It is often difficult to control insect invasions in your home, especially the stubborn ones like cockroaches. Conventional sprays sometimes do not work as some pests hide in cracks, crevices and hard to reach areas. This is where fumigation comes into play. These powerful fumigation insecticides release a cloud of smoke which penetrates every corner and crack to eliminate flying and crawling insects.
Protek’s Fumigation Tablets for Insects is designed to eliminate various household pests. These tablets are easy to use and provide long-lasting protection against bedbugs, cockroaches, fleas, fish moths, flies, and mosquitoes. Tablets are conveniently blisterpacked to prevent air contact, ensuring long-lasting potency. Each tablet’s extended design allows safe lighting without burning your fingers. This smart packaging offers
safety and reliable fumigation performance.
Use 1 tablet per 27 m³. Open hiding places such as cupboards and wardrobes, and close windows, doors and ventilators. Make sure that all humans and pets are outside without access to the house. Light tablet and blow out flame. Leave home for 3 to 4 hours. Thereafter, ventilate the area and do not occupy home until the smoke has disappeared. Do a follow up treatment after 2 to 3 weeks to control the next generation of insects. For control of insects like cockroaches and bedbugs, fumigate between 20h00 and 24h00 when they are most active. Fumigation Tablets for Insects is available in a 6-pack.
Cockroaches are one of the most common pest problems and they are also one of the most stubborn to get rid of. They breed prolifically and spread quickly. They will infest areas that offer them ample food, water and shelter and can enter your home through cracks in the foundation and exterior walls, sewer pipes, drains, gaps around pipes, windows, vents, etc. These master stowaways are carriers of a variety of germs that cause food poisoning, dysentery, diarrhoea, ringworm, polio, etc. and contaminate food when they encounter it. Cockroach skins, carcasses and dung aggravate allergies, especially in children and sensitive people. Because cockroaches are typically nocturnal, you may never notice them but seeing them during the day, indicates a significant invasion.
Fleas survive by feeding on animal or human blood. Their bites can cause discomfort, itchiness, and irritation. They can infect humans or pets with the germs that cause flea-borne typhus, bubonic plague or cat scratch disease. Flea bites look like small, raised bumps that form in a zigzag pattern on your skin, most often targeting your legs and waist. Fleas breed in warm, humid conditions and although present throughout the year, they are most active during the summer. Getting rid of them is not an easy task as their life cycle can be lengthy and they also breed prolifically in a favourable climate.
Bedbugs are a major problem in South Africa, particularly in densely populated urban areas. Our warm and humid climate creates ideal conditions for them to thrive and reproduce rapidly. Purchasing of second-hand furniture, close living quarters in flats and informal settlements contribute to their spread. These small, flat reddish insects feed on human blood, usually at night. Their bites can cause discomfort, irritation, and allergic reactions. They are commonly found in bedding, mattresses, upholstery, cracks, and are particularly difficult to control.
Fish moths, also known as silver fish, are small, wingless insects commonly found in South African homes. They are named for their fish-like shape and wiggle. They are attracted to dark and moist areas like bathrooms and kitchens and feed on starchy materials like paper and clothing fibres, causing severe damage to books, wallpaper and fabrics. Although they prove no health risk, they can cause damage to household items.
Mosquitoes are without a doubt, the most dangerous creatures in the world. The diseases they spread have killed more people than all wars in history. Mosquitoes transmitting malaria kill millions of people every year. They are infamous for causing diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, encephalitis, dengue fever and about 80 other viral diseases in humans. They are active on summer evenings and lay their eggs in stagnant water bodies, like wastewater, rainwater, ponds, natural water bodies and standing water that remains after flooding, etc. where they breed.
Flies can be particularly annoying, especially in summer when they breed prolifically. A female housefly will lay 3 000 eggs within her life span of 21 days and the fly larvae will hatch into maggots within 24 hours. The housefly is the most common species and carries and spreads several potentially deadly diseases including malaria, typhoid fever, salmonella, tuberculosis, conjunctivitis, leprosy and cholera, as well as intestinal worms and the bacteria responsible for dysentery. Since a fly cannot chew, they must dissolve solid food into liquid by regurgitating digestive juices onto solid foods. These juices break down the food into small pieces, allowing the flies to use their mouthparts to drink the meal. They feed and reproduce on garbage, faeces and rotting flesh. And then, after picking up millions of germs they land on our food, bodies and personal belongings, leaving behind these germs.
Protek’s Fumigation Tablets for Insects is an effective and convenient option for tackling insect invasions indoors. They assist eliminating hidden pests and disrupt breeding cycles by dispersing the insecticide into the air. It must be used as part of an integrated pest management approach which includes proper sanitation, sealing of entry points and follow up treatments. Whether you are dealing with cockroach invasions in your kitchen or bedbugs in your bedroom, Protek’s Fumigation Tablets for Insects works quickly and effectively.
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Fumigation Tablets for Insects: L11621, deltamethrin (pyrethroid) 30 g/kg, WARNING, H302 –
harmful if swallowed, H410 – very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects, registration holder: PEBEE Agri (Pty) Ltd, company registration number 2008/036308/07, PO Box 72, Heidelberg, 1438, telephone number: 011 812 9800
Distributed by: Protek, a division of PE-BEE Agri (Pty) Ltd, PO Box 72, Heidelberg,1438, telephone number (011) 812-9800 or 0861 PROTEK (0861 77 68 35), www.proteksa.co.za