Formidor® is a ready bait (RB) ready for professional use in the form of an insecticide gel. It acts by way of contact and digestion by the insects in very small doses of application. Ants are attracted by the sweet taste.
Formidor® is a valuable professional insecticide bait that delivers complete and reliable ant control. Its ready to use formulation of proven, high potency insecticide, fipronil offers consistent and lasting effects. It exploits the natural feeding behaviour of ants to ensure rapid and complete whole colony control. Formidor® is quick, easy and safe to apply for the most cost effective and environmentally responsible treatment.
Proven, Low Dose Fipronil Efficacy
Formidor® brings the proven insect killing power and reliability of fipronil to the professional European ant control market. It is well known as being the active ingredient in the leading cockroach bait, Goliath.
A phenylpyrazole insecticide, fipronil is an extremely potent disruptor of the insect central nervous system, working at very low dose rates and offering a novel mode of action for professional ant control. In contrast to either organophosphates and carbamates or pyrethroids, fipronil acts on the GABA-regulated chlorine channel between neurons, decreasing the periodic inhibition of electrical impulses and leading to death through over excitation.
Irresistible Rich Formulation
Formidor® is most effective against black garden ants (Lasius niger) and Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). It is formulated as a rich liquid building on research and experience confirming the particular appeal of liquid, carbohydrate based baits to worker ants.
Irresistible to foraging ants which cannot detect the insecticide active, and maintaining both its attractiveness and effectiveness over an extended period, the bait is readily consumed. It is then rapidly transferred back to the nest to feed the entire colony through the communal food sharing behaviour of trophallaxis.
Rapid and Complete Colony Control
The 0.05% concentration of fipronil is carefully balanced to ensure that ants consuming Formidor® have sufficient time to share the palatable rich bait widely throughout the colony before succumbing. Research shows the insecticide begins to have a lethal effect between 12 and 24 hours after ingestion. Adults, larvae and queens consistently die following even low levels of consumption, leading to complete colony collapse within 10-14 days. Activity is more rapid and complete than with other commonly used ant control insecticides.
Quick, Easy and Safe to Use Indoors and Out
- Formidor® comes as a ready to use liquid bait for quick, easy and carefully targeted application to infested areas without the need for dilution or spray equipment
- Designed for use by professionals both in and around domestic and commercial buildings, it is virtually odourless to humans
- It has a very low toxicity to all warm-blooded animals
- No special handling requirements, storage measures or application precautions are required to ensure safety or maintain efficacy over its shelf life
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