Beat the Bite with New Bite-Lite® Professional Horsefly Trap Now in Stores
BETHEL, Conn., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Connecticut based Bite-Lite® announced today that Family Farm and Home will start selling the new H-Trap Professional Horsefly Control System in 10 stores in Michigan. These locations are: Alma, Benton Harbor, Cedar Springs, Chelsea, Coldwater, Fenton, Grand Rapids, Mason, Richmond, and Wayland.
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The H-Trap is also available for purchase online and in four other states: Delaware: Chicks Harness Supply in Harrington; New Mexico: Cooks True Value in Espanola; Pennsylvania: Wurster Farm/Dublin Agway in Dublin; and Virginia: Epps Farm in Suffolk.
"We sold out during our first online sales last summer, and so we know there is an interest and a market for a well-designed horsefly trap that will prevent bites, pain, and discomfort to humans and horses," said Bite-Lite Director of Sales Gail Bedoukian. "We are especially excited about venturing into the resellers market this year, and receiving Family Farm and Home's order and support."
Designed in the Netherlands, the Bite-Lite outdoor horsefly trap is unique among other commercial and government surveillance traps available in the US. To catch multiple species of tabanids (commonly known as horseflies, B 52's, yellow flies, greenheads, and deer flies, etc.), the H-Trap uses a unique single legged frame, large black inflatable ball, and green conical hood to trick the female horsefly into finding the ball's infrared signature after being heated by the sun. By placing the trap in a sunny location near where adult horseflies are known to emerge (wet, swampy areas), the females will land on the ball to "feed" and failing to get their intended blood meal, they will fly vertically, their normal flight path, into the green plastic conical hood and get trapped in the plastic collection bin (both parts are UV proof).
Since last May, researchers have conducted testing for Bite-Lite in Florida and Cape Cod, MA, and have reported good results. "This is the best and sturdiest trap we've ever had! Best of all, it attracts the flies that bother horses," said Greg McCandless of Cedar Ridge Ranch in Cedar Key, FL, one of the test locations.
The Bite-Lite horsefly trap is perfect for any sunny location where female horseflies are a nuisance, including commercial and residential horse stable yards, cattle farms, campgrounds, meadows, golf courses, gardens, ponds, swimming pools, water parks, state parks. Coverage is a 5 horse paddock or about 2.5 acres, and there are no chemicals or electricity involved. Warranty is two years on mechanical parts.
To learn more about the science behind the Bite-Lite horsefly trap, visit www.bite-lite.com/h-trap/. To see how the trap works, watch: Bite-Lite horsefly trap demonstration. You can also contact Stephanie Sharlow at 855-248-3548 for any other information needed.
ABOUT BITE-LITE®:
Bite-Lite® is a Bethel, Conn. based family business whose mission, since its inception in 2010, is to design, manufacture and distribute biting and stinging insect control products inspired by nature. It has been known for its natural and great smelling mosquito repellent candles. Since 2013, Bite-Lite has been gradually moving away from China manufacturing and has made available three soy based US made candles. Bite-Lite became the exclusive US distributor of the H-Trap after the National Hardware Show in 2014. Besides selling directly to independent resellers, Bite-Lite is a supplier or vendor to True Value, Arett Distributors, Imperial Distributors, Val-Test, Goldcrest, and Gard'n-Wise.
ABOUT FAMILY FARM and HOME:
Family Farm and Home is a privately held company based in Muskegon, Mich. From three stores in 2002, the family owned farm and agricultural company has grown to 32 stores in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. It offers an unique assortment of farm equipment and supplies, tractor supplies, energy equipment, tools, hardware, automotive products, pet supplies, animal feed, lawn and garden products, and casual but rugged clothing and footwear, all catering to the rural homeowner.
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