Mortein Kill and Protect Cockroach Baits 12s x 4

Mortein Kill & Protect Cockroach Baits protects for up to 3 months and kills with a single feed. Kills cockroaches in the nest and the eggs they carry.

How Mortein kill & protect cockroach baits work.

• Contains ingredients to lure cockroaches out of their hiding places.
• Cockroaches feed from the bait and become contaminated.
• Contaminated cockroaches return to the nest where they die and contaminate others.
• Kills eggs that cockroaches carry.
• Eliminates cockroaches by breaking the breeding cycle.
• Kills with a single feed.

WHAT IT DOES

• Kills roaches and their cockroach eggs with just a single feed from the bait. The roaches are attracted to the bait station; they eat the bait and carry it back to the nest, where they die and contaminate others. The bait also kills the eggs that the cockroaches carry, breaking the breeding cycle. Remember to replace the bait every three months; each bait comes with a date panel on the base and the packet, allowing you to circle the month you put it out. There’s already enough to remember in life!

BENEFITS

With no fumes, smell or mess, the baits allow constant protection from cockroaches while your family remains unaffected.

• Contains ingredients to lure cockroaches out of their hiding places.
• Eliminates cockroaches by breaking the breeding cycle.
• Kills cockroaches in the nest and the eggs they carry.
• Kills eggs that cockroaches carry.
• Protects up to 3 months.

HOW TO USE

• The 12 baits inside the carton are joined. Just snap them apart and they are ready for use.
• Place all 12 baits around your home for the most effective result. Any area left unprotected can be the source of reinfestation for the rest of the house.
• Cockroaches will begin eating the bait immediately. You should expect to see fewer cockroaches within one week.
• The replacement date is 3 months from when the baits are put down.

WHERE TO USE

• Recommended spots include the kitchen, bathroom, laundry and hot-water system.
• For best results, put the cockroach baits adjacent to walls and flush with corners when placing them on floors.

About Mortein

Mortein was first manufactured as an insecticidal powder in the 1870s by J. Hagemann, a German immigrant to Australia. It is said that Hagemann himself came up with the name Mortein, with a little help from his French wife: the famous name is a combination of the French word 'mort' (dead) and the German 'ein' (one).

Hagemann used crushed chrysanthemum flowers to produce a pyrethrum extract. The powder was originally sprinkled about, and in the 1920s a squeeze puffer was developed. Hagemann introduced a liquid version in 1928. He combined this with kerosene and had a pump pack designed (the traditional 'flit gun') which allowed the insecticide to be sprayed into the air or onto the pests themselves.

Hagemann's product was distributed wholesale by Samuel Taylor. Taylor ran his own business until his death in 1895. Soon after that , the business went broke, and in 1909 it came into the hands of F. S. Steer and Thomas Jackson. They were to revive Taylor's business and ultimately set it up as a proprietary company in 1937 as Samuel Taylor Pty Ltd. This company was to play a critical role in Mortein's development, mainly through the activities of its larger-than-life managing director from the 1940s to the 1960s, Bill Graham.

By 1953, Mortein was already a household name when the Samuel Taylor company pioneered the aerosol industry in Australia by introducing the Pressure Pak. When TV arrived in Australia in 1956, a lengthy 'infomercial' by Mortein was one of the first TV ads produced and shown in this country.

Graham believed in aggressive marketing and advertising, and saw the potential of TV as soon as it appeared. He developed new brand after new brand, including several which are household names today, such as Preen, Fabulon, Aerogard and Mr Sheen. Mortein was, perhaps, his favourite. He was a passionate believer in the safety and efficacy of his product, and once (rumour has it) drank down a glass of Mortein in front of a shocked government inquiry to demonstrate how safe it was.

In 1969 the Samuel Taylor company was bought by the British company Reckitt & Colman. The Australian firm, under its British parent, introduced and promoted to the Australian market several of the country's most familiar household names over the past few decades. Among these consumer icons, Mortein stands out as the most widely recognised of all.

Things You Didn’t Know About Mortein

• Mortein Pressure Pak was the first commercially produced aerosol in Australia back in the 1950s
• Mortein was a pioneer in advertising, producing one of the first television advertisements in Australia
• That loveable rogue Louie the Fly, synonymous with the name Mortein, has been around on television since 1957. Follow Louie the Fly on Facebook. Visit www.facebook.com/louiethefly?ref=br_tf.
• The name 'Mortein' is said to derive from the French 'mort' (dead) plus the German 'ein' (one) and was concocted by Mortein's German inventor and his French wife in the 1870s.
• Mortein, developed and made in Australia, has been the leading brand of household insecticide in Australian homes for over 100 years.
• Mortein was introduced into New Zealand for over many decades.

Mortein has moved a long way from the simple pyrethrum powder and early kerosene-based flit gun fly spray.

Mortein now has products to cater for all pest problems.