Altosid Briquets - Stops Mosquitoes From Breeding and Growing
One application of Altosid briquet will stop mosquitoes from breeding in standing water for 30 days. The active ingredient, (S)-Methoprene is an Insect Growth Regulator (IGR) that has been tested and proven to stop mosquito larvae from becoming adults. Altosid will not harm fish, waterfowl, mammals, wildlife or beneficial predatory insects.
Altosid Briquets - Stops Mosquitoes From Breeding and Growing (Including those that transmit West Nile Virus)
One application of Altosid briquets will stop mosquitoes from breeding in standing water for 30 days. The active ingredient, (S)-Methoprene is an Insect Growth Regulator (IGR) that has been tested and proven to stop mosquito larvae from becoming adults. Altosid will not harm fish, waterfowl, mammals, wildlife or beneficial predatory insects.
Altosid Briquets - Simple To Use
Simply place 1 charcoal briquet to 100 square feet of water surface in standing water. Typical standing water sites are: bird baths, retention ponds, atrium areas, gutters, ornamental ponds & fountains, water gardens, pool covers, rain barrels, puddles, horse troughs and other animal drinking water receptacles, and other water-holding receptacles.
Place Altosid Briquets in the desired areas at the beginning of mosquito season and continue treatment throughout the season. Make sure to apply at the stage of larval development. Altosid Briquets has no effect on
mosquitoes which have reached the pupal or adult
stage prior to treatment.
Mosquitoes ( Including those which may transmit West Nile Virus)
Active Ingredient (s)
(S)-Methoprene 8.62%
For Use :
Altosid Briquets are designed to control mosquitoes
in small bodies of water. Examples of application sites
are: storm drains, catch basins, roadside ditches, fish
ponds, ornamental ponds and fountains, other
artificial water-holding containers, animal watering
troughs, cesspools and septic tanks, waste treatment
and settling ponds, flooded crypts, transformer vaults,
abandoned swimming pools, tires, construction and
other manmade depressions, cattail marshes, waterhyacinth
beds, vegetation-choked phosphate pits,
pastures, meadows, rice fields, freshwater swamps
and marshes, salt and tidal marshes, treeholes,
woodland pools, floodplains, and dredging spoil sites.
For application sites connected by a water system,
i.e., storm drains or catch basins, treat all of the water
holding sites in the system to maximize the efficiency
of the treatment program.
Yield
1 briquet covers 100 square feet of surface water
Mixture|Application
Use 1 briquet per 100 square feet of surface water. See product label for application chart with catch basin size and water depth.
