The leaves and tops of potatoes, the tubers of which are boiled, baked, fried, put in salads and soups, are destroyed by the striped pest. To get rid of it, the bushes are sprayed using a special remedy for the Colorado potato beetle.
The drug Molniya copes with both larvae and adults. The insecticide does not quickly become addictive to the insect, which quickly adapts to various conditions and chemicals. Most poisons on the body of this pest cease to act after repeated use.
Description of the product
The active component of the drug Molniya is alpha-cypermethrin.This synthetic substance paralyzes pests, destroying their nervous system. The insecticide, falling on the plant, is absorbed into the leaves. When the Colorado potato beetle eats green mass, the drug penetrates the insect’s body, activates the channels of cell membranes, as a result of which nerve conduction is affected and the muscular system stops performing its functions.
An adult, having tasted Lightning, dies within 20 minutes; the larvae can survive for a day. The insecticide is packaged in different containers:
- in bottles of 10 milliliters;
- in ampoules (2 ml);
- in canisters (5 l).
An annotation is attached to each product package. The owner of a garden or field selects the required amount of the drug for processing potatoes.
Lightning is combined with pesticides used for spraying agricultural crops, but is not mixed with preparations that contain a high percentage of acids and alkalis, since the effect of the insecticide is impaired.
The secret to efficiency
After eating leaves in which alpha-cypermethrin has been absorbed, the muscles of the Colorado potato beetle become paralyzed, it stops moving and falls to the ground in just a few minutes. After treating the area with Lightning, which belongs to the third class of danger, pests appear on the bushes no earlier than 3 weeks later. Compared to other products, the insecticide has clear advantages:
- It works quickly and for a long time.
- Does not lose effectiveness after rain.
- Can withstand heat well.
- Used sparingly.
The disadvantages of the Molniya drug include high toxicity to beneficial insects that pollinate plants. Due to repeated use, pests are able to develop resistance to the main substance present in the chemical. To prevent this from happening, you need to change the means.
What insects does it work against?
The insecticide protects garden trees, shrubs, vegetables and grain crops from ticks, caterpillars, and fights aphids, bark beetles, and sawflies.
When spraying cabbage with Molniya, the following die:
- cruciferous flea beetles;
- mole;
- scoop;
- runaway.
One treatment for such a vegetable crop is enough for a month. The insecticide destroys codling moths, leaf rollers, and spider mites on apple trees, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, and grapes. The product is effective in the fight against weevil, rapeseed flower beetle. To protect against the Colorado potato beetle, Lightning is sprayed on tomatoes and eggplants.
Instructions for use
Before using an insecticide, you need to carefully study the instructions, since application rates for the destruction of different pests differ. Potatoes are sprayed at the time of the greatest accumulation of Colorado potato beetles. Beets are treated against weevils when seedlings emerge, and locusts are combated during the period of development and growth of the larvae.
Owners of small plots are better off purchasing the insecticide in ampoules; two are enough to spray a hundred potatoes; one dissolves in a bucket of water. Apple trees are treated against mites and moths at the rate of 0.5 liters of emulsion per hectare of plantings. To destroy leaf rollers and aphids on fruit bushes, dilute 0.3 liters of Lightning.
It is better to start spraying in the morning or evening, when the air temperature does not exceed 25 degrees and there is no strong wind. A spray bottle is included with the package to help distribute the prepared solution.
Precautionary measures
Before processing plants, you must put on overalls, socks, a hat, protect your eyes with goggles, your face with a mask, and your respiratory tract with a respirator.If the insecticide enters the human body,
- Dizziness occurs.
- Body temperature rises sharply.
- Nausea and weakness are tormented.
The Lightning product is dangerous for bees, so it is advisable to spray it before flowers begin to appear on the potatoes. The insecticide should be stored without opening the packaging. The prepared solution is used immediately.
While spraying plants with toxic agents, you should not smoke or eat food. If you are poisoned by the drug, you should drink a large amount of water. This will help induce vomiting. Then take activated carbon.
Analogs
A drug that has a mechanism of action similar to Lightning is Karate. The product contains an active component - lambda cyhalothrim, which is a pyrethroid.
Tanrek destroys pests of flower crops, copes with locusts, whiteflies, and Colorado potato beetles, blocking their nervous system. This insecticide is used when pyrethroids no longer act on pests.
Mospilan is produced in Russia based on acetamiprid. The product fights weevils, destroys the larvae of thrips, bedbugs, and the Colorado potato beetle.
To protect potato fields and beds from insects, farmers and summer residents treat the bushes with Regent, Fastak, and Bi-58, which are used to combat various types of pests.
Lightning is one of the most effective chemical insecticides.
