2015 PestWorld Wrap Up

Published December 30, 2015

Don’t Let Competitors Get the First Shot at Your Profits!

Environmental Delivery Systems is a world leader in the design and production of mechanical aerosol generators and custom application equipment. The products and services we offer continue to provide pest management professionals with unmatched quality and dependability essential to their success.

The Actisol Compact and Commercial Units, from Environmental Delivery Systems, are high-quality, low-maintenance delivery systems that offer unmatched flushing and kill capability, fewer callbacks and no pre-packaged aerosol can disposal.

These systems have proven successful through their ability to deliver oil-based and water-based formulations, including products not sold in aerosol form, with a 50 percent to 70 percent savings over pre-packaged aerosol insecticides (depending on material used).

The Actisol® Perimeter Pro is an exciting addition to the Actisol® family of products. With a proven design and all-aluminum construction, this unique mobile delivery system is designed to provide today’s pest management professional with the ability to perform precision spray applications, reduce costs, increase productivity and enhance professional appearance.

VECTOTHOR SPARROWHAWK

With its discreet design, the VECTOTHOR SPARROWHAWK is ideal for smaller offices, cafés, restaurants, and shops where your patrons sit and you want to discreetly eliminate troublesome flies.

The innovative VECTOTHOR SPARROWHAWK can be mounted on walls, tabletops, or shelves. The SPARROWHAWK’S cylindrical design allows for 360° of flying insect attraction. Temperature-optimized glue boards ensure total entrapment of flies, even in tropical temperatures. A silicone paper coating means the board can be quickly and simply replaced. Easy to service, stylish and effective, the VECTOTHOR SPARROWHAWK features the highest design build standards.

Dimensions: 10.5”x 5.5” Weight: 2 lb Coverage Area: 160 sq ft.

866-FOR-THOR VECTOTHOR.COM

Effective, Attractive Flytrap

From Gilbert Industries

The Gilbert® 2000GT Flying Venus™ flytrap from Gilbert Industries combines beautiful design with industry-leading effectiveness, creating a powerful tool for pest management professionals. The thin 2¾-inch design hugs the wall beautifully, creating an elegant ambiance, while secretly providing 24-hour, non-stop, silent capture of filthy, disease-carrying flies. It goes unrecognized in elegant dining rooms, luxurious hotels and hospital hallways. The 2000GT Flying Venus flytrap comes in four beautiful finishes. It is EPA registered, UL listed, CSA approved and meets FDA and USDA standards.

For more information call 800/643-0400 or visit www.gilbertinc.com.

Heavy-Duty Floor Supports

These floor supports are made from heavy-duty concrete and are adjusted easily up to 5”. Available in sizes: 6”, 9”, 12”, 17”, and 21”, they are specifically designed to stand securely and to remain stationary after installation, which will reduce floor sag and improve door and window alignment. Additionally, they will decrease floor separation and basement wall cracking and improve the structure’s stabilization. If further destabilization does occur, these floor supports are easy to readjust.

The PCO Poly-Turf Spikes

This spike will secure moisture barriers and other ground coverings the professional way. Your customers will appreciate it!

Tough and long lasting
Five inches long
Made of steel
One-inch diameter head

The spikes have multiple uses: in businesses, homes, construction sites, nurseries, outdoor recreation areas and gardens. They will simplify the procedure of preventing soil moisture from damaging beams, joists and floors. The sharp point will easily deflect any small stones and similar items. The spikes may be installed by hand or hammer and are less likely to bend than traditional nails or staples.

InVict Gold

Get lightning fast control of cockroaches with InVict™ Gold Cockroach Gel. Formulated with a unique bait matrix and 2.15% imidacloprid, this bait achieves outstanding palatability, value and results, giving you an unfair advantage. Roaches begin dying in as little as 20 minutes after eating the bait with proven secondary kill when roaches are exposed only to carcasses and droppings of roaches that ate the bait. InVict Gold has unique food-grade attractants that are intentionally different from other popular baits, making it the ideal choice for bait rotation to prevent bait aversion. It’s also formulated without the eight most common food allergens for sensitive applications such as food plants, schools, child-care and health-care facilities. InVict Gold is available in 35-gram syringes boxed individually or in four packs and a 300-gram “Big Gun” syringe that fits in a standard caulking gun.

New Thermal Remediation® 120kW Box Truck

The Thermal Remediation® model EBB-120NB bed bug heat treatment box truck package has arrived! This box truck stores 12 EBB-460B heaters, allowing your company to heat treat up to 3,600 square feet of space. The truck is sold separately.

