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A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 2020

A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures

Karen Vail, Professor, and Jennifer Chandler, Research Specialist III, Entomology and Plant Pathology

This publication provides a quick reference to pesticides and methods for the pest management professional to use in solving pest management problems in and around structures. A thorough description of pest identification including images, inspection and detection techniques, exclusion, sanitation, other environmental modifications, and pesticide formulations can be found in the following UT Extension publications (https://ag.tennessee.edu/PSEP/Forms/F818.pdf):

Vail, K.M., G. Burgess, R. Gerhardt and C. Harper [eds.]. 2007. PB 1673 General Pest and Rodent Control Pesticide Applicator Licensing Manual (GRC). pp. 130.

Vail, K., G. Burgess, R. Gerhardt and C. Jones [eds.]. 2002. PB 1685 Public Health Mosquito Control: The Tennessee Mosquito Control Handbook (Pesticide Applicator Licensing Manual). pp. 54. Vail, K., D. Hensley, G. Burgess, C. Pless and A. Taylor [eds.]. 2014. PB 1703 Wood-Destroying Organisms Licensing Manual. pp. 76. Vail, K.M., E. Burgess, R. Gerhardt, and Craig Harper. 2006. PB 1732 Industrial, Institutional, Structural and Health Related Pest Management Certification Manual (Category 7). pp. 105. Vail, K.M., E.E. Burgess, R. Gerhardt, C. Jones, J. Skinner and C. Harper. 2003. PB 1733. Public Health Pest Control (Category 8). pp. 99.

Further references for household pest identification:

Manuals: Bennett, G.W., J.M. Owens, & R.M. Corrigan. 2011. Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations, seventh edition Cleveland, OH: Questex Publishing. Mallis, A. 2011. Handbook of Pest Control - the Behavior, Life History and Control of Household Pests. 10th edition. Mallis Handbook LLC.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 2 Field Guides: Hedges, S. 2010. Pest Control Technology Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Infesting Ants, 3rd edition. G.I.E. Inc. Publishers, Richfield, Ohio. Hedges, S. 1995. Pest Control Technology Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Infesting Flies. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hedges, S. 2012. Pest Control Technology Field Guide for the Management of Urban Spiders. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hedges, S. and M. Lacey. Structure-Infesting Beetles. Volume 1: Hide and Carpet Beetles/Wood- Boring Beetles. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Hedges, S. and M. Lacey. Structure-Infesting Beetles. Volume 2: Stored Product Beetles/Occasional and Overwintering Beetles. Franzak and Foster Co. Klotz, J., L. Hansen, R. Pospischil and M. Rust. 2008. Urban Ants of North America and Europe: Identification, Biology and Management. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York pp. 196 Smith, E and R. Whitman. 2007. NPMA Field Guide to Structural Pests. Second edition. http://npmapestworld.org/

General Identification Guides for Insects: Peterson’s Field Guides: Insects of North America # 19, Beetles of North America #29, Moths of Eastern North America #30

APPs: NPMA Mobile Field Guide App is now available on iOS and Android devices, npmapestworld.org/technical-resources/npma-field-guide-app

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 3 The following tables list recommended procedures and, if necessary, pesticides to manage specific pests. Remember to reduce the pest’s access to food, water and shelter. If pesticides are needed, they are more likely to provide control if access to these necessities are limited. In addition to the references provided above, more information can be found in the UT Extension publications (SPs, PBs and Ws) listed in the tables. Extension publications can be found by visiting extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Pages/default.aspx and entering the publication number in the search box. Percentages that appear after the trade name indicate percentage of the active ingredient. Where no percentage is given, see the label for more details. SEE THE LABEL FOR ALL DIRECTIONS!

CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS ANTS - ARGENTINE ANT Perimeter Spray: Our best research results for odorous ARGENTINE ANT, Bump (Node) on waist: one, Termidor SC 0.06% house ants have been a 0.06% fipronil ODOROUS obvious Arilon 0.10% (Termidor SC) spray to entry points HOUSE ANT Gaster tip: no circular opening Optigard Flex 0.1% (to and 1 foot up and 1 foot out from the PB 1629 Odor when crushed: “disagreeable, perimeter and plants foundation base COMBINED with (1) a W 473 rotten-coconut-like” with an additional combined with Optigard Ant liquid or other bait placed in the faint musty odor Gel Bait in outdoor stations) landscape near/around the structure Color: light to dark brown where ants are active OR COMBINED Outdoor Baiting: with (2) Phantom applied indoors as ODOROUS HOUSE ANT Advion Insect Granule crack and crevice in areas of activity as Nodes on waist: one, very flat, (perimeter broadcast) well as at potential entry points. Gel barely noticeable node hidden by the Green Way Ant Bait Liquid baits may work longer outdoors when gaster Intice Thiquid 1% placed in stations. Baits listed under Gaster tip: no circular opening Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait odorous house ant and outdoor baiting Odor when crushed: “disagreeable, MAXFORCE COMPLETE Brand have eliminated small, laboratory- rotten-coconut-like” Granular Insect Bait maintained odorous house ant colonies Color: brown to black Maxforce Ant Killer Bait Gel within 8 weeks of bait placement or Both ant workers: 1/8 inch (for Argentine ant) have proven effective in field studies. Niban FG, G baits The odorous house ant is the most Optigard Ant Gel Bait Ants nesting in structures through the common house-invading ant in TN. It PT 388B Advance Ant Gel Bait winter can be quite challenging to nests in shady, moist areas such as Terro-PCO (1%) control and to the pest management under mulch, pine straw, stones, and professionals’ reputation. Often the ant logs. Moves indoors during periods of Indoor Crack and Crevice Spray centers of activity are difficult to define heavy rain and moves nests often. and Outdoor Entry Points because small numbers of ants are in Winged male odorous house ants Phantom many different locations. You bait one may be found near lights from May area and activity ceases, only to find through June. ants in another area. It’s worth exploring the use of placing Quantum The Argentine ant is not as common or any other liquid/gel bait in indoor as the odorous house ant, but can stations near ant activity where build up larger populations. Behavior residents will not see the station or is similar for both species. trailing ants. Moisture is fairly limiting this time of year when indoor heat is running longer because of low outdoor temperatures, and liquid/gel bait in a station may serve as moisture source. Ant feeding is limited in the winter and may not increase until late February/ early March. ANTS - Large, black, red, or red-and-black Outdoor perimeter spray 1. Correct moisture problem, repair CARPENTER ants that nest in damp wood. Termidor SC leaks and ventilate. PB 1599 Wingless workers 1/4 to 3/8 inch long Arilon with a one-segmented waist, circular Transport GHP 2. If ants entering from or foraging opening at the end of the gaster and Demand CS outdoors, spray a slower acting, evenly rounded thorax when viewed Temprid SC nonrepellent insecticide around the from the side. Winged male and perimeter with an emphasis on areas female reproductives will fly from a Baits: where ants are entering the structure. colony. Carpenter ants do not eat Indoors in cracks and crevices wood, but excavate smooth galleries where ants are seen: 3. Place baits where ants are actively in the wood to raise their young. Piles Advion Ant Bait Arena foraging. If baiting, do not spray ants, of coarse sawdust or splintered wood Advion Ant Gel trails or baits with a fast-acting, often mixed with insect parts may Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait repellent spray because it will kill ants indicate a carpenter ant nest nearby. Maxforce Fleet too quickly and will stop them from Niban FG, G feeding on the baits.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 4 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS ANTS - Outdoors: 4. Find and treat (dust, spray or foam) CARPENTER Advion Ant Bait Arena nests in wood parts. CONT’D Advion Ant Gel Green Way Ant Killing Liquid Bait Drilling into the wood may be Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel necessary. Dust nests in wall voids. Do Maxforce Fleet not apply sprays near electricity. Maxforce Granular Bait Niban FG, G Optigard Ant Gel Bait

Dusts: Deltadust Boric acid dusts Tempo 1D

Sprays (or foam according to label): Talstar P Tempo SC Ultra Tempo Ultra WP Cy-Kick Transport PT221L Suspend SC Bora-Care Shell-guard Tim-bor (dust, spray or foam), Armor-Guard (dust, spray or foam)

ANTS - Nodes on waist: two Baits: Because Pharaoh ant colonies are PHARAOH Gaster tip: sting (may not be visible Advion Ant Bait Arenas hidden and can occur in virtually any also called "sugar or functional) Maxforce FC Ant Bait Station crack or crevice, baiting is the best way ants” or “piss ants” Worker size: 1/16 inch Niban FG to get an insecticide back to the PB 1629 Antennae: 12-segmented antennae colony. Give a taste test of baits. with a three-segmented club Indoor crack and crevice spray Prebait entire structure with honey. Color: yellow or orange with the end and entry points: Place a bait wherever ants are found. of the abdomen darkened Phantom SC All queen(s) and all immatures must be killed to eliminate a colony. Spraying Nests rarely found outdoors; Outdoor entry points and trails fast-acting insecticides for Pharaoh however, almost any indoor crack around structure: ants indoors often worsens the and crevice close to sources of Termidor SC problem by causing the colony to split warmth and water. into many smaller colonies. Apply slower-acting sprays (Phantom, These ants do not swarm. Colonies Termidor) around entry points during multiply by "budding," in which part of warm weather when ants are foraging an existing colony migrates, carrying outdoors. brood with or without a queen to a new nesting site. Hundreds of queens and 10,000 - 100,000s workers may be present.

