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Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities Wood and Wood Structures

IPM-1310 Insect Control Recommendations for 2013

INSECT CONTROL

Insect Control in Wood and Wood Structures and Formulation (%) Kills 2-2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate CARD-O-VAP 8 (Fogging Agent) (8%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood abamectin ADVANCED CARPENTER ANT BAIT (Bait) Ants (Argentine, Bigheaded, Carpenter, Crazy, Field, Fire, Little Black, Pavement, Pharaoh, and Thief) ORTHENE (1%) Ants, Beetles, Carpenter Ants, Cockroaches, Crickets, and Spiders - TRANSPORT Carpenter Ants FICAM (Dust) (76%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees benzeneacetate ONSLAUGHT MICROENCAPSULATED Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites INSECTICIDE (6.4%) beta CYPER EC Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Termites DEMON PREVAIL FT (24.8%) PROBUILD TC bifenthrin ORTHO BUG B GON INSECT KILLER FOR Carpenter Ants LAWNS (Bait) (0.115%) TALSTAR ONE (Liquid) (7.9%) Subterranean Termites MASTERLINE BIFENTHRIN 7.9 (Liquid) Subterranean Termites (7.9%) ANT PRO (Dust) (1.0%) Carpenter Ants PERMA-DUST (Dust) (35%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees chlorantraniliprole ALTRISET (18.4%) ARCHIVETermites PHANTOM PRESSURIZED INSECTICIDE Subterranean Termites (Aerosol) PHANTOM TERMITICIDE-INSECTICIDE Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Drywood Termites, and Subterrean (Liquid) (21.45%) Termites

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Insect Control in Wood and Wood Structures (cont.) Insecticide and Formulation (%) Kills chloropicrin CARDINAL CHLOROPICRIN 100 (Fumigant) Drywood Termintes, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles (99%) CARDINAL CHLOROPICRIN WARNING Drywood Termintes, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles AGENT (Fumigant) (99%) chloryrifos DURSBAN (Dust) (1%) Carpenter Bees DURSBAN (Liquid) (15%) CRACK AND CREVICE I (Aerosol) (1%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites CY-KICK (Aerosol) (0.1%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites CY-KICK CS (Aerosol) (6%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites CY-KICK PT (Aerosol) (0.1%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles FASTOUT CS (Foam) (0.1%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites, and Drywood Termites cypermethrin DEMON WP ENVELOPE (Liquid) (40%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees DEMON WP INSECTICIDE-1-ENVELOPE Carpenter Bees (Liquid) (40%) CYNOFF (Liquid) (0.2%) Carpenter Bees DEMON MAX EC (Liquid) (425.3%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles CYNOFF WP (Dust) (40%) Carpenter Ants d- MOTHER EARTH PROCITRA DL (Aerosol) Ants, Carpenter Bees, Cockroaches, Crickets, Drywood Temites, (10%) Suberranean Termites, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Spiders, and Wood-Infesting Borers and Beetles, D-FOAM (Foam) (0.06%) Subterranean Termites, Wood-Destroying Insects diflubezuron ADVANCE BAIT (Bait) (0.25%) Subterranean Termites ALPINE PRESSURIZED INSECTICIDE Carpernter Ants, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles (Aerosol) (0.5%) ALPINE ANT AND TERMITE FOAM (Foam) Carpernter Ants, Drywood Termites, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites disodium octaborate tetrahydrate GOURMENT LIQUID ANT BAIT (Liquid) (1%) Carpernter Ants JECTA GEL (Gel) (40%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles JECTA DIFFUSIBLE BORACIDE (Chaulk) Subterranean Termites BORA-CARE ARCHIVE ONSLAUGHT (6%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Bed Bugs, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Drywood Termites Wood and Wood Structures: Insect Control Recommendations for 2013 • 3

Insect Control in Wood and Wood Structures (cont.) Insecticide and Formulation Kills TERMIDOR (Liquid) (9.1%) Carpenter Ants, Termites TERMIDOR 80WG TERMITICIDE/ Carpenter Ants, Drywood Termites, Subterranean Termites INSECTICIDE (Liquid) (80%)

