Scenario 1:  Home backyard circuit installed with 44 nozzles and a circuit in nearby horse barn with 12 nozzles.  The home requires a typical mosquito program with 2-3 mists per day and occasional use of the remote.  The barn requires seven 20 second mists (one every two hours) from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with no need for the remote.

Scenario 2:  Home backyard nozzle circuit installed with 42 nozzles and adjacent lot with 34 nozzles installed around a tennis court.  The home owner wants a typical timed mosquito program for the backyard, but wants the tennis court circuit to mist only with a signal from a remote.

For each scenario, you need two units right?  Not anymore.

We’ve developed new firmware - for both Gen 1.3 and Gen III+ – that will enable you to configure independent misting programs for each zone in a dual-zone installation.  In previous versions of the firmware, both zones were slaved to a common schedule.

Starting now, you can program each zone to have its own mist schedule, with up to 12 scheduled mist events per zone per day.  You can also configure the controller so that a signal from the remote will mist in Zone 1 only, Zone 2 only, or Zone 1 then Zone 2.

In the next week or so, every unit we ship will have firmware loaded that contains this new capability.  In the meantime, make sure you tell us when you order a zone kit if you would like the Independent Zoning functionality. 

Mosquitoes are different from other insects and are part of the family Diptera.  All adult mosquitoes have three characteristics:  Long many segmented antennae, a piercing and sucking mouth part, and scales on the wing veins and margins. 

There are over 2,500 species of mosquitoes in the worked and about 165 species in North America through Mexico.  Mosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis and have four distinct stages in their life cycle:  egg, larva, pupa and adult.  The mosquito’s eggs, larvae and pupae are all aquatic.  And the adults are terrestrial.

The adult stage of mosquito’s life cycle is the reproductive phase.  It begins when the mosquito has fully developed inside the pupa and emerges an adult.  Emergence takes only a few minutes, if the water is agitated in any way while the adult is emerging, the mosquito may tip over and drown.    

The female of each blood feeding species of mosquito have the characteristic time of the day when they actively seek blood meals.  They may also differ in the host they prefer, many Culex species prefer bird and hardly ever feed on humans. 

During the active mosquito season a female mosquito may live for a month or more alternating seeking blood meals and developing eggs then finding suitable egg-laying sites.

Typical breeding sites form the Culex family are roadside ditches, canals, ground pools, catch basins, storm sewers, clogged streams and irrigated land. 

Using a biological environmentally safe bacteria, Bactimos Mosquito Control Dunks, that kills only mosquito larvae or an oil to cover the surface of small water sources, it is possible to control mosquitoes before they become adults. Through careful inspection of breeding sites and timely applications of the larvicide Bactimos Mosquito Control Dunks, we can achieve a ninety percent control.

Mosquito adults are however able to fly up to a mile in search of blood. It is therefore imperative in a successful larvicide program to have access to all potential breeding sites in a given area. Partial control can be achieved on a residence if breeding sites are on the property.

Chemical Mosquito Control methods are very effective and can be applied in a mosquito misting system or with mosquito foggers.  Pesticide products containing pyrethrins usually contain a synergist such as piperonyl butoxide (PBO). PBO’s work by restricting an enzyme that insects use to detoxify the pyrethrins. A synergist allows the insecticide to be more effective.

Pyrethrins have a soil half life of 12 days. They have an extremely low pesticide movement rating because they bind tightly to soil. Pyrethrins are unstable in light or air, and are rapidly degraded in sunlight at the soil surface, and in water. Pyrethrins are highly toxic to fish, tadpoles, honeybees and many aquatic invertebrates.

Winterizing your MistAway Misting Systems is critical to a long and healthy life.  Everyone absolutely need to winterize the systems if you live in a part of the country where the temperature drops below freezing more than a couple of times a year, or stays that way for more than a day.  For those in the south who do not get freezing termperatures, it’s a good idea but optional.  Last Year we had tons of calls on units that had froze.  Be preventative not repairative!
 
Why Winterize

To prolong the life of the equipment.  In a hard freeze, fluid trapped in the pump, valves, nozzles and fittings expands and exerts tremendous pressure on the components that can shorten their life.  Some components, like a flow meter in a tankless unit, can split and leak the next time the unit runs.

Flushing the system with fresh water and routinely cleaning or replacing the various filters – water supply on a tankless unit, pump intake, pump discharge and nozzle tips – is a giant step toward ensuring that the system remains healthy and effective.

The Winterizing Method

For Drum-based units

Winterization consists of using fresh water to completely flush the pump, agitation valve and leak detection assembly (if installed) of dilute insecticide and then running it dry to remove any remaining water. The process varies slightly between our current Gen 1.3 series and its predecessor, Gen 1.2 because some of the components are different. Find Winterizing Instructions on our website in the free advice section.

