Ultrasonic+Pest+Repeller

Jose Avila-Cruz

Ultrasonic pest repellers

Introduction Pests have been a problem for a while and it's bad when its near your home rodents and insects can bring salmonella, hantavirus, and cause damage to your home or building. There are many ways to take care of them, but there is one way weird way to take care of them Ultrasonic pest repeller, Do they work?

Claims Ultrasound is sounds frequencies beyond the upper limit of human hearing. These devices are plugged in outlets then starts sending high frequency sounds that disturb pests the sounds supposedly gives them a audiogenic seizure,when they hear these sounds they get a non-directional running, convulsions, and maybe death, but most of the time they just flee. These ultrasonic repellers supposedly mostly works on:


 * Cockroaches
 * Mosquitoes
 * Rodents

The Evidence These repellents have been tested at the Federal Trade Commission. In 2002 they gave a little credit since the electronic repellent was only able to repel some pests. In 2003 the Federal Trade Commission had to discontinue this until they prove this with scientific evidence. In 2009 they found good results in working with rodents. For cockroaches it didn't do anything so they increased a bit more frequency so they can move around and get them in sticky traps. A entomologist named Bart Knols says that there is “no scientific evidence whatsoever” that the ultrasonic repellent works on mosquitoes. They found no effect on spiders and aunts.

Cost These products can be found in stores for about 20.00 dollars in amazon they are about 20.00-50.00 dollars.

References Ultrasonic Pest Repellers: Solution or Scam? (n.d.). Retrieved September 23, 2016, from __https://www.nachi.org/ultrasonic-pest-repellers.htm?loadbetadesign=0__

Electronic pest control. (n.d.). Retrieved September 23, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_pest_control