TERMIDOR FOAM (0.005%) Ants (Carpenter, Fire, and Pharaoh), Termites (Drywood, Dampwood, and Subterranean), and Wood-Destroying Insects (Powder Post Beetles, Old House Borers) TERMIDOR H.E. COPACK WITH TERMIDOR Termites (Arboreal, Dampwood, Drywood, and Subterranean) H.E. TECHNOLOGY (9.1%) TERMIDORY DRY (0.5%) Termites (Drywood and Subterranean) gamma- OPTIMATE (5.9%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Termites geraniol and lemongrass oil MOTHER EARTH EXEMPT (Aerosol) (6.0%, Carpenter Ants, and Subterranean Termites 0.5%) hexaflumuron SENTRICON IG (Bait) (5g/kg) Subterranean Termites COMBAT OUTDOOR ANT-KILLING Carpenter Ants GRANULES (Bait) (1%) DOMINION ZL (Liquid) (21.4%) Carpenter Ants, Drywood Termites PREMISE (Wettable powder, Foam, Granules) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Drywood Termites, Subterranean Termites lambda-cyhalothrin CYONARA 9.7 (Liquid) (9.7%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees 221L (Aerosol) (0.05%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites CYHOLOCAP CS (Liquid) (9.7%) Carpenter Ants, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, Subterranean Termites TERMINATE TERMITE AND CARPENTER Carpenter Ants, Subterranean Termites ANT KILLER methyl bromide BROM-O-GAS (Fumigant) (98.0%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles TERR-O-GAS (Fumigant) (67.0%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles METH-O-GAS Q (Fumigant) (99.5%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites METH-O-GAS 100 (Fumigant)ARCHIVE (95.5%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites CARDINAL METHYL BROMIDE (Fumigant) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites (100%) CARDINAL METHYL BROMIDE Q (Fumigant) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites (100%) CARDINAL METHYL BROMIDE 98-2 Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites (Fumigant) (98%) CARDINAL PIC-BROMIDE 25 (Fumigant) (75%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites 4 • Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Insect Control in Wood and Wood Structures (cont.) Insecticide and Formulation Kills MGK264, piperonyl butoxide, and CARDINAL 3-6-10 INSECTICIDE (Fogging Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites Agent) (3%, 6%, 10%) CARDINAL 3-2-1 INSECTICIDE (Fogging Agent) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites (3%, 2%, 1%) PYROCIDE 100 (Fogging Agent) (3%, 2%, 1%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites PYROCIDE 300 (Fogging Agent) (10%, 6%, 3%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites orthoboric acid NIBAN GRANULAR BAIT (Bait) (5.0%) Carpenter Ants, Cockroaches, Crickets, Snails, and Slugs noviflumuron SENTRICON TERMITE COLONY Subterranean Termites ELIMINATION BAITING SYSTEM (Bait) (0.5%) PERMACAP CS (Liquid) (23.0%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles PERMETHRIN SFR 36.8 (Liquid) (36.8%) Drywood Termites, Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles TENGARD SFR TERMITICIDE AND Subterranean Termites INSECTICIDE phenyl methylcarbamate INVADOR HPX (Aerosol) (1%) Subterranean Termites phosphine VAPOR PH3OS (Fumigant) (97-98%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites 250 PROPOXUR (Aerosol) (1.0%) Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Subterranean Termites 250 PROPOXUR RESIDUAL INSECTICIDE Carpenter Ants AEROSOL (Aerosol) (1.0%) PYGANIC DUST (Dust) Carpenter Ants pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide MIRCOCARE 3% CS (Liquid) (3.0%, 15.0%) Carpenter Ants RIPTIDE (Fogging Agent) (5.0%, 25.0%) Drywood Termites, Old House Borers, and Powder Post Beetles VAMPYRE (Fogging Agent) (3.0%, 30.0%) Drywood Termites, Old House Borers, and Powder Post Beetles PY-DRY (Dust) (1.0%, 10.0%) Carpenter Ants, and Drywood Termites pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide, and n-octyl bicloheptene dicarboximide ULD HYDROPY-300 (Bulk) (3.0%, 6.0%, 10.0%) Carpenter Ants JET STREAM FOGGINGARCHIVE CONCENTRATE Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles (Fumigant) (1.0%, 2.0%, 3.0%) pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide, and silica gel TRI-DIE BULK (Dust) (0.6%, 4.8%, 8.0%) Carpenter Ants, Drywood Termites, Subterranean Termites sulfuryl flouride PROFUME (Fumigant) (99.8%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles, and Drywood Termites Wood and Wood Structures: Insect Control Recommendations for 2013 • 5

Insect Control in Wood and Wood Structures (cont.) Insecticide and Formulation Kills OPTIGARD 2T (21.6%) Ants, Beetles, Termites z-phenethyl propionate pyrethrins ECO PCOAR-X (Aerosol) (1%) Old House Borers, Powder Post Beetles

ARCHIVE 6 • Alabama Cooperative Extension System WOOD PRESERVATIVES

Wood Preservatives for Use in Wood and Wood Structures Wood Preservative Kills Amount to Use Application Comments copper 8-quinolinolate WOODGUARD OIL- Drywood Termites, See label. Use low-pressure spray. Recommended for BASED WOOD Powder Post Beetles Do not use airless spray exterior use only. PRESERVATIVE equipment. Can also Water repellent. brush or roll on. (0.675%) copper napthenate COPPER-GREENS Drywood Termites, See label. Brush on the surface For exterior use WOOD PRESERV- Powder Post Beetles of most woods. Dip only. Moisture and ATIVE (10%) soaking or pressure weather resistent. treament will result in longer preservation. BLACK FLAG Oil soluble liquid with a Pressure treatment TERMIN-8 WOOD faint odor (amine) for exterior use PRESERVATIVE (fences, poles, and structural lumber) disodium octaborate tetrahydrate ARMOR-GUARD Drywood Termites, 1 lb./gal. Apply with low- Apply above 40oF. INDUSTRIAL Old House Borers, pressure sprayer or Water resistent. (10 mg/m3) (98%) Powder Post Beetles brush. BORA-CARE Mix 1 gallon with 1 Liquid mixture of Spray, brush, or gallon of water to treat DOT and glycol-based roll to point of up to 800 square feet of component runoff. wood. PENETREAT (>98%) Subterranean Termites, 6 gal. yields 27 gal. of Apply with low- Apply above 40oF. Drywood Termites, 10% solution that will pressure sprayer or Recommended for Old House Borers, cover 4,050 sq.ft. brush. exterior use only. Powder Post Beetles Mix with warm water. Water resistent.