ANTS - FIRE SP 419, PB 1739, PB 1158, PB 1788 Fire ant infestations on home lawns are often managed with a two step approach: 1. Broadcast a fire ant bait over the entire lawn or area to be managed first. IGR baits are distributed especially well because they don’t affect the worker. 2. 7-10 days later, apply granules, a drench, dust, or fast-acting bait (hydramethylnon, indoxacarb, abamectin, or spinosad) to the individual mounds that are likely to be encountered by people. More thorough discussions of IFA management options are provided in the publications listed above. A list of products labeled for fire ants is updated regularly and can be found at “Imported Fire Ants In Tennessee” (fireants.utk.edu) under “Resources“ and “Updates,” and W 649 and W 652.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 5 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS ASIAN NEEDLE Both workers and winged females MAXFORCE COMPLETE Brand This ant does not form strong foraging ANT can sting, especially when trapped Granular Insect Bait in stations or trails and does not group recruit. entomology.ces.nc against clothing. Workers (1/5 inch) broadcast Workers may be seen carrying another su.edu/asian- and queens (1/4 inch) are dark Advion Ant Gel ant to a food source. needle-ant brown, with the legs, mandibles and Optigard Ant Gel Bait outer antennal segments slightly lighter. Workers with a middle, side of thorax that is smooth and shiny, a large squarish node on the waist, and a large stinger. ANTS - OTHER Ants have elbowed antennae, a Baits: Follow good sanitary and exclusion PB 1629 thread-like waist with one or two Advion Ant Bait Arena practices. Exploit worker caste by using bumps. Unmated reproductive ants Advion Ant Gel baits. Find foragers and place bait near may have wings. If so, the front Gourmet Ant Bait Gel foraging trail. Workers then bring the wings are larger than the hind wings. Bait in Stations poisoned bait back to the nest where it Worker ants are wingless. Ants are Niban FG is distributed among the members of social insects. Colonies are usually Optigard Ant Gel Bait the colony. established by a queen. Workers PT Advance 375A Select feed the queen, care for the brood Granular If ants are foraging indoors from an and defend the nest. Workers travel PT 388B Advance Ant Gel Bait outdoor nest, exclude ants by sealing along well-marked trails between the Terro-PCO (1%) entry points such as window sills and nest and food. door frames, or spray entry points into Liquid Baiting Systems: the structure. Terro-PCO(1%) Dominant 1% Liquid Ant Bait

Pyrethroid Sprays: Talstar P Tempo SC Ultra Tempo Ultra WP Transport Suspend SC Demand CS Temprid

Slower-acting, non-repellent spray: Termidor SC 0.06% (outdoor perimeter) FUSE (outdoor perimeter) Phantom SC indoor crack and crevice, outdoor entry points BATS Night-flying creatures invade attics Treat area with insecticides to Close entrance holes with one-way PB 1868 and similar areas. control external parasites excluders to prevent bats from returning including fleas, mites, and bat after they have left the resting area. bugs after bats excluded. See Seal opening once all bats excluded. bed bugs. Do not exclude bats when young bats present. See details in PB 1624.

BED BUGS Flat, wingless insects. Torpedo- Detection Check every crack and crevice in PB 1763, PB 1807, shaped white eggs (1/25 inch) glued Canine scent detection team bedroom and elsewhere, if needed. Do SP 761, SP 788 to rough surfaces. Five beige to light- especially helpful for inspecting not spray sheets or blankets. Some brown nymphal stages 1/25 – ¼ inch large buildings or areas (check PMPs will not treat mattresses with long. Red to black gut contents of for third-party certification). insecticides because of potential nymph can be seen through cuticle. Monitoring Devices human exposure, while others will Adults ¼ - 1/3 inch reddish-brown CLIMBUP Insect interceptor, cover treated mattresses and insect either oval-shaped when white or black, insect- boxsprings with a bedbug proof unfed or torpedo-shaped when fed. interceptor.com encasement after treatment. Others Bloodsucking. Night feeders. (Place bed or furniture leg into may physically remove bed bugs with center well to aid detection of vacuums and then cover with bed Confirm identification. Bat bugs new infestations and protect encasement specifically designed to easily confused with bed bugs. against re-infestation. Important prevent bed bugs from biting through or Pronotal hairs longer than width of to prevent other bed bugs access escaping (i.e., Protect-A-Bed with eye for bat bug. If bat bugs are to bed and refill wells with talc as BugLock 3-sided zipper system and feeding on people, control will not be needed.) CLIMBUPS helpful to ALLERZIP seal, or Mattress Safe achieved until bats are excluded and determine efficacy of treatment “Ultimate” zippered encasement area treated for ectoparasites. when placed additionally in other - zipper must be kept closed). Some places around room. Newer insecticides may need to contact bed version does not require re- bugs directly to be effective. talcing.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 6 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS BED BUGS BlackOut Bed Bug Detector Resistance to pyrethroid insecticides is CONT’D protectabed.com/lightsout-bed- widespread. Rotate chemicals used and bug-detector-trap.html. The do not rely on one type (use SenSci Volcano, nonresiduals, residuals and dusts). senscionline.com, is smaller with Foggers are ineffective. Incorporating square base to better fit against nonchemical controls including walls. vacuuming, low moisture steaming (AmeriVap, Hi-Tec Cleaning Systems, Many monitors, check for validity etc.), laundering (dryer on high for 30 by comparing research results. minutes for dry clothes), and removing infested items may be necessary to Mattress and Boxspring manage bed bugs and may be more encasements important as resistant bed bug Protect-A-Bed (BugLock 3-sided populations are encountered. Cold zipper system and ALLERZIP takes longer to kill bed bugs. Bed bugs seal) need to be exposed to ~0 F for at least Mattress Safe “Ultimate” 4 days and up to 2 weeks for all stages encasement to die. Reducing clutter will reduce Others, ensure bed bug proofed callbacks. Heat or chemical fumigation Mattress seams, folds & edges can be conducted on entire buildings or Phantom Aerosol certain materials, including box springs Steri-Fab and mattresses, can be placed in a Bedlam Plus permanent or temporary heat chamber. EcoRaider Bed Bug Killer Fumigation does not provide residual Crossfire Bedbug Conc., Aerosol control. Fogging is ineffective. Do not Other cracks and crevices confuse fogging with fumigation. Crossfire Bedbug Conc., Aerosol Fumigation requires category 7 Phantom Aerosol certification, supervision of a person Transport GHP licensed in structural fumigation, and Temprid SC, RTS strict adherence to the label. Whole Tandem heat treatments of rooms should EcoRaider Bed Bug Killer include a perimeter insecticide Bed Bug Patrol treatment to prevent bed bugs from Dust for Voids moving to surrounding rooms. CimeXa Wrapping and taping mattresses in Drione black plastic and placing in sun does PT Tri-Die Pressurized Silica + NOT heat the mattress evenly and does Pyrethrin NOT reach the bed bug’s lethal thermal Alpine threshold on the underside. Difficult-to- Heat treatment (all bed bug treat items (appliances, lamps, etc.) can stages will die when exposed to be treated with Nuvan Prostrips in bags 122 F). Equipment to heat rooms but may not kill all bed bugs in or buildings, trailers, tents and protected locations. CIRKIL small chambers is expensive and VAPROPAD (https://www.cirkil.com) often requires numerous circuits may be more thorough, but odors may or generators. For whole room linger. treatments, remote monitoring of temperatures using electronic See UT Extension publication PB 1763 sensors (minimum 5) AND for more details on bed bug biology. For overhead sprinkler disablement additional bed bug information and or protection that is compliant equipment see our Bed Bugs in with fire safety regulations is Tennessee website at bedbugs.utk.edu recommended. All sensors, The NPMA has released Bed Bug Best including those in tight crevices, Management Practices, reached 122 F. Post-treatment pestworld.org/media/562243/npma-bed- should include an inspection and bug-bmps-approved-20160728-1.pdf use of monitoring devices to determine efficacy, vacuuming dead bed bugs and a perimeter application of DE or silica (see dusts above).

