Author: Nicholas Aflitto and Tom DeGomez
Publication: U. of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Year Published: 2015

Sonic pest devices are tools that emit sound in the attempt to repel, deter, or kill unwanted animals such as insects, rodents, birds and large mammals. These devices, depending on the target species, cover a wide range of the acoustic spectrum from below what humans perceive (infrasonic) to above our hearing range (ultrasonic). Infrasonic is characterized as sound below 20Hz, whereas ultrasonic sound is defined as sound above 18,000 Hz. Ultrasonic devices are typically marketed to target arthropod (including spiders, scorpions and insect pests) and mammal pests, while devices…