TIM-BOR Mix 1 pound in 1 gallon Powder Spray, brush, or of water to treat about roll to point of 200 square feet of runoff. wood.

WOODLIFE COPPER Drywood Termites, See label. Use low-pressure spray. Recommended for COAT (1-10%, Old House Borers, Can also brush or roll exterior use only. 9.08%) Powder Post Beetles on. Water repellent and moisture resistent. WOODLIFE Drywood Termites, See label. Use low-pressure spray. Recommended for CREOCOAT Old House Borers, Can also brush or roll exterior use only. (1-10%, 9.08%) Powder Post Beetles on. Water repellent and moisture resistent. propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, and disodium octaborate tetrahydrate SHELLGUARD Drywood Termites, 50-50 ratio of chmical Apply with low- Apply above 40oF. (30-50%, 30-50%, Old House Borers, and water. Yields pressure sprayer or fine Recommended for 20-30%) Powder Post Beetles 215 sq.ft. /gal. of bristle brush. exterior use only. ARCHIVEconcentrate Water resistent SHELLGUARD RTU Drywood Termites, Ready to use. Apply with low- Apply above 40oF. (n/a,n/a,10%) Old House Borers, pressure sprayer or fine Recommended for Powder Post Beetles bristle brush. exterior use only. Water resistent. Wood and Wood Structures: Insect Control Recommendations for 2013 • 7

Wood Preservatives for Use in Wood and Wood Structures (cont.) Wood Preservative Kills Amount to Use Application Comments zinc napthenate GREEN’S CLEAR Drywood Termites 150-200 sq.ft./gal. Wood should be dry It is a violation WOOD PRESERV- Or before application. of federal law to ATIVE (23.6%) 5-10 gal./100 board Dip treatment at least use this product ft. (for dipping 3 minutes per inch in a manner dimensional lumber) of thickness. Apply inconsistent several coats by brush with its labeling. or spray. Paintable with oil based paint within 48 hours. For exterior use only. Water repellent.

ARCHIVE 8 • Alabama Cooperative Extension System TERMITE PHYSICAL BARRIERS

Termite Physical Barrier Physical Barrier Trade Name Character Registrant Plastic barrier Impasse termite blocker A termiticide “locked in” Syngenta Crop Science between polyethylene plastic www.impasse.com sheets. Example termiticide is lambda cyhalothrin. Stainless steel mesh barrier Termi-Mesh A marine grade 316 stainless Termi-Mesh Australia Pty Ltd. steel wire mesh (aperture of www.termi-mesh.com 0.66 x 0.44 mm) Aluminum Alterm Solid 0.5 mm marine grade Alterm Pty Ltd. aluminum www.alterm.com.au Basaltic particle barrier (BTB) Granitgard Common volcanic rock GranitGard Pty Ltd. crushed to particles of 1.6 to www.granitgard.com.au 2.5 mm. Installed as a layer of several inches thick below and around the foundation Sand particle barrier Graded stone particles of 2.0 to 2.8 mm (roughly 16 grit). Not recommended for all climates or types of construction. May combine with termiticide applciation

Wood and Wood Structures: Insect Control and Wood Preservatives prepared by Xing Ping Hu, Extension Specialist, Associate Professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University.

For more information on pesticides, pesticide safety, or submitting samples for analysis, see the following publications in the IPM series: IPM 1293, “Safety.” Safety contact information; worker protection standards; the safe use, handling, and storage of pesticides IPM 1294, “Submitting Samples.” Procedures for submitting samples for diagnosis, analysis, and identification IPM 1295, “General Pesticide Information.” Federal and state restricted use pesticide lists; pesticides and water quality

2013 IPM-1310

For more information, contact your county Extension office. Visit www.aces.edu/counties or look in your ARCHIVEtelephone directory under your county’s name to find contact information. Use pesticides only according to the directions on the label. Follow all directions, precautions, and restrictions that are listed. Do not use pesticides on plants that are not listed on the label The pesticide rates in this publication are recommended only if they are registered with the Environmental Protection Agency or the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. If a registration is changed or canceled, the rate listed here is no longer recommended. Before you apply any pesticide, check with your county Extension agent for the latest information. Trade names are used only to give specific information. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System does not endorse or guarantee any product and does not recommend one product instead of another that might be similar. Published by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University), an equal opportunity educator and employer.