Product Spotlight: Alpine WSG

Product Spotlight:

Alpine WSG

            Long since known as “The Chemical Company,” BASF is known worldwide for delivering quality effective products to a large number of industries. In the pest control industry, their products have been nothing short of excellent as well as varied. While most companies specialize in one or two areas of pest control, BASF has developed products for essentially anything. Their products consist of Aerosols, liquid insecticides, insect baits and even airborne insect traps such as the Vector Fruit fly Trap or 4 Allure Moth trap. A slogan on the home page of their website states, “We create chemistry for a sustainable future.” So in a politically heated market such as the Pesticide industry, what is BASF doing to allow for a sustainable future?

            The answer to that question is their Alpine branded line of products.  The active ingredient in this line of insecticides is Dinotefuran and has been deemed a reduced risk product by the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.). This is great for people like you and I who need an effective product but ideally one that is also less harmful to the environment. In total, there are eight Alpine products currently made by BASF. Once again, they are a wide variety of products ranging from dusts, to bait to aerosols. And since Dinotefuran is a non-repellant, which means the insects do not even know it is there, these products have a much better rate of reaching a larger number of the targeted insect population. And the newest of the Alpine products to hit the market is Alpine WSG, or Water Soluble Granule.

Alpine WSG comes in easy to use packaging, simply tear the sachet and pour directly into your sprayer. According to label instructions, it is recommended to mix anywhere from 10 grams to 30 grams per gallon of water. This product is labeled for Ants, Bed Bugs, German Cockroaches, Spiders, Mosquitoes and fleas just to name a few.

            As diagram depicts, this eco-friendly product can be sprayed just about anywhere and will kill just about everything. While reading the label, I learned that indoors it should be used mostly as a crack and crevice or void application. Outdoors it can be used in many more places, but the best part about the label on this product is that it tells you exactly where you can spray for the main insects you are most likely to use it for.

            It seems as though there will be many changes in the realm of killing bugs over the next few years, but products like this one ensure that no matter what direction pest control goes, there will always be effective products available to take care of all pest problems. Continue to follow my posts throughout the year so you can stay up to date on current pest control products and tactics. If you ever have any questions, email us or give us a call using the information on our homepage. Also, do not forget to check out or Pest Control Videos and watch along as Keith teaches some great techniques to help you get rid of whatever is bugging you that day.