Enhanced Diatomaceous Earth for Killing Insects

Diatect's DE is powerful and synergized!

The Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth (DE) that Diatect International uses in its products is a high quality DE. The requirement that makes it "food grade" is a crystal content of less than 3%. All of the DE we use is certified to have less than 0.5% crystal content making it in effect "better" than food grade. We do this because we believe better ingredients make a more effective product.

Our DE is infused and synergized with NATURAL OCCURING Pyrethrins. Not to be confused with Pyrethroids which by definition are synthetic. Many people and even companies confuse the two thinking the words are interchangeable. In fact, there is a world of difference between Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids. Pyrethrins come with our confident recommendation. Please give us a call or email us and one of our chemists will answer any question you have.

Diatect DE is not just another Diatomaceous Earth product. Diatect Internationals products take all the benefits of high grade DE and add the powerful and fast acting benefits of NATURALLY OCCURING Pyrethrins. This combination makes a product that is both quick working and long lasting. Both Food Grade DE and Naturally Occurring Pyrethrins are very well understood insecticides.

How Diatect's Diatomaceous Earth Kills Insects Quickly

Diatomaceous Earth, which is also called DE or silicon dioxide, is as chemically inert, but when properly used, it is very effective against insect pests. Unlike 'chemical insecticides' of the last half of the 20th Century, DE is a 'physical' or 'mechanical' insecticide.

Knowledge of one fact about insects and two facts about DE is required in order to understand how DE can be very effective in killing insects.

Insects control their body moisture by means of a complex 'waxy' coating on the outside of their exoskeletons, i.e., their shells. This coating is naturally porous, which permit slow loss of water and evaporation. If the waxy coating is damaged, the insect suffers serious injury.

DE is made up of ancient skeletal remains of diatoms. These one-celled creatures have hard, sharp structures that are small enough to abrade, cut or pierce insect's waxy coating. But the structures are so small that DE feels like powder to humans.

DE is also an excellent absorbent that is used in cleaning oils spills or kitty litter. This strong absorbency literally sucks the life fluid from insects. Because this is a mechanical process, DE can be literally effective forever. However, this is also a slow process when used alone.

Diatect RESULTS products combine DE with a second of Mother Nature's gifts, Pyrethrum from African Daisies. Pyrethrum is a lethal nerve irritant to insects in very small doses. It is labeled for us around animals such as mammals and birds.

RESULTS Insect Killer Contains Infused DE

RESULTS takes advantage of the natural killing power of DE, infused with other ingredients that are devastating to insects for fast acting effectiveness and long lasting residual.

Active Ingredients:

Pyrethrins (African Daisy extract), Diatomaceous Earth (silicon dioxide), Piperonyl Butoxide (synthetic sassafras oil)

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