Bug-A-Salt
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| Type | Fly-killing device |
|---|---|
| Inventor | Lorenzo Maggiore |
| Inception | 2012 |
| Manufacturer | Skell Inc |
| Available | Yes |
| Website | bugasalt |
Bug-A-Salt is a brand of plastic airgun used to kill soft-bodied insects by shooting them with particles of table salt.
Description
The Bug-A-Salt device uses granular table salt as non-toxic projectiles to kill insects.[1] The plastic gun is capable of firing up to 80 shots of salt, which forms a conical spread pattern, similar to the blast pattern from a shotgun.[2]
Biologist Michael Dickinson of the California Institute of Technology explains that flies cannot dodge the tiny salt particles, but will be protected by their arthropod exoskeleton and will only be stunned.[3]
History
Bug-A-Salt was invented by Lorenzo Maggiore and patented in 2012.[4] He designed the device 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 more than 21,400 units of the original model of the Bug-A-Salt salt gun.[6][3]
See also
References
- ^ LeBlanc, Cameron (2019-07-15). "You'll Be the Lord of the Flies With This Salt-Firing Gun". Fatherly. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Blanchard, Keith (10 July 2015). "Man vs. Bugs: Who's Winning?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ a b c Reagan, Brad (2012-10-14). "In Latest Bid to Lord Over Flies, One Man Tries Salting Them Away - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
- ^ US patent D676923S, Maggiore Lorenzo, "Bug-A-salt gun", issued February 26, 2013
- ^ Alvarez, Johanna (2018-01-05). "Want to kill that bug? This shotgun uses table salt to do so". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ Lorenzo, Maggiore. "BugASalt- The Final Push". indiegogo. indiegogo.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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