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How effective is Mosquito Amigo?Updated 2 years ago

When applied as a direct/contact-kill spray:

100% mortality: Argentine ants, black flies, cat flea larvae, house flies, and yellow fever mosquitoes — within 30 minutes-2 hours

90-98% mortality: bed bug, brown dog tick, cat flea adult, and red imported fire ant — after 24 hours

90% mortality: deer ticks — after 2 days

85% mortality: American cockroach — after 2 days

The untreated control populations recorded 5% mortality during the study.

Repellency test

85% repellency: Fleas (VS 13% repellency with the untreated population)

83% Abbott’s corrected repellency within 6 hours after applications

89%-100%: Mosquitoes

Abbott’s corrected repellency when tested during the 2.5-8-hour aged evaluations

Source: Snell, Eric, Todd Smith, Joshua Swatts, and Jarred Sturm. "Mortality and Repellency of the PT-MRRes-LGTST-01 RTU Formulation against Various Pest Species in a Laboratory Assay." Outdoor Pest 22, 22 July 2022 - 20 Sept. 2022, report, Snell Scientifics, LLC, Oct. 04, 2022.




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