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Anvil
Anvil® is a proprietary Clarke adulticide that offers superior performance controlling mosquito populations in virtually all adult mosquito habitats. For more than a decade, the active ingredient in Anvil® has proven effective on a wide range of adult mosquito control needs. This highly effective adulticide has been used across the country to combat nuisance, disease-bearing and natural disaster mosquito populations. Whether applied by air or ground, Anvil® is an excellent choice for municipalities, golf courses, cemeteries, residential areas and recreation areas where adult mosquitoes are present in annoying numbers; in vegetation surrounding parks, woodlands, swamps, marshes, overgrown areas and golf courses.
AT-A-GLANCE
- Known as the product of choice for the country’s most high-profile mosquito outbreaks
- Available in two formulations, Anvil® 2+2 and Anvil® 10+10
- Was the first synthetic pyrethroid-based mosquito adulticide developed and refined for operational use in aerial application
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Evolution of Sumithrin+
EVOLUTION OF SUMITHRIN-PROVIDING MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL AFTER 30+ YEARS
Natural pyrethrins were developed for adult insectcontrol in the 1950s. This was soon followed by development of pyrethroids, including d-Phenothrin. Registered by theEPA since 1975, Sumithrin (the name brand for d-Phenothrin) has been used extensively throughout the world forprotection against public health insects, noxious household insects, stored grain insect pests and for dis-insecting commercial aircraft. From simple nuisance control labeling,to aerial application, to water-based formulation, and now to crop tolerance labeling,the evolution of Sumithrin’s usage continues!
Environmental Toxicity+
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY
In Sunlight
d-Phenothrin, the active ingredient in Anvil, is photolabile, i.e. the molecule easily decomposes in the presence of sunlight. The half-lives of d-Phenothrin in water in the presence of light range from 9.1 to 13.9 hours depending upon the location of the radiolabel. The degradation products of d-Phenothrin are nonpersistent. Moderately rapid aerobic and anaerobic soil degradation was found in the absence of sunlight. The half-lives for d-Phenothrin in aerobic soil ranged from 18.6 to 26.0 days, depending upon the location of the radiolabel.
In Soil and Water
d-Phenothrin is not readily transported from the site of application. Very little movement of d-Phenothrin and its degradation products from soil into plants or through soil columns was observed using radiolabeled material. d-Phenothrin hydrolyzes in water, or breaks down into lesser components, at pH of 9 or greater. d-Phenothrin does not bioaccumulate and is subject to both oxidation and cleavage of the ester linkage in biological systems.
On Nontarget Species
Studies conducted in the absence of sunlight found the 96 hour LC50 for fish ranged from 17 to 200 μg/liter. The 3-hour LC50 for daphnia was 25–50 mg/liter. The LD50 for bobwhite quail was greater than 2500 mg/kg body weight and the LD50 was 5000 ppm of diet for the bobwhite quail.
Application Methods+
APPLICATION METHODS OPTIMIZED FOR YOUR EQUIPMENT
Anvil® 10+10 has been proven to be effective when applied by air or ground (truck, ATV, backpack). Anvil 2+2 is primarily used for ground applications. All formulations have been optimized for all application equipment and nozzles, and they are non-corroding to your application apparatus.
