Organic farming & production²
Natural Pyrethrins is one of very few plant-based active ingredients approved for use in organic farming and production in the highly regulated European and North American markets¹. It is the only organic compliant, fast-acting, biodegradable insecticide active ingredient that offers quick knock-down and broad spectrum control of problem insects.
Agriculture & protected cropping
Natural Pyrethrins-based products are used for insect control in protected cropping environments like greenhouses and as a pre-harvest spray for high-value, short shelf-life crops such as grapes and strawberries. Natural Pyrethrins knock-down common insects fast and do not leave lasting residues, giving farmers confidence to spray for insects up until the day prior to harvest. Always read the label and follow the directions for use
Household & garden
Around the home, Natural Pyrethrins powers a wide range of flying-insect and multi-insect-killer products for targeted pest control, while automatic insect control systems provide continuous family protection from insect pests. Eco-sensitive garden sprays formulated with Natural Pyrethrins are ideally suited for insect control in ornamental and edible gardening.
Personal use
Pyrethrins are found in market leading products for eradicating nits and headlice, and in insect repellent sunscreens from the trusted brands, leaving you to enjoy the summer sun pest-free. The products can be applied directly to the hair and skin and offer a more natural alternative to synthetic insecticide active ingredients like maldison, deet, and permethrin.
Professional & commercial
Natural Pyrethrins’ favourable toxicology profile, biodegradability in sunlight² and long history of use, make it particularly suited to sensitive applications. There is an extensive and growing range of pyrethrins-based professional products to eliminate and control pests like cockroaches, moths, flies, mosquitoes, and bed bugs in the places they like to congregate, such as food storage and processing facilities, restaurant kitchens, hotels and other commercial establishments.
Animal health
Natural Pyrethrins are used to quickly eradicate problem insects such as fleas, ticks and mites that can cause serious harm to companion animals, livestock and poultry. On and over-animal pyrethrins-based products include spot-ons, sprays, rinses and shampoos, dusts and more.
The special insect killing properties of Natural Pyrethrins have been known for more than 2000 years. The flowers were originally dried and crushed to make ‘insect powder’ which was widely traded in the ancient world. Legend has it that even Napoleon Bonaparte relied on natural pyrethrins ‘insect powder’ to keep fleas and lice off his troops!
1. Pyrethrins active ingredient is authorised for use in organic production in the European Union under Regulation (EC) No 889/2008. In the USA pyrethrum is Allowed with Restrictions for Crop NOP Rule: 205.206(e), Allowed for Livestock NOP Rule: 205.105, Allowed with Restrictions for Processing & Handling NOP Rule: 205.271(c) as per the OMRI Generic Materials List 2015.
2. Pyrethrins General Fact Sheet. National Pesticide Information Center, November 2014, p 3.