For Tankless units

Winterization consists of 1) flushing the concentrated insecticide out of the coupler and dosing pump with fresh water and then pumping out the water 2) using fresh water to flush the pump and agitation valve of dilute insecticide and then removing the remaining water, and 3) evacuating the water from the inlet solenoid valve and flow meter.  Find Winterizing Instructions on our website in the free advice section.

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When you are looking for Riptide or Sector for your mosquito misting system, look no further.

Sector is the perfect solution for your mossquito misting system.

Riptide Mosquito Misting System Refill

MGK misting products are made specifically to work with professional misting systems to effectively kill mosquitoes, flies and other flying insect pests.

Pyrethrum: The Best Choice

Installing and using a misting system on a property requires making decisions regarding
the type of insect control products to use, and how to use them responsibly and most
effectively. The most commonly used misting system insect control products rely on
pyrethrum (also referred to as pyrethrins), a botanical extract from a chrysanthemum
flower Tanacetum cinerariaefolium. Pyrethrum has several characteristics that
make it an ideal choice for use in misting systems.

• Pyrethrum is fast acting: it quickly knocks down
  and kills mosquitoes, flies and other nuisance pests.
• Pyrethrum quickly breaks down in sunlight,
  leaving no residues.
• Pyrethrum irritates or excites insects, increasing
  probability of exposure to the mist solution

Sector Permethrin based Mosquito Misting System Solution

Riptide is a natural occurring pyrethrin product perfect for you pest control needs.

We are the prefered provider of Mistaway Misting System Units and Repair Parts, so buy from who the professional use!

Contact us at info@epestsolutions.com or call 1-888-523-7378 to place an order.

Demand cs with iCAP technologyTM solves the most difficult insect pest control problems. Among those are mosquitoes, which are more than just a nuisance to your customers. They also transmit the deadly West Nile Virus. Demand CS helps you control this problem for your customers.

Demand CS is the most active pyrethroid pest control you can use.

Its exclusive iCAP technology packs up to 10,000 powerful capsules of insecticide into every square inch of surface you treat.

And Demand CS doesn’t just work better, it works longer. Studies show that Demand CS is up to 200 times more active than other insecticides

on flies, spiders, mosquitoes, bedbugs and other insects. That’s because Demand’s iCAP technology shields the active ingredient lambda-cyhalothrin from UV rays, pH extremes and absorption into porous surfaces. So it remains intact longer, ready to be released when an insect makes contact.

ADVANCED iCAP TECHNOlOGY FOR ADVANCED CONTROL

Demand CS combines an advanced-generation pyrethroid

with a unique capsule suspension formulation for outstanding protection against numerous perimeter insect pests. Essentially, Demand CS consists of thousands of tiny capsules that hold their shape and stay where applied over an extended period of time.

Once applied, the capsules remain on the surface – rather than being absorbed into it – so they are readily available for contact with insects for weeks and months. Because the capsules are lipophilic, they almost magnetically stick to pests as they land on treated surfaces.

Control comes through direct contact of the insect with the cap­sules, with lambda-cyhalothrin transferring from the capsule through the cuticle of the insect, or by ingestion.

Demand CS is versatile and convenient. It can be used outdoors for perimeter applications and barrier treatments, as well as indoors for both clean-out and maintenance. This product can be used on porous and non-porous surfaces with little to no odor or staining.

Demand CS effectively controls over 30 different types of insects, including:

Ants

Bedbugs

Bees

Boxelder Bugs

Carpet Beetles

Centipedes

Cigarette Beetles

Cockroaches

Confused

Flour Beetles Crickets

Firebrats

Fleas*

Flies

Lesser Grain Borers

Millipedes

Mosquitoes

Pillbugs

Red Flour Beetles

Rice Weevils

Saw-toothed Grain Beetles

Scorpion 

Silverfish

Ticks

Wasps

*Outdoor use only

DEMAND CS OFFERS ADDED BENEFITS TO PEST MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS

Mixing Benefits

The iCAP capsule suspension formulation of Demand CS not only makes the product more effective, but also more convenient to apply.

• Liquid concentrate eliminates dust
• Stays mixed, resists settling out
• Does not clog equipment or cause nozzle wear

Tank Mixes

Demand CS is compatible with nearly all labeled insecticides, synergists and additives. When tank mixing Demand CS with another product, always add Demand CS last.

Worker Safety

Because the capsule surrounds the active ingredient, exposure is minimized and the potential for skin sensation during application is greatly reduced.

Packaging

Demand CS is, available in two easy-to-handle sizes: an 8-ounce container for smaller jobs and a I-quart container for perimeter applications. Both sizes are squeeze-and-pour containers with dual caps for convenient dispensing of either small or large quantities.

Environmental Impact

Demand CS, when applied as directed, has no harmful effect on earthworms, soil microorganisms or soil processes. Demand CS can be directly applied to grass and ornamental plants.