Chemical Fumigation (for licensees only) Vikane

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 7 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS BOOK LICE Small, soft-bodied, cream-colored to PT Microcare Pressurized Large numbers of book lice develop grayish or light brown, wingless, fast- Pyrethrum Capsule Suspension under excessive humid conditions, moving. Feed on molds, fungi. Found PT 565 Plus XLO moldy books, papers, bags or cereals. in books, cereals, wallpaper, boxes. PT 221L Dry out infested areas. Destroy May damage starched items. PT Cy-Kick CS Pressurized infested material of little value. Space Crack & Crevice Residual sprays of pyrethrins may cause the PT Tri-Die Silica & Pyrethrum book lice to scatter throughout Dust structure. PT Tri-Die Pressurized Silica & Pyrethrin Dust BOXELDER BUGS Flat, ½ inch long, 1/3 inch wide, dark Treat listed sites on label when These insects are attracted to buildings SP 341-H brownish-black, with 3 lengthwise red bugs are first seen. in the spring and fall. Large numbers stripes behind the head. Wings Tempo SC Ultra collect on siding, around doors, sunny leathery at base. Membranous at tip Tempo Ultra WP walls and attics. Use exclusion with red veins; abdomen is red. Demand CS practices before pests become Nymphs are smaller, wingless and Demon WP WSP apparent. Inside, vacuum into a dry vac. bright red. TalstarP Avoid use of space sprays if bugs found Suspend SC in wall voids. Dead bugs in wall voids Deltadust could serve as carpet beetle food. Eliminate female (seed-pod-bearing) boxelder. Outside: vacuum the bugs into water mixed with 1 teaspoon of a liquid detergent per gallon of water in wet/dry vacuum cleaner tank. BROWN BMSB adults are shield shape, about If exclusion methods aren’t Pest-proof by late summer using MARMORATED 5/8 inches long, just about as long as working completely, they may be techniques described in PB 1303. If STINK BUG wide, mottled brownish grey with supplemented with professionally supplemental pesticide applications are W 779 black antennae marked with a whitish applied outdoor treatments. deemed necessary, make exterior spot, band on the next-to-last segment, Products containing pyrethroids crack and crevice, and/or void dark bands on the membranous part (bifenthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, applications where these pests may of the wings, and coppery or bluish cyfluthrin and lambda cyhalothrin) harbor or hibernate, such as cracks and metallic punctures (small, round and neonicotinoids (acetamiprid crevices, in weep holes, wall voids, depressions on the head and and thiamethoxam) have been around window and door frames, attic pronotum). Abdominal segments found to be effective against vents and behind siding, in late protruding from the wings are marked brown marmorated stink bug. In summer/early fall before the pests with black-and-white bands. general, pyrethroids are faster arrive. Pyrethroid labels are more Serious agricultural pest that may acting than other chemistries; restrictive so read label carefully. Indoor overwinter in homes. however, new pesticide labels light traps may help reduce populations limit professionally applied inside and are most effective late pyrethroids to 1-inch bands winter/early spring when the bugs are See around windows and doors when leaving the structure. Vacuum bugs eddmaps.org/bmsb/distribution.cfm? the surface is over a hardscape. found inside into knee-hi stocking map=distribution for latest brown Insecticides will have limited placed on the end of the vacuum tube marmorated stink bug distribution. persistence outdoors in the prior to attachment placement. After sunlight and rain and may not vacuuming, remove knee-hi, tie off, prevent the brown marmorated place in a sealed bag and in outside stink bug from entering garbage can. If BMSB found on walls in structures. large numbers, they can be removed by removing the top of a capless plastic Alpine WSG soda bottle at the widest part of the Talstar P neck, inverting it and placing back on Suspend Polyzone the bottle to create a funnel trap. When Other pyrethroids (check label) the edge of the modified bottle is moved up the wall toward a BMSB aggregation, the bugs will drop into the trap. Soda bottles can be sealed in a plastic bag and placed in the freezer for a few days. Frozen or drowned bugs can be disposed of outdoors in a garbage can or compost pile. Flushing BMSB down the toilet will waste water and is not recommended.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 8 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS CARPENTER ½ to 4/5 inch long with a blue-black, Apply dusts into the gallery Use a badminton racket to kill flying BEES green or purple metallic sheen. Color openings: adults or use a straight wire to break W 876 and size resembles a bumble bee, Tempo 1D up cells in tunnels. Individual bees but the top of the abdomen is DeltaDust can be caught with a net and killed. hairless. Apicide In the spring, apply foam, spray or These bees chew a circular, 3/8-inch puff of insecticidal dust into nest entrance hole into wood and nesting Sprays: holes in the evening when the gallery 4-6 inches long at a right Tempo SC Ultra (spray or foam) carpenter bees are at rest. Allow angle to the entrance hole. Galleries Tempo Ultra WP (spray or foam) bees access to the nest for 24 hours. used for several years may extend PT Cy-Kick Seal the hole with putty, 3/8 inch 10 feet. Suspend SC 0.06% diameter dowel or cork to prevent re- Premise .05%-0.1% (spray or foam) infestation. Carpenter bees overwinter in previously used galleries, so re- Dusts are the preferred formulation inspect and seal galleries in the fall. because they coat the porous wood surface of the bee’s gallery. CARPET Adult 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch in length; Thorough HEPA vacuuming of bed, Carpet beetles infest beds, BEETLES black; brown legs. Larva 3/8 inch in bedding, carpet edges and carpeting, clothing, fur, upholstered SP 341-I length; carrot-shaped; covered with upholstered furniture removes furniture, books, bird nests, milk short hair and has long terminal dander and pet fur that can serve powders, articles of animal products, Black Carpet bristles. as protein food for carpet beetles. feathers, wool, silk and other Beetle Place wool or silk articles in sealed materials of animal origin. containers for long-term storage. Treat cracks, crevices and hidden Locate food source and remove, if Common; or Adults 1/8 inch long with white and area of walls, closets, stored possible. Use good housekeeping Furniture; or orange; or yellow, white and black; or materials, under carpets, etc. Do such as cleaning floor and carpets Varied carpet white, brown and yellow spots; larva not apply insecticide to clothing. regularly. Dry clean clothes regularly. Beetles with long black to brown hairs. See precautionary statements Stored materials subject to damage about pesticides staining should be thoroughly cleaned and carpets. stored in tight container with moth crystals. Tempo Ultra WP Tempo SC Ultra PT Cy-Kick Demand CS Suspend SC DeltaDust Kicker PT Tri-Die Silica & Pyrethrum Dust PT 565 Plus XLO PT Microcare CS Controlled Release Pyrethrum PT Microcare Pressurized Pyrethrum Capsule Suspension CENTIPEDES Grayish creature with long feelers Indoors: Feed on insects. Larger species can and many long, slim legs, one pair of DeltaDust bite. Usually not numerous. Active at legs per body segment. Fast moving. PT Tri-Die Pressurized Silica & night. Nonchemical control: leave a Long antennae. Pyrethrin Dust 12-18 inch bare zone around building PT Tri-Die Silica & Pyrethrum Dust foundations. Move wood piles and Talstar P other clutter away from structure. PT Cy-Kick Crack & Crevice Spot treat cracks and crevices, door Pressurized Residual thresholds and moldings where pests PT Cy-Kick CS Controlled Release may crawl or as directed by label. Cyfluthrin Tempo SC Ultra Residuals may not provide total PT Microcare CS Controlled Release control. Treatments may need to Pyrethrum come into direct contact with pest. Outside Perimeter: Demon WP WSP DeltaDust Tempo Ultra WP Tempo SC Ultra Cy-Kick Talstar P Talstar granulars DeltaGard G

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 9 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS CHIGGERS Very tiny immature mites which get Use commercial repellents around Mow lawn regularly. Remove weeds on the person and cause blotches ankles and waist for personal and brambles from fence rows. and itching. Don't usually invade protection. Apply deet repellent to homes, but occur in yards and skin; and Permanone 0.5% spray to wooded areas. shoes, cuffs and socks, heed drying directions before wearing.

Apply to infested areas of turf. Tempo SC Ultra Tempo Ultra WP Talstar P CLOTHES Brownish moths, wingspread 1/2 Vacuum prior to treatment and to Adults are not attracted to light and MOTHS inch long. Larvae are 1/16-1/3 inch remove potential food sources. will fly to dark corner when disturbed. SP 341-J long. Gray silken cases or webbing Apply sprays to cracks and crevices Larvae usually found on infested over surface of fabric. in closets and spot treat other materials, wool, fur, feathers, hair, infested areas. upholstered furniture, non-synthetic Tempo Ultra WP carpets, dust and lint. Tempo SC Ultra Do not spray clothes. Dry-clean Cy-Kick susceptible items before storage or DeltaDust store with moth crystals in sealed Suspend SC storage container. Heed warning Kicker about staining clothing. CLOVER MITES Tiny (1/30 inch) mites, brown to olive Apply sprays to points of entry such Invade homes from the yard in great green with pair of long front legs. as foundations, windows and doors. numbers in fall and spring. Stain Cy-Kick CS walls or fabrics reddish-brown when PT 221L crushed. Keep grass and shrubs Talstar P from direct contact with house. Good Mavrik Perimeter weed control in turf and a vegetation free border of 12-18 inches around home will help. COCKROACH Do not spray repellent or fast-acting Prevent access to food, water and German About 5/8 inch in length, pale brown insecticides near baits. shelter. Practice good sanitation in Cockroach or tan with 2 parallel dark streaks on Baits in cracks and crevices: food handling, storage and eating pronotum. Usually most abundant in Advion Cockroach Gel Bait areas. Control moisture, prevent the kitchen and bathrooms. Advion Cockroach Bait Arena leaks or condensation. Seal off Advion Evolution harborage sites such as cracks and Alpine Cockroach Gel Bait Rotation crevices with caulk, etc. Also use Brown Banded or 1/2 to 5/8 inch in length, dark brown 1 exclusion practices to prevent Furniture with 2 pale bands traversing wings. Alpine Cockroach Gel Bait Rotation cockroach movement. Cockroach Widely distributed throughout the 2 house in walls, closets, furnishings, Maxforce FC Magnum Roach Killer Use glue boards or sticky traps in appliances, but abundant in Bait Gel placed along edges in dark places to kitchens. Maxforce FC Select Roach Killer locate and monitor cockroach Bait Gel populations. Maxforce Impact Roach Gel Bait Oriental Cockroach 1 1/4 inches in length, dark reddish- Maxforce Roach Killer Small Bait Baiting is the preferred method for brown to black, wings do not surpass Stations cockroach control. Apply baits to end of abdomen. Usually found in Maxforce Roach Killer Bait Gel cracks, crevices, pipe openings into lower floors, outdoors or in crawl Niban G walls, joints of furniture and cabinets, space. Frequents water meters, floor Optigard Cockroach Bait pipe conduits, and elsewhere as drains or moist, dark areas. Prescription Treatment Advance indicated by glue board catches. Cockroach Gel Bait Reservoir Rotate baits regularly. American 1 1/2 inches in length, reddish-brown Prescription Treatment Avert Cockroach with pale yellow band around Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait If you choose to spray, use pronotum. May be found throughout Form. 1 precautions to keep chemicals out of house, outdoors, in crawl spaces, Vendetta food, spices, and off dishes or eating sewers, water meters and garbage Vendetta Plus utensils. Do not apply sprays where cans. Baits for large roaches: electrical shorts may occur; use baits Advion Cockroach Gel Bait or dusts in these areas. Maxforce Granular Bait Smokybrown 1 to 1 1/2 inches, uniform, very dark Maxforce Roach Killer Bait Gel Do not use sprays when baiting Cockroach brown to black; head shield is a Maxforce FC Magnum Roach Killer because cockroaches may be solid, dark color. Takes harborage in Bait Gel repelled from the baits. Read label moist, warm and dark places like tree MAXFORCE COMPLETE Brand carefully; some products may not be holes, mulches, soffits in attics with Granular Insect Bait labeled for food handling areas. poor ventilation. Maxforce Impact Roach Gel Bait Niban G Vendetta

