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Off! (stylized as OFF!) is an insect repellent brand from American corporation S. C. Johnson & Son, produced in Finland. Its active ingredient is DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) or metofluthrin which is the most common ingredient in insect repellants. [1] It was first sold in 1957. [2] It is used to avoid mosquito bites by applying the product ...
A Flit gun is a hand-pumped insecticide sprayer used to dispense FLIT, a brand-name insecticide widely used against flies and mosquitoes between 1928 and the mid-1950s. Although named after the well-known brand, "Flit gun" became a generic name for this type of dispenser. [ 1] Once commonly found in households, hand-operated Flit guns have been ...
Fly capture tape. Flypaper (also known as a fly ribbon, fly strip, fly capture tape, or fly catcher) is a fly-killing device made of paper coated with a sweetly fragrant, but extremely sticky and sometimes poisonous substance that traps flies and other flying insects when they land upon it.
Insect repellent. A mosquito coil. An insect repellent (also commonly called " bug spray ") is a substance applied to the skin, clothing, or other surfaces to discourage insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne (and other arthropod ...
A 72-year-old Montana man shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked him while he was alone picking huckleberries, according to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Bug-A-Salt was created by Lorenzo Maggiore and patented in 2012. [ 4] Maggiore invented the tool to kill houseflies at a distance, without creating a mess. [ 3] The Skell Inc company launched its Bug-A-Salt product in 2012 on the Indiegogo platform. [ 5] At the close of Skell's crowd-funding campaign on September 11, 2012, the company had sold ...
MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation — praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope ...
Stripper clip with permanent 5-round box magazine. SKS: Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×39mm Soviet Union Permanent 10-round magazine. Type 11: Light machine gun 6.5×50mm Arisaka Japan Permanent 30-round hopper fed with 6 × 5-round stripper clips. M1 Garand: Semiautomatic rifle .30-06 Springfield United States 8-round en-bloc with internal magazine.