Potential Future Applications

The primary application to date for the MAGTHANITE™ technology has been cockroaches, where it is has demonstrated effectiveness against all major species. 

The technology is equally effective in the case of ants, and laboratory work has confirmed effectiveness against termites.

Also, a test against bed-bugs is in progress and satisfactory results have been achieved against red flour beetles.  Longer-term, YPIL plans to evaluate the efficacy of the the MAGTHANITE™ technology against further species of ants and the Colorado potato beetle.

Acknowledgements: Colorado potato beetle and Termite images are in the public domain because they contain materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. Ghost Ant image declared by author to be in public domain (Andy Brookes). Leaf Cutter Ant image photographer Wolf Levenson, New York City, January 2007, Tikal, Guatemala; image licensed under the Creative Commons-Share Alike 2.5 License, with no endorsement, explicit or implied, by Mr Levenson of MAGTHANITE™ products.