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 10 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS COCKROACH Insect Growth Regulators for small Increase ventilation in attic to reduce CONT’D roaches containing hydroprene attraction to smokybrown (Gentrol Aerosol, Gentrol IGR cockroaches. Turkestan 1 inch; female dark brown with Concentrate, Gentrol Point Source) Cockroach leathery, short, triangular wings that or pyriproxyfen (Archer, Nylar or American cockroaches often enter don’t meet in the middle and cream others). IGRs are slower acting but facilities through drains with a dry p- stripe along edge; male orange- longer lasting - sterilizes adults. trap. Keep p-trap filled with water. brown with edges of wings lighter, Lightly dust voids with: Items, such as ProSet Trap Guard or wings exceed length of abdomen. PT Tri-Die Sure Seal Inline Floor Drain, prevent Often found in-ground containers, Drione sewer gasses and cockroaches from hollow block and other cracks and DeltaDust escaping into living spaces, but still crevices. Sold as pet food via the NiBor-D allow water to drain. internet. Cimexa Crack and Crevice Sprays: TempoUltra WP, SC Ultra PT Cy-Kick CS Pressurized Crack & Crevice Residual Suspend Talstar P PT 221L Phantom Outdoor perimeter for large roaches PT Cy-Kick CS Controlled Release Cyfluthrin Suspend Tempo Ultra WP DeltaGard G Niban FG, G MaxForce Complete Granular Insect Bait

CRICKETS Black, jumping insects with long Baits: Black cricket may damage clothing. antennae. Cave or camel crickets MaxForce Complete Granular Repeat treatment as needed. Spray are humped and brown. Insect Bait entry points into structure. Dust crawl Niban Granular Bait space.

Sprays and dusts: Camel crickets infest damp Tempo Ultra WP basements, under slabs and crawl Tempo SC Ultra spaces. Ventilate or dry these areas. Cy-Kick Active at night. Apply sprays into Demon WP WSP cracks and crevices where crickets Demand CS dwell. Talstar P DeltaDust Use exclusion practices. Glue boards Suspend SC can be used indoors around entry points and other places in basements, etc. EARWIGS Easily identified by pair of “pinchers” Outdoors: Earwigs are incidental invaders into at end of abdomen. Talstar P houses. They usually dwell in leaf Demon WP WSP litter, mulch and woodpiles and are Demand CS common “hitchhikers” on vegetables PT Cy-Kick CS Controlled Release harvested from the garden. Cyfluthrin Moving compost piles away from the house will aid pest control. Insecticidal control is usually unnecessary for this insect.

If needed, spray possible entry points and mulched area around the house.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 11 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS FLEAS Small, 1/16" long, reddish-brown, On pet: Keep pets and people out of PB 1596 wingless insect. Body compressed treated area (indoors and laterally, legs long and adapted for CATS, KITTENS and PUPPIES outdoors) until spray dries. jumping. ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO INSECTICIDES!!!!! Consult a Step 1. With veterinarian supplied veterinarian and always read label products that are currently available, prior to treating a pet. control of fleas in small-to moderate- sized infestations is likely to occur by Veterinarian supplied products - using those pet treatment products usually kill fleas within 12 - 36 h alone. May take 2 months to or sooner and provide 90 - 95% completely break flea life cycle. control for about 30 days: see pesticide recommendation at Sprays of pyrethrum and pyrethroids https://extension.uga.edu/content/d may not work as well as the newer am/extension/programs-and- chemistry used in pet treatments services/integrated-pest- because of insecticide resistance. management/documents/handbook s/2020-pmh-home- If pet treatment alone does not chapters/Animals%20(Pets%20and provide sufficient control, initiate a %20Honey%20Bee).pdf for a complete control program by April. thorough listing of veterinarian supplied on-pet products. Step 2. Vacuum infested areas twice a week and prior to treatment to Indoor Premise C & C Treatment remove eggs, larvae, adults and Spot treat infested areas and pet organic matter. Steam cleaning resting areas inside with carpet may also reduce populations. following: Eliminate fleas from pets, bedding Insect Growth Regulators [and and premises before departing on adulticides]: vacation. pyriproxyfen (Archer and others) pyriproxyfen [and permethrin or Step 3. Treat pet resting areas pyrethrin] (PT Ultracide and indoors and clean or remove pet other ready-to-use products bedding on the same day. Insect methoprene (Precor IGR growth regulators important to break Concentrate) flea life cycle. A combination of an methoprene [and pyrethrins etc]. insect growth regulator and an Precor 2000 Premise Plus adulticide may be the most efficient Spray formulation to use. Difficult to kill Precor Plus 2625 Premise pupae. Spray and other ready-to-use sprays Step 4. Mow grass, keep weeds down and trim shrubs to expose flea Adulticides eggs and larvae to lethal desiccation. Suspend SC, Alpine WSG, others Irrigating areas surrounding buildings, but not against building, Outdoors (when specified on may kill fleas by drowning. If fleas label): are surviving outdoors, apply pyriproxyfen (Archer and others); insecticide to labeled areas. Alpine WSG Demand CS (outdoors only); Suspend Talstar P Talstar PL Granular

FLIES Adult flies of these three species Exclude flies in the fall by sealing Cluster fly larvae are parasites of Face flies, overwinter in attics and wall voids. entry points, screening behind all earthworms. cluster flies, and Cluster flies about 1/3" long, dark vents, sealing holes in walls and blue bottle flies gray, with checkered black and silver attics prior to pest entry in fall. Face fly larvae develop in cow abdomen, with gold hairs on thorax patties. Adults overwinter in attics of newly emerged adults. Face fly Can apply pyrethroids to potential and wall voids. similar in appearance to the house entry points prior to pest entry. fly. Adult blue bottle flies have a dull Vacuum or use pyrethrin sprays to Blue bottle fly larvae develop in gray thorax and a shiny blue kill exposed flies. Use black light garbage, decaying meat, dead abdomen. trap with sticky surface. animals, fish and excrement.

Dust voids (boric acid not very effective) where flies may be over- wintering.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 12 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS FLIES Remove larval food sources. Larvae develop in warm organic CONT’D matter of animal or vegetable origin. Spray outdoor areas where flies Remove trash regularly to reduce fly House flies About 1/4" in length, dull gray color rest such as garbage collection populations in homes. Screen with 4 longitudinal dark stripes on the sites: windows and doors. Garbage cans thorax. Tempo Ultra WP, Demon WP WSP should have tight-fitting lids. Use Demand CS, Suspend SC, CyKick insect light traps indoors. Sanitation CS, Cynoff is very important.

Baits (rotate use of diamide, carbamate, and neonicotinoid): For use around commercial facilities. Should not be used inside or around homes, or any other place where children or pets are likely to be present. Cyanarox Insecticidal Bait (diamide) Starbar Golden Malrin Fly Bait (carbamate) Starbar Quikstrike Fly Bait (neonicotinoid) Maxforce Granular Fly Bait (neonicotinoid) Maxforce Fly Spot Bait (neonicotinoid) Florida-Fly Baiter with Maxforce Fly Spot Bait (neonicotinoid)

EndZone Insecticide Sticker Stickers work best when placed on or near a window or other light source. However, in the absence of light or under low-light conditions, stickers may be placed near a potential fly food source (such as inside a garbage can).