EBB-120NB Box Truck Package Includes:

(1) Box Assembly

(1) 197hp John Deere Turbo Diesel Engine-110kW Marathon Generator End With 80 Gallon Tank

(12) EBB-460B Electric Bed Bug Heaters

(6) 75’ Main Power Cables

(3) 460V Power Distribution Boxes

(6) Each 25’ & 50’ Heater Patch Cables

(1) 48 Sensor Wireless Monitoring System

(2) Fluke Handheld Thermometers

(30) 16” High Temperature Fans

(42) Cable Clamps

(30) Sprinkler Head Covers

(12) Door Sweep Seals

(3) Rolls 45”x 25’ Reflective Insulation

(12) Rolls Red Stuck-O-Tape

(12) 25’ 12/3 High Visibility Extension Cords

For further product details and pricing, call (800) 836-7432 and ask for the Thermal Remediation® team or visit ThermalRemediation.com.

Tomahawk Professional Series Traps

Professional series traps from Tomahawk Live Trap are built to withstand daily abuse from both animals and operators alike. These traps feature ½” x 1” wire mesh throughout the entire trap. This tight mesh pattern not only gives the trap unbeatable strength but also minimizes property damage from trapped animals and prevents animals from reaching in and stealing bait from outside of the trap. All Professional trap models that are 7Wx7H” or larger also feature a pan protector bar to eliminate trip pan damage from trapped animals.

Tomahawk manufactures many different sizes and styles of professional grade traps for different animals and situations. Sizes range from 5Wx5H” traps for chipmunks and squirrels up to 12Wx14H” traps for very large raccoons and woodchucks. Styles include the following: standard traps with one trap door, traps with one trap door and a rear release/bait door, flush mount traps, multipurpose traps that feature built-on nose cones, traps with two trap doors and a new specialty trap designed by the NWCOA for roof mounting and attic work.

After 90 years in business, Tomahawk Live Trap is still dedicated to continuous improvement and customer satisfaction. Tomahawk manufactures all of its traps and cages in the USA at their facility in Wisconsin. Every single trap is inspected for quality and all come with a manufacturer’s guarantee against defects. Tomahawk Live Traps are recognized as the highest-quality live traps by wildlife control professionals, animal control officers, researchers and government organizations around the world.

State-of-the-Art Label Training from PCT

PCT is proud to offer the pest control industry FREE online label training through the PCT Distance Learning Center.

Created by Board Certified Entomologist and consultant Stoy Hedges, the courses use photographs, video clips and reference materials to challenge users’ knowledge, experience and problem-solving skills for a wide range of products and pest problems. Accessible by PC, tablet or smartphone, Distance Learning Center training is presented in modules designed to take a half-hour to an hour to complete. This brevity gives individuals the opportunity to fit this education in whenever their schedules allow — even during breaks or lunchtime. And if a user needs to stop while taking a course, no problem: He or she can close the program and pick up at the point left off later. Each label course is designed around reading and interpreting a specific pesticide product label, covering all aspects of the label — from trade name, target pests, hazards and first aid to areas for treatment and directions for use.

Visit https://training.pctonline.com to get started, and return frequently as new label training modules are being added monthly.

PMP Discovers Hex-Pro® is a Win-Win

Is your company interested in increasing retention, reducing labor and making customers happier? Triangle Pest Control in Raleigh, North Carolina, accomplished all three of these goals with the Hex-Pro® System. When their termite monitoring product was discontinued, Hex-Pro seemed like the way to go. And that decision has made a great impact on their business, says Jesse Rehm, chief operating officer.

Because Hex-Pro is both a monitoring and baiting system, the advantages outweigh termite monitoring alone. Since Triangle Pest Control bundles termite monitoring with general pest control, that used to mean sending out a termite technician to do a liquid termite treatment if mud tubes or other termite activity were found by the general pest control technician. Now, the technician who discovers feeding in the stations is the one who baits the station with Hex-Pro that same day, allowing for a quick solution to a potentially big problem.

“The benefit with Hex-Pro was that now we didn’t have to send the termite technician out to do a liquid spot treatment if there was evidence of termites in a station,” says Rehm. “With Hex-Pro, the technician can take care of the problem right there. It has completely eliminated having to make a second service call. So it’s really saving us money.”

According to Rehm, Triangle Pest decided to use the Hex-Pro® System over competing brands.

“When we put our Triangle Pest seal of protection on a home, we want to be 100 percent confident,” he explains. “Hex-Pro helps us do that. Many of our customers show hesitation when we mention the installation of a termite monitor. But once we show them how well the stations blend into their landscaping, it’s no problem at all. We also make a point to provide services that are reduced risk and protect our customers’ homes.”

While customers aren’t noticing much difference between the two products, Hex-Pro has definitely made a difference in his business, Rehm says.

“We have a higher retention rate with this service,” he says. “Hex-Pro gives us an extra line of defense so we can address the termite problem before it becomes a structural problem. We’re seeing the benefit of reducing the trips to the house for servicing and the customers are still getting the termite protection they want. It’s a win-win.”

To learn more, contact your Hex-Pro distributor. Distributors include: Ehrlich, Forshaw, Helena Chemical, Oldham, Residex, Rhodes, Target, Univar, Veatch and Winfield.

®Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) or an affiliated company of Dow

Ensystex

Explore the December 2015 Issue

Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.