Insecticide for Island Pests
p. 32 · Read in the full issue
THE Fiji Department of Agriculture is now retailing a powder called Sodium silicofluoride (at 1/6 per pound) which is designed to destroy cockroaches and ants.
To deal with cockroaches, a thin layer of powder is spread over floors and shelves and behind furniture. It is left a week and then removed. The treatment is repeated two weeks later.
For ants, the powder is mixed with food attractive to the pests and spread on pieces of tin or cardboard. In this form silicofluoride is poisonous and should be kept away from children or pets.