If needed, use pyrethrin space spray for temporary relief inside home. Bottle Flies Remove larval food sources. Bottle flies indoors often indicate a Green Bottle Fly 1/2" in length; green dead mouse or other animal in wall metallic color Spray outdoor areas where flies voids, attic, basement, etc. rest or try an insecticidal sticker Blue Bottle Fly 1/2" in length; blue (EndZone) indoors to reduce adult Dispose of dead animal carcasses, metallic color populations. animal excrement, and other potential larval food sources such as Bronze Bottle 1/2" in length; bronze decaying vegetation and garbage. Fly metallic color Garbage cans should have tight- Black Bottle Fly 1/3" in length; shiny grey fitting lids. thorax and dull blue metallic abdomen. Small Fruit Fly or 1/8" long, red eyes, tan head and Remove larval food sources. Egg to adult in 8-11 days. Larvae in Vinegar Fly thorax, abdomen gray-black. Some decaying fruit, vegetables and species have darker eyes. Check mops and brooms too. Use a garbage cans, etc. Adults around wire brush, or foam or other larvae. application of microbials or botanical drain cleaners to labeled sites (which may include drains, baseboards, behind bars, drip trays, bundles of sticky syrup lines, grout ruts, under ice machines and other equipment), that should be cleaned, but are often neglected and difficult to clean. May need to be repeated. Traps may reduce adult fly populations. Use pyrethrin aerosols for temporary relief of adults.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 13 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS FLIES Remove larval food sources. Adults rest on walls or foliage. CONT’D Remove moist organic materials, 3-4 weeks from egg to adult. clean drains with wire brush or Larvae found in slimy drains, sewer Moth Fly Small, scaly or hairy, moth-like flies. steam clean. Following initial backup or leaks, unsanitary garbage Sewer Fly Wing veins parallel. mechanical cleaning in commercial cans, potted plant saucers, baths or Drain Fly accounts, botanical, microbial feeders for birds, clogged roof and/or enzymatic drain cleaners gutters or storm drains, drip lines can be applied to labeled sites, from air conditioners, moist compost, which may include drains, waste septic tanks and other places that water traps, etc., to maintain clean hold very moist organic solids. surfaces. A foam formulation may work best on vertical surfaces. Pyrethrins for temporary relief of adults. Phorid, Adult small, 1/16 - 1/8" long; brown, Remove larval food sources. Development time 11 days (85 F) to Humpbacked Fly, black or yellow; thorax humped when Check bottom of trash cans, cracks 28 days (72 F) for common species. or Scuttle Fly viewed from side. Dark veins along under appliances/equipment, Larvae found in moist decaying front edge of wing. Adult scuttles or garbage disposals, rotting organic matter (feces, carrion, fungi “runs” erratically over surface. vegetables and meats, mop heads, and decaying plants). Phorid flies septic systems, and potted plants were abundant in 2009 and that have been overwatered, sometimes the larval source was flowers in vases, mausoleums, and outside in decaying vegetation near soiled bedding of animals. Use home. insect light traps to catch adults to determine if potential larval source nearby and to temporarily reduce adult populations. If source cannot be found, consider a cracked sewer or waste pipe. If sewer pipe the cause, remove slab, repair pipe and remove contaminated soil. Insecticidal sticker (EndZone) may also help reduce adult fly population. FUNGUS GNATS Adults 1/8 to 1/4 inch long. Slender Pyrethrins aerosol, insecticidal Larvae feed on fungi and plant root SP 341-C larvae have shiny black head and sticker (EndZone) or light traps may hairs. Avoid overwatering plants, white thread-like body. also help reduce adult fly population letting soil dry between watering to caused by moisture and decay from reduce fungal food source. If plants Adults attracted to light. Collect in leaks including roofs. are not the problem, look for water windows and soil in potted plants. See SP 341-C for list of products leaks or other moisture problems. Run rapidly over surface. labeled for adult and larval fungus Check flat roof and piles of pet bird gnats in interiorscapes. Need a droppings which can support fungal category 3 certification and working growth. Remove moisture or dry under someone licensed in HRI to moist areas. May enter from make interiorscape pesticide outdoors. Rake and reduce mulch applications. depth to 2-3 inches. HEAD LICE Tiny, flat insects which infest people Premise sprays are not Considered a medical pest with SP 341-S and can be found on clothing. recommended for head lice control. limited ability to live away from a Several louse shampoos and other human host. Wash infested clothing hair products are available for and bedding with strong soap and homeowner use. very hot water; tumble dry on high heat. Dry clean woolens. Do not share hairbrushes, caps, etc. “Selfies” may also increase the probability of transmission. Use special combs to remove nits (eggs). Nits hatch by 10 days, so another application of head lice shampoo may be needed at this time. Follow label directions. KISSING BUG or Two species of kissing bugs exist in Prevention Kissing bugs are nocturnal feeders CONENOSE BUG Tennessee, Seal cracks and gaps around found near animal nests or pest Triatoma sanguisuga and windows, walls, roofs and doors. resting areas. Hosts include Triatoma lecticularia, but neither are Remove wood, brush and rock opossums, raccoons, armadillos, commonly encountered. These piles near your house to eliminate birds, bats, rodents, skunks, coyotes, dark insects are approximately 1 – 1 harborage for rodents, other cats and dogs, among others. Many ½ inches long in the adult stage, with vertebrates and kissing bugs. adult kissing bugs or multiple 12 yellow, red or orange bands Remove bird nests. nymphal stages could indicate a around the edge of the abdomen. Screen doors, windows and breeding population is present. The head is cone shaped with large vents, and repair holes or tears. These bugs often establish in

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 14 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS KISSING BUG or eyes and beak-like mouthparts Sleep under fine mesh netting if homes that are poorly constructed CONENOSE BUG attached near the front of the head unable to exclude pests. (i.e., not sealed well). CONT’D and held under the body at rest. The Ensure exterior lights are not piercing mouthparts are used to feed close to the house (lights can If kissing bugs are found indoors, on the blood of vertebrate animals attract the bugs) or use sodium check areas near pet resting sites, including humans. Kissing bugs are vapor lights next to the home. rodent infestations and bedrooms, the primary vector of the protozoan Seal openings and crevices especially around beds and end parasite that causes Chagas leading to the attic, crawl space and tables. disease; however, Chagas disease outside. rarely occurs in Tennessee. One Pets should sleep indoors, For more information, see local vector-borne human case especially at night. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chaga occurred in Tennessee between Reduce clutter inside homes to s/gen_info/vectors/index.html 1955 and 2010; however, nine reduce potential harborage for Chagas cases occurred in kissing bugs as is done with bed https://citybugs.tamu.edu/factsheets/ Tennessee since 2010, of which one bugs. biting-stinging/others/ent-3008/ was locally acquired, two were Keep your house and any acquired outside the country, and the outdoor pet resting areas clean, in https://kissingbug.tamu.edu/faq/ origin of the other six cases was addition to systematically checking unknown. The protozoan is present these areas for the presence of https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/Creat in the state, 6.4% of canines tested kissing bugs. ures/URBAN/Triatoma_sanguisuga.h positive in 2008. The parasite is tm spread to animals via feces rubbed Synthetic pyrethroids have into the kissing bug’s bite wound, or effectively controlled kissing bug an animal’s eyes, nose or mouth. infestations in areas where Chagas Delayed defecation by the kissing disease regularly occurs; however, bug and well-constructed homes kissing bugs or conenose bugs are that prevent kissing bug entry are rarely listed on pesticide labels in potential reasons for the low Tennessee. If an infestation exists, Chagas disease occurrence here. supplement prevention tactics with the application of a pyrethroid (cypermethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, deltamethrin or cyfluthrin) to entry points and cracks and crevices of potential harborage sites as long as these sites are listed on the label and the label doesn’t specifically exclude kissing bugs or conenose bugs. KUDZU BUG ¼-inch long, almost square-shaped If exclusion methods aren’t working Exclude the pests before they start W 358 with a brown to olive-green color. completely, they may be aggregating on structures to The immature stages are similarly supplemented with professionally overwinter. Make spot, crack & shaped but smaller and “hairy.” applied outdoor treatments. crevice and/or void applications Current distribution at Insecticides should be applied where these pests may harbor or kudzubug.org/distribution-map around windows, doors and other hibernate, such as cracks and entry points as is done for other crevices, in weep holes, wall voids, occasional invaders. In general, around window and door frames, pyrethroids are faster acting than attics and behind siding. Apply to other chemistries; however, new exterior wall surfaces around entry pesticide labels limit professionally points and resting areas where applied pyrethroids to 1-inch bands insects congregate. Vacuum bugs around windows and doors when found inside into knee-hi stocking the surface is over a hardscape. placed on the end of the vacuum tube prior to attachment placement. Alpine WSG After vacuuming, remove knee-hi, tie Tandem off, and dispose in soapy water. Talstar P Other pyrethroids and combination Insecticides will have limited neonicotinoid & pyrethroids (check persistence outdoors in the sunlight label) and rain and may not prevent kudzu bugs from entering structures.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 15 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS LADY BEETLE, Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles Demand CS 1. Pest-Proof: seal entry points MULTICOLOR (MALB) start searching for Suspend SC before beetles arrive. ASIAN overwintering sites, your home, on Talstar P 2. Treat roof lines or soffits, vertical SP 503-C the first or second day when Temprid FX, SC contrast areas, and entry points temperatures are greater the 65 F other pyrethroids (around the following outdoor items: after a dramatic drop in temperature, windows, doors, vents, pipe usually to near freezing. This usually penetrations) with pesticides before occurs about the third week in the beetles arrive. October. 3. Remove dead beetles as they pile up because they may cause other MALB to aggregate. 4. If the beetles make their way into the home, vacuum (with HEPA to prevent allergen circulation) or try a light trap. MICE Adults weigh about ½ ounce. Dusky Place snap traps, multiple catch Mice move in from outdoors in fall as PB 1868 gray color, slender body, prominent traps and glue boards along paths temperatures decline. Exclusion ears, tail about as long as head and traveled by mice. Traps or glue practices needed, mice can fit body. boards should be placed every 8-12 through an opening ¼ inch in ft. Traps can be baited with: dry diameter. House mouse: 6-7 inches, feet small, rolled oatmeal, bacon squares, and head small small wads of cotton or gumdrops. Sanitation: remove access to food, Baited traps should be set at right water and shelter. Rodents use angles to rodent runs. Place trap at edges of walls, studs and pipes as right angles to rodent pathway with guidelines. trigger part of trap against the run. Remember to set traps where EPA has changed allowances children and pets will not be hurt. regarding use of rodenticide baits in Mice are curious and will normally the urban environment. approach traps the first night. If you don't catch a mouse in the first few nights, the trap is in the wrong location. MILLIPEDES Slender, brownish, multi-legged, Outdoors: Millipedes are not insects, so W 357 hard-shelled, 1-2" long. Two pair of Cy-Kick CS insecticides are not always effective. legs per most body segments. Cynoff WP Best control obtained when pest Invade home from outdoors. Demand CS comes in direct contact with the Harmless. Scion insecticide. Usually occasional Suspend SC invaders and may invade in large Talstar P numbers. Under these Talstar PL (granular) circumstances, nonchemical control Tempo SC Ultra may be more effective: remove Tempo Ultra WP mulch and other clutter from near the foundation, dethatch lawns and water in the morning. Prune tree limbs to dry their habitat. Use exclusion practices. Treat entry points into structure, shady areas, ivy beds, flower beds and rock walls, leaf-litter or as directed by label. Millipedes will die within 2-3 days after entering a dry structure.

