Our Pest Control Professionals attend fumigation trainings

Bio-Tech Environmental has once again revolutionized the pest control industry in the Philippines with the recently introduction of the newest fumigation technologies – ECO2FUME® Fumigant Gas and VAPORPH3OS® Phosphine Fumigant using the Horn Diluphos System™. Last June 4, 2012, our pest control team attended the Horn Diluphos System™ (HDS™) Fumigation Training in Calamba City, Laguna for a one-day on-site training on proper application and safety of the HDS™ machine. It was conducted by Mr. Miguel Rogers of FOSFOQUIM Chile, the manufacturer of the equipment. Joining Bio-Tech Environmental in…

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Aedes aegypti by Anjo de Batalha

Are you wondering how those pesky mosquitoes find hosts to victimize? Results of flight tunnel studies on the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue fever virus, revealed that carbon dioxide detected as turbulent plume leads to more directed flight upwind by the pest. A plume of this gas that is fluctuating in concentration and mimicking the presence of a live host elicited the best response. Carbon dioxide alone, without host odor, is enough to induce directed flight toward the source. This first encounter with the gas is…

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