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Old May 26, 2019 | 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by Centurion
Amazing so many replies and no one identifies what actually is being sprayed. Does anyone think it is a chemical close to DDT but with an extra letter and no T?
it’s usually a synthetic pyrethroid more along the lines of permethrin

DEET is a repellent not an insecticide, the intention is to kill them not have them fly out the door at the first opportunity

edit: NZ/Australian regs- d-phenothrin 2%
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenothrin
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