MITES, BIRD OR Mites occasionally found indoors Dust or spray cracks and crevices The first step in controlling bird or RODENT because of rodent or bird nest in, on, around infested area. rodent mites is to eliminate the host or near structures. Some of these Cimexa animals and remove their nesting mites may bite people. They are D-Fense SC sites. Often, the nests will be found small (about the size of a period), but in the attic, around the eaves and can usually be seen with the naked Pyrethroid products containing rafters or in the gutters or chimney. eye. bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, and Gloves should be used when deltamethrin may be effective but handling dead animals. A respirator are not currently labelled for this should also be worn when removing pest, so would need to apply in nest materials to avoid inhaling cracks and crevices for other pests. fungal spores and other potential disease-producing organisms If widespread, space sprays of associated with the droppings. See pyrethrins may be necessary. chiggers for repellents.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 16 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS MOSQUITOES Delicate insects that bite humans Treat standing water with: To reduce mosquito populations, a SP 503-B and animals. Larvae and pupae in Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis complete mosquito control program water. Adults stay in shrubbery, crawl must be followed. See UT Extension (Bti): spaces, etc. Aquabac xt, 200G publication PB 1685 The Tennessee Teknar CG and G, Mosquito Control Handbook See Tennessee Mosquito and Vector (Pesticide Applicator Licensing Vectobac G, GS and 12AS Control Association, Manual) for more details. tennmosquito.com for training methoprene (IGR) opportunities. Pesticide applicators applying Altosid Pellets, Liquid, XR- briquets, mosquito-control pesticides on public Repeated use of the same briquets lands and waters need to be certified insecticide can lead to resistance, in category 8 and licensed in PHMC. Pre-Strike Granules that is, the insecticides no longer work or don’t work well. A free Spinosad Eliminate larval sites (standing water) Insecticide Resistance Test kit may around structure by unclogging Natular G, G30, XRT, T30 be requested from the CDC via email gutters, emptying bird baths, [email protected]. The kit children’s pools, pet bowls, flower includes bottles, insecticides and pot saucers, old tires, and other For Culex mosquitoes in septic manual. More information on conditions, treat standing water containers around home twice a insecticide resistance testing can be with: week. Drain or fill low areas where found at water collects. Easiest to control Bacillus sphaericus https://www.cdc.gov/zika/vector/insec Vectolex FG, WDG, WSP mosquitoes in immature stage ticide-resistance.html because confined to water. Treat standing water with labeled Outside Area ULV applications by ground equipment for use by insecticide. Repair screens. trained professional personnel: People should wear repellents when Anvil 10 + 10 Biomist 3 + 15 ULV potentially exposed to mosquitoes. Biomist 1.5 + 7.5 The CDC recommends repellents with these active ingredients: Biomist 30 + 30 ULV Mosquitomist One N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) Many others Picaridin IR3535

Outside residual barrier Oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE) or para-methane-diol (PMD) (permethrin, malathion, Tempo, 2-undecanone Suspend, Talstar and others) can be applied to the underside of vegetation around home and on Do not use OLE or PMD on perimeter of property that is prone children under 3 years of age. Do to rapid infestation of mosquitoes. not use repellents on babies This kills adults resting in these younger than 2 months old. Mosquito netting can be used over sites and some may act as a infant carriers, cribs and strollers. Do repellent. Aedes species found not apply repellent to skin under closer to ground (<10 ft) and Culex clothing. If using sunscreen, apply found higher in the canopy. Spray sunscreen first and insect repellent other shady damp areas where second. More information on mosquitoes rest. repellents and their safe use can be

found at If needed indoors, use sprays cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/index.ht containing pyrethrins in closets, stairwells, behind and beneath ml furniture for temporary relief. EPA’s search tool (epa.gov/insect- repellents/find-repellent-right-you) helps find repellents. A more extensive list of mosquito Children and adults can wear control products for commercial and clothing with long pants and long government agencies can be found sleeves while outdoors. DEET or at other repellents such as permethrin https://extension.uga.edu/content/d can also be applied to clothing (don’t am/extension/programs-and- use permethrin on skin), as services/integrated-pest- mosquitoes may bite through thin management/documents/handbook fabric. s/2020-pmh- chapters/Mosquito%20Control.pdf Reduce the number of areas where adult mosquitoes can find shelter by These products have not been cutting down weeds adjacent to the verified to be registered in foundation and in yards, and mowing Tennessee. the lawn regularly.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 17 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS PANTRY PESTS Locate food source and discard. To prevent infestations: Place grains, flours, nuts and other stored products in insect proof 1) Inspect stored products Saw-Toothed Brownish black, 1/8" long, flattened containers when they are brought periodically, Grain Beetle with 6 saw-tooth like projections on home from store. thorax. Feeds in a wide variety of 2) Practice good sanitation, stored products, cereals, nuts, dried Pheromone traps can indicate the fruit, cookies. candy, etc. presence of pests and may provide 3) Rotate stored product use so older control without insecticides when stores are used first and none populations are low and pests remain in storage indefinitely, 1/8" long, oval, reddish brown, head confined. Cigarette Beetle not visible from above, antennae 4) Have adequate ventilation to saw-like. General feeder in tobacco, Vacuum cracks and crevices and prevent moisture buildup in storage seasonings especially paprika, wipe down pantry to remove pests areas. cereal, dried flowers, and a wide and food source. Also do this variety of stored foods. before insecticidal application. 5) Insect proofing; use insect-proof package or storage procedures Do not contaminate food, dishes, wherever possible. Indianmeal Moth 3/8" wing span, inner 2/3 of wing shelves or utensils with pesticides. grayish, outer 1/3 of wing mottled If insecticide application desired, 6) Pheromone traps can indicate the copper and black. Feeds in coarse direct spray into cracks and presence of pests and are available grain products, chocolate, nuts, dried crevices of storage cabinet shelves for: Indian meal moth, saw-toothed fruit. when shelves are clean and all food grain beetle, confused and red flour and utensils, etc., removed. beetle, cigarette beetle, drugstore beetle, clothes moths and others. 1/8" long. Long snout on head, dark Treat only cracks and crevices in Rice Weevil brown with 4 bright spots on wing the pantry. Do not wash off cover. Feeds in grains. insecticide residue. Cover with Nonchemical control: paper if desired. Either destroy the infested products 1/8" long, reddish-brown, antennae pyrethrins or salvage them by super heating to Confused Flour gradually enlarged to end in a club. Tempo SC Ultra 140 F for ½ hour, or super cooling in Beetle Cannot fly. Feeds in flour and cereal Cy-Kick a deep freeze at 0 F for at least 4 products. DeltaDust days. Suspend SC 1/8" long, reddish-brown, antennae PT Cy-Kick CS Pressurized Crack Store insect-free beans in containers Red Flour Beetle has a distinct 3-segmented club and & Crevice Residual with tight lids. can fly. Feeds in flour and cereal PT Microcare Pressurized products. Pyrethrum Capsule Suspension PT Tri-Die Pressurized Silica & Pyrethrin Dust Drione

