Pest Management Professional, March 2010
How Arilon Works DuPont Arilon insecticide is the progressive way to control a diverse range of insect pests in both interior and exterior application situations Arilon is the latest non repellent chemistry with a mode of action like no other Studies show that Arilon provides excellent control of ants cockroaches and other key insect pest species on a variety of interior and exterior surfaces and the active ingredient converts to its MetaActive form using internal insect enzymes making Arilon an environmentally favorable product too Because of its label versatility and favorable toxicological and environmental profile Arilon can be used in a variety of use sites in and around both household and commercial industrial locations for more versatile application with fewer treatment limitations Target Organisms Through chemical optimization methods DuPont scientists engineered the active ingredient in Arilon to be bioactivated and utilize the insect pests own enzymes for metabolic conversion to its MetaActive form Non Target Organisms Because natural enzymes found in insect pests are the key to its biological effectiveness Arilon can effectively differentiate between target insect pests and not target species Multi Pest Summary Multiple States and Countries 2008 2009 Results The surfaces in this chart are arranged in order from the least to most porous of structural surfaces Despite the surface tested or the insect DuPont Arilon provides 100 control for many key insect pest species in fewer than 2 days Sources BioResearch Purdue University Stine Haskell Research and Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang Pest Species Surface DAT Mortality Odorous House Ant Argentine Ant House Cricket German Cockroach American Cockroach Crazy Ant Pharaoh Ant Smokybrown Cockroach Oriental Cockroach Stainless Stainless Tile Vinyl Vinyl Wood Wood Concrete Concrete 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
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