Midge Fly Complete

Quickly Kill Red Worms and Resulting Midge Flies

  • US EPA-registered biological larvicide that is safe and easy to use
  • Larva-Zyme improves penetration into the protective cocoon
  • Contains a diverse array of larval toxins to ensure long lasting effectiveness
  • Dose rate & product info

Description

AQUABACxt is a highly effective, US EPA-registered biological larvicide. It contains a species of bacteria called bacillus thuringiensis (BT), an approved larvicide for controlling red worms and midge flies in wastewater treatment plants.

Red worms find wastewater plants to be a perfect home. They survive by eating your MLSS, then hatch into midge flies and the cycle repeats. The active ingredient in AQUABACxt kills the red worms and breaks this cycle.

Larva-Zyme helps degrade the cocoons red worms like to build around themselves, exposing more red worms to the AQUABACxt treatment. You can often find these cocoons on the walls of clarifier rings or the sides of basins. This simple trick can increase the effectiveness of AQUABACxt dramatically.

We recommend using Larva-Zyme for the for the entire duration of AQUABACxt treatment. After this initial treatment an annual or biannual 20 day treatment is helpful for restoring the benefits.

Common symptoms of red worm infestations include: disappearing MLSS (the red worms are eating it), stringy or clumpy return activated sludge, and nuisance flies that attract pests. AQUABACxt is safe to use and will only kill a very narrow set of target species; larvae of the mosquito, midge flies, and black flies. It will not cause effluent toxicity issues.

Dose Rate

Wastewater Plant Dosing

Flow Rate (Liters per day)

Initial Dose (2X/week for four weeks) Maintenance Dose (Once per week)
378, 541 LPD 1.89 L AQUABACxt + 1.89 L Larva-Zyme .5 L AQUABACxt + .5 L Larva-Zyme
1.892 MgL/Day 9.46 L AQUABACxt + 9.56 L Larva-Zyme 2.4 L AQUABACxt + 2.4 L Larva-Zyme
3.785 MgL/Day 18.9 L AQUABACxt + 18.9 L Larva-Zyme 4.75 L AQUABACxt + 4.75 L Larva-Zyme

Wastewater Lagoon Dosing

Lagoon Size (Hectares)

Initial Dose (Once per week for 4 weeks) Maintenance Dos (Once a week for 2 months)
.4 Ha 9.4 L AQUABACxt + 9.4 L Larva-Zyme 3.8 L AQUABACxt + 3.8 L Larva-Zyme
1.62 Ha 37.8 L AQUABACxt + 37.8 L Larva-Zyme 15 L AQUABACxt + 15 L Larva-Zyme
3.24 Ha 75.7 L AQUABACxt + 75.7 L Larva-Zyme 30 L AQUABACxt + 30 L Larva-Zyme

Product Pairings

After an infestation it’s best to treat with ReBuild.

Applications and Benefits

  • Wastewater plants
  • Pond systems
  • Drain lines
  • Kills red worms and resulting midge flies
  • Stops red worms from eating MLSS
  • Bacterial based
 

Case Studies

Challenge

A 6.5 MGD wastewater treatment plant in Wisconsin was dealing with a UV disinfection room that was always covered in midge flies. The operators were constantly cleaning the room and had installed bug zappers to try and control them. Unfortunately killing the flies did no good as new ones were constantly developing in the clarifiers.

Solution

They began using our AQUABACxt to rid their system of red worms at the source without harming the good bacteria and Larva-Zyme to degrade the protective cocoons.

Results

This combination was very effective and now they have a UV building that’s not a nightmare to spend time in.

Product Resources

PDF Downloads: Product info, SDS, and white papers

Midge Fly Complete Product Sheet
Lar-V-Zyme SDS
AQUABACxt SDS

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