POWDERPOST Products listed in this column refer Determine extent of infestation. AND OTHER to treatment for all reinfesting wood- Signs for powder post beetles are: WOOD-BORING boring beetles listed. flour-like “frass” dropping from BEETLES pinhead-sized or slight larger holes, PB 1703 Beetles that have pupated prior to Anobiids’ frass are more gritty than insecticide application may be Lyctids; adult beetles attracted to unaffected and may continue to light may be found on window sills or Powderpost Shot-sized holes along with flour- emerge. Insecticide applications foundation vents. Important to Beetles like powder indicate these beetles. should prevent reinfestation. determine if infestation active or not. Mark or seal existing holes, vacuum Lyctid powderpost Attacks hardwoods such as oak, ash Products containing disodium existing sawdust, recheck wood for beetle and hickory found in solid and octaborate tetrahydrate (DOT) and new holes in spring or early summer. laminate ring porous hardwood floors glycols (Bora-care, etc.) may These beetles damage wood slowly. and furniture; molding, window and penetrate wood farther than other If “frass” is yellow, caked or covered door frames, and wood paneling. residuals, but penetration is with dust or debris, that damage is Antennae with 2-segmented club. variable and depends on moisture old. Old house borers can be Frass talc-like, smooth, not gritty. content of the wood and other detected by hollow sound when Head protrudes forward. Re-infests factors. Other DOT products wood tapped. seasoned wood. include Tim-bor, Armor-Guard Prevention: and others. DOT treatments must 1) Don’t use old lumber from a barn be made to unfinished surfaces as or wood pile unless it has been they will not penetrate paint or treated.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 18 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS POWDERPOST varnish; sand or power wash logs (2) Don’t use improperly dried or AND OTHER prior to treatment. Paint, spray, stored lumber. WOOD-BORING inject or brush on. BEETLES (3) Inspect firewood prior to bringing CONT’D If infestation spreads into walls or into structure. between floors, fumigation may be needed. Fumigation is costly and (4) Paint, varnish or otherwise seal Anobiid Attack hardwoods and softwoods should only be considered as a last wood to prevent exposed edges. powderpost beetle (beams, rafters, joists, studs and resort. If only small articles infested, other structural framing). Infestations such as furniture, antiques, etc., (5) Seal previous emergence holes found in moist, poorly ventilated they can be fumigated in a chamber to prevent egg-laying sites. areas such as crawl spaces, at a lower cost. Only professional basements, etc. Frass gritty. Head pest control operators licensed to New houses usually infested by use hidden by pronotum. Reinfest fumigate can perform this of infested lumber. Adults may also seasoned wood that may be operation. come from firewood. decades old. Rule 0080-09-04-.07 (New 2017) Alternative controls for powder post Roundheaded Presence indicated by large hard- Now allows preventive treatment for beetles: small items, such as picture borers shelled beetles with long reinfesting beetles, but prior to frames, can be heated at 120 to 140 antennae. treatment, wood moisture content in F for six hours to kill existing life the intended treatment area must stages. Freezing (0 F) infested wood Old house borers Broadly-oval ¼ inch emergence hole be tested using a moisture for 72 hours will also kill all life made by old house borer. Larvae in inspection instrument designed to stages. tunnels packed with frass; 3 eye read moisture content in wood; at spots to left and right of mandibles. least five locations should show If all evidence indicates the Beetle 3/4 inch long, grey-brown with moisture content of at least 18%. infestation is localized, wood could 2 patches on wing covers; 2 bumps The commercial pest control be replaced. Watch for new holes in on thorax. Reinfests seasoned operator should provide a written adjacent areas. Decrease moisture softwoods (pine). report to the property owner listing in wood through ventilation and and diagramming the conditions moisture barriers. Crawlspaces can Others Neat ½ inch holes may appear in that warrant a preventive treatment. also be enclosed. Central heat and walls where beetles emerge. Don’t air may reduce wood moisture so usually reinfest seasoned softwoods there is insufficient moisture to (pine). support large infestations in living areas. Wood kept below 14 percent moisture would be less suitable to Anobiid powderpost beetle reinfestation or development. Professionals should use moisture meters. RATS Norway rat: 12-18 inches, tail shorter When rats are plentiful or where Exclusion practices needed. Rats PB 1868 than head and body, body heavy and unsanitary conditions exist with can fit through an opening ½ inch in thick, ears small shelter, poisoned baits are the best diameter. Locate entrance into control method. Often community- structure and exclude. Use materials EPA has changed Roof rat: 12-17 inches, tail longer wide control needed. Poison baits such as galvanized, stainless or allowances than head and body, body light and are available as ready-to-use other non-rusting metal such as 24- regarding use of slender, ears larger premixed baits. They come in many gauge sheet metal or 19-gauge rodenticide baits in forms: paraffinized blocks for hardware cloth with 1/4 inch or the urban Young rat : 6-7 inches, feet large, outdoor use and high humidity smaller opening; brick, concrete environment. head large areas; treated meal; seeds; or block, tile or glass; steel wool or Check for latest paraffinized pellets in bulk or in copper mesh with expandable foam; updates before House mouse: 6-7 inches feet small, "place packs" for indoor use. Liquid and others. Remove debris such as using baits. head small baits are sold as packets of piles of waste lumber or trash, used concentrate that are mixed with feed sacks, abandoned large water. They are administered with a appliances and wood piles from next Droppings: chick waterer and are useful in to structure. Store pet foods and areas where rodent food is seed in rodent-proof glass or metal Roof rat: pointed, about ½ inch abundant. Poison baits should be containers. Place snap traps, multiple placed where they are inaccessible catch traps and glue boards along Norway rat: blunt, about 3/4 inch to children and pets. Where rodent paths traveled by rats. Of the snap runs are exposed and in most traps, the expanded trigger trap is the House mouse: pointed, about 1/8 outdoor situations, tamper proof bait most versatile since it can be baited. inch boxes should be used and Place trap 90 degrees to rodent anchored. Vitamin K is the antidote pathway with trigger part of trap for anticoagulants. against the run. Rodents use edges Second-Generation of walls, studs and pipes as Anticoagulant Products for guidelines. Snap traps can be baited Professional Applicators must with: raisins or grapes for roof rats; contain at least 16 pounds of bait. sardines packed in oil for Norway Bait stations are required for all

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 19 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS RATS outdoor, above-ground placements rats; bacon squares; or small wads CONT’D of second-generation of cotton. anticoagulants. Bait stations are required indoors if exposure to All rodenticides should be confined children, pets, or nontarget animals to tamper-resistant bait boxes. is possible. Distribution to and sales Baiting should be reserved for heavy in “consumer” stores including rodent infestations, especially grocery stores, drug stores, outdoors, due to the potential for hardware stores, club stores will be rodents to die in accessible locations prohibited. All outdoor above- (no rodenticide drives rats outdoors ground use must be in a bait station to die). Many rats are shy of new and be applied within 100 feet of baits. Consider pre-baiting with buildings. nontoxic baits. Leave bait stations in place for at least a week before moving.

Often area-wide effort needed. SILVERFISH AND Grayish, wingless, rapid-moving Niban Fine Granular Bait Treat crack and crevice where FIREBRATS insects with 3 long tails. Feed on Maxforce Complete Granular Insect silverfish and firebrats may dwell. SP 341-O starchy materials such as Bait Attics many times source of bookbinding, wallpaper, cardboard, Maxforce Fine Granule Insect Bait infestation. etc. Tempo Ultra WP Cy-Kick Demand CS PT565 XLO PT Tri-Die Silica & Pyrethrum Dust (+Pressurized) Suspend SC DeltaDust Drione Talstar P SKUNKS These animals many times live in the Bac-Azap biological odor control or Trap and remove skunks from PB 1868 ground around or under homes. others can be applied to eliminate property. Seal the foundation to odors. prevent entry under building. SNAILS AND Long, grayish, shiny, soft-bodied Snail and slug killer baits containing Remove boards and plastic or plant SLUGS creatures. Will attack various plants. metaldehyde. debris and dry damp areas adjacent Leave slime trails on walks and walls. to foundation.

