back it with a performance guarantee.  You need to have supreme confidence in a product to deliver the results expected against such a difficult pest as bed bugs.  So what is so special about Temprid 75 that Bayer have this unshakable confidence in the product?

BASF's Stratagem® is a highly potent single feed rodenticide in a palatable, securable bait block. Stratagem is in an easy to use non-spill formulation that is mould and moisture resistant and extremely palatable. Below are the 5 key reasons to choose Stratagem over other available rodenticides.

As we enter into prime rodent season now is time to have a closer look at the bait you are using and make the change to an alternative that has a lower risk profile against both primary and secondary poisoning of non-target species but yet offers the control you need.

You don’t get to be the oldest living organism on Earth (over 350 Million years) by being easy to get rid of. Everywhere that man has colonized so too has the cockroach.

Your decision on which method to use to eradicate cockroaches should be flexible but based on a set Integrated Pest Management strategy involving;

Have you seen a cockroach worm before?

“I’ve got a German cockroach with a long worm coming out of it.  Can you tell me what it is?” asked Mary, one of our valued customers.