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 All
Insect-O-Matic fly killers are fitted with the
patented Synergetic™ UVA-Green lamp which
combines two attractant phosphors to provide these
important benefits:
- Catches
common House flies, Blow flies and Fruit flies
30% faster than traditional UVA lamps (which appears blue to
the human eye)
- Attracts
a broader range of insects, including stored
product moths,
where lamps with only UVA light are less effective
- Keeps
on working longer because the green light phosphor
hardly ever
degrades, unlike UVA lamps which lose up to
40% of their power after 6 months.
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Fig. 1 shows the two wave length peaks
for UVA-Green light.
UVA-Green
has two wavelength peaks attracting a broader
range of flying insects.
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image to enlarge
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Stored
product beetles including tobacco beetle,
lesser grain beetle, grain beetle, rice weevil,
merchant grain beetle and confused flour beetle
are attracted to the UVA spectral peak.
Stored
product moths, including tropical warehouse
moth, warehouse moth, Mediterranean flour moth
and Indian meal moth are more attracted to the
Green spectral peak. (Based on 'Review of the
response of stored product insects to light of
various wavelengths, with particular reference
to the design and use of light traps for population
monitoring' by D P Rees, Trp.Sci.1985.25, 197-21.)
Common house flies, blow flies and fruit
flies are more attracted to a combination
of UVA and Green light. (Based on independent
tests carried out by the Medical Entomology Centre
at Cambridge in 1994.)
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Fig.
2 shows the degradation of the UVA phosphor
decreasing to output of 30% over 12 months
and the green phosphor decreasing to output
of 95% over the same period. (Based on tests
by Insect-O-Matic and manufacturer's information.)
Green
light degrades much slower than UVA prolonging
the lamp's effectiveness. Click
image to enlarge > >
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All
Insect-O-Matics are fitted with Synergetic™
UVA-Green light as standard.
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