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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | [W.R.Grace] A brand name for an [ | + | [W.R.Grace] A brand name for an [[insecticide]] primarily composed of amorphous silica. On contact or ingestion, Dri-die powder kills insects by physical dehydration. It is commonly used in the B & S (boric acid and silica) treatment to kill cockroaches. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 14 January 2014
Description
[W.R.Grace] A brand name for an Insecticide primarily composed of amorphous silica. On contact or ingestion, Dri-die powder kills insects by physical dehydration. It is commonly used in the B & S (boric acid and silica) treatment to kill cockroaches.
Synonyms and Related Terms
B & S (boric acid and silica); B + S
Authority
- Lynda A. Zycherman, J.Richard Schrock, A Guide to Museum Pest Control, FAIC and Association of Systematics Collections, Washington DC, 1988
- Marie Svoboda, Conservation Survey Index, unpublished, 1997