SNAKES Snakes of various kinds den around Place a pile of cool, damp rags in Mouse-proof building. Mow lawns PB 1868 or invade homes and other buildings. building where snake was last seen. and field to control grass, weeds and Most snake species are harmless Snake will be attracted and can be brush. Remove boards, flat rocks, and many provide benefits, such as removed. Large glue boards can trash piles and other debris. control of rodents. Most venomous trap snakes. Relocate the snake snakes in Tennessee can be and use vegetable oil to dissolve recognized by their triangular-shaped the glue and release the snake head and vertical eye pupils. unharmed. SOWBUGS OR Grayish, hard-shelled, many-legged Chemical control usually not Remove leaf piles, grass clippings, PILLBUGS creatures appear on walks and necessary. If needed, apply to old boards, wood piles and other patios. infested areas outdoors around debris from around foundation. Leave Roll up in ball when disturbed. perimeter of structure. This may a 12-18-inch plant /mulch-free zone Occasional invaders. stop any invasion into the house. next to foundation base. Use Talstar P exclusion practices: caulk cracks DeltaDust around foundation and screen vents Suspend SC in foundation. Drain and dry area Tempo SC Ultra around house. Astro SPIDERS or Many kinds invade homes, Dusts: Beneficial organisms because they SCORPIONS basements and roof overhangs from Cimexa feed on pest insects. Occasional outdoors. DeltaDust invaders that can be vacuumed or EcoPCO® D•X Dust Insecticide swept out the door. Remove wood or Two species most dangerous in Tempo 1D mulch piles away from house to Tennessee: PT Tri-Die Pressurized Silica & lower abundance of their insect food Pyrethrin Dust source. PB 1193 Black Widow: dark black spider with Drione red hour glass shape on bottom of Sprays: Apply insecticides to crawl spaces, abdomen. More of an outdoor pest Demand CS basements, attic, eaves and outdoor along perimeter of buildings. Use Tempo Ultra WP areas of home. Clean up debris outside perimeter treatment with Tempo SC Ultra where scorpions and spiders hide. residuals.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 20 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS SPIDERS or Cy-Kick Replace outdoor lights with yellow SCORPIONS Suspend SC bug lights. CONT’D TalstarP Space or aerosol: Scorpions will fluoresce under a PB 1191 Pyrethrins black light, so they and their breeding areas can easily be seen at night. Brown Recluse, light brown spider, Brown Recluse: Use glue boards to trap spiders and with legs reaching to the size of a Use residual sprays (Demand, locate infested areas. Glue boards quarter or half dollar, dark violin Tempo, Cy-Kick, or others) around should be placed against walls and shape on back of front portion of exterior foundation, eaves, closets, other guidelines where spiders are head, 3 pairs of eyes arranged in a storage areas and rugs. Dusts can suspected. semi-circle. Brown recluse pose a be applied to wall voids, attics and serious threat. Remove unnecessary inaccessible crawl spaces and Efforts to control brown recluse will clutter and webs from indoors and cracks and crevices. ULV or aerosol cause spiders to become more outdoors and vacuum especially, treatment with pyrethrins to kill active. Prevent bites by checking under furniture. exposed spiders and flush others shoes and clothing before wearing, onto surfaces treated with residuals. by pulling beds away from walls, and preventing bed skirting and bedspreads from touching the floor. Place glue boards around home or structure to monitor activity and help reduce spider numbers. SPRINGTAILS Small, jumping insects with a forked If pest-proofing unsuccessful, try a Usually found in moist decaying spring mechanism. A dark species, perimeter treatment as for other vegetation and are incidental called snow fleas, may be present in occasional invaders. invaders into houses. Prevent entry the winter. Cy-Kick CS into home by pest-proofing. There Suspend SC are a few reports of large populations Talstar P entering homes. Dry out surrounding DeltaGard G landscape, water only in morning, Mavrik Perimeter etc. TERMITES, Termites invade and eat wood and + F = may also be foamed Termidor allows an Exterior SUBTERRANEAN other cellulose material, causing Soil treatment: Do not apply near Perimeter/Localized Interior PB 1344 extensive damage in structural parts (within 100 ft.) any body of water, treatment (EP/LIT) and Premise of a building. Their presence may not cistern, or well. allows an Exterior be discovered until they swarm, Nonrepellents (Newer a.i.s) Perimeter/Interior Spot Treatment. years after infesting a structure. Termites do not detect these Ensure localized interior treatment is insecticides and walk over the treated made. soil. Termiticide may be transferred Workers light-colored, soft-bodied back to colony. insects 1/8 to 3/16 inch long, soldier Chlorantraniliprole (no signal word) Tennessee Department of Agriculture with a darkened head capsule. Altriset 0.05% (DuPont) now prefers the use of a disclosure chlorfenapyr form if less than a complete Swarmers are black, brown or tan Phantom 0.125, 0.25% treatment is applied. Applications with wings. Wings are easily broken (BASF)+Ffipronil following the Exterior off after the mating flight and may be Termidor HE 0.125% (BASF) Perimeter/Interior treatments of found by windows. Swarmers are Applications (2 gal/10 lin.ft., up to 2 ft Termidor or Premise are now easily distinguished from winged ants deep, trench only 2 inch deep X 4 inch considered a full treatment. by termite’s straight antennae, wide, 18 inch drill holes) differ from broadly attached thorax to waist and other liquid treatments, see Label for New NPMA 33 Wood-destroying four nearly equal wings. details. Insect Infestation report required for Subterranean termites with 2 Termidor HP, HPII High Precision most real estate transactions. thickened wing veins traveling the Injection System, see Label for details. Sample form and directions are entire length of the fore wing. Termidor SC, 0.06%, 0.09%, found at npmapestworld.org 0.125% (BASF) +F

Termidor 80WG, 0.06%, 0.09%, Inspect for signs of termite infestation 0.125% (BASF)+F imidacloprid Follow the product label. Effective such as irregular earthen tubes Premise 75, 0.05, 0.1% (Bayer)+F control measures for a soil constructed across walls, floors and Premise 2 (small jobs and treatment should include: foundation. foaming) (Bayer) Pyrethroids (Older a.i.) In general, this 1) Inspect basement and underside Hammer or probe timbers with a group tends to be repellent, thus of house thoroughly to determine the sharp instrument. Damaged wood treatments must be applied very area and extent of infestation. will be soft, channeled, unsound and carefully to create a continuous may possibly reveal the termite barrier. Today’s uses restricted mostly 2) Inspect attic for termite tubes and infestation itself. to pre-construction treatments. Many damage to joists, rafters, flooring and generic pyrethroids are now on the stored materials. Use a moisture meter. Active market. termites will increase moisture bifenthrin 3) Trench the entire foundation inside reading relative to uninfested areas. TalstarP 0.06, 0.12% (FMC) + F and out and treat the soil replaced in permethrin the trenches with chemicals. Prelude 0.5, 1, 2% (Amvac) +F

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 21 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS TERMITES, Termites commonly enter homes Combination product 4) Repair all foundation and SUBTERRANEAN around doors, wooden steps and Transport 0.11% bifenthrin and basement floor and wall breaks with CONT’D porches and unexcavated portions of acetamiprid (FMC) concrete of high cement content. structures. The easiest access points A more complete list of termiticides is are where wood is in direct contact available at 5) Break all wood-soil contacts, treat with the soil. https://www.fdacs.gov/content/downlo such areas with chemicals. ad/91138/file/Termiticides-Table-Feb- 2020.pdf but not all FL termiticides Some termiticide labels have listed 6) Treat infested timbers and replace listed may be registered in variable rates depending on soil Tennessee. those which are badly infested. type. Baits: 7) Treat hollow spaces in the Suggested volumes listed below are Termites feed on bait and spread bait foundation — concrete blocks, piers, usually for the lowest rate. to colony to eliminate or suppress it. chimney bases, spaces behind brick See PB 1344 for advantages and veneer. Drill and treat inside of porch In general, horizontal barriers (under disadvantages of baits. foundations, under patios, under slab) should receive 1 gallon of concrete slabs and the surface of diluted termiticide per 10 square feet Sentricon Colony Elimination ground under porches and similar or 1.5 gallons if coarse fill. System (DowAgrosciences LLC): Bait dead places. (Recruit IV and Recruit IV AG) Vertical barriers (along both sides of contains a chitin synthesis inhibitor, 8) Provide ventilation and drainage foundation wall, around plumbing, noviflumuron. Bait Recruit HD allows beneath house and porches or piers and conduits) should receive 4 once-a-year monitoring. enclose crawlspace. Hex-Pro Termite Baiting System gallons of dilution per 10 linear feet (DowAgrosciences LLC): Bait per foot of depth (into a trench 6 9) Remove all scrap wood from (Shatter) contains a chitin synthesis beneath house. inches wide) to the top of the footing, inhibitor, hexaflumuron. not to exceed 4 ft. Exterra Termite Interception and Baiting System (Ensystex, Inc.) The Voids in hollow masonry foundation Labyrinth Termite Bait contains a walls should be treated at a rate of 2 chitin synthesis inhibitor, gallons per 10 linear feet so the diflubenzuron. In ground and above- dilution will reach the top of the ground stations. footing. Advance Termite Baiting System (Whitmire-MicroGen) contains a chitin Occasionally, moisture damaged synthesis inhibitor, diflubenzuron. wood in roofs can support an aerial TrelonaATBS (BASF) contains a infestation. No mud tubes will reach chitin synthesis inhibitor, novaluron. to ground. Attic inspection is important, too. TERMITES, Swarmer with 3 thickened wing veins Spot or Localized Treatment Drywood termites may be controlled DRYWOOD along the first third of the forewing. Timbor (dust form) with a spot or localized treatment if agrilife.org/aes/files Soldier head capsule either Termidor SC the colony is small and accessible. If /2010/06/Drywood- rectangular with teeth on inner Termidor Foam they are widely dispersed in Termites.pdf margin of left mandible or plug- Termidor Dry structural lumbers, then a whole- shaped. All soldiers with pronotum as Others house fumigation may be needed. wide as, or wider than, head capsule. Small infested items can be Workers feed in and across wood Whole Structure or Chamber fumigated in a chamber. grain and leave six-sided fecal pellets Fumigation piled below gallery openings. No Sulfuryl Fluoride (requires structural Although drywood termite distribution mud present in galleries. Do not fumigation license) maps do not include Tennessee, require connection to soil. Vikane several established populations are Zythor known from the Nashville area. Heat Drywood termite infestations are most often introduced in furniture from Gulf Coast states, California or other subtropical areas. TICKS Brown or grey, oval to round, hard- Insecticide applications are most Nonchemical methods for reducing PB 726 shelled, 6-to-8-legged creatures effective when directed into areas tick problems include mowing the which invade homes, yards and where ticks and their animal hosts lawn and controlling weeds. attach to pets and people. Depending are likely to frequent. Pay particular This has three advantages — it on species, ticks can vector attention to borders and fences lowers the moisture in the grass pathogens that cause disease. between wooded or brushy areas microclimate and allows sunlight to and the lawn, around ornamental penetrate, which tends to cause ticks W 826 Exotic Asian longhorned tick now plantings, beside foot paths, house to dry out; it discourages rodents found in eastern and middle and dog house. Allow surface to dry (which may serve as hosts) from Tennessee counties. Females before people or pets have access. nesting; and lastly, because there is reproduce without males, have high Tempo SC Ultra less plant matter, less pesticide may reproductive potential and short Tempo Ultra WP be needed if a treatment is generation times. High number of Suspend necessary. Also, removing debris, ticks on animals and in pastures. See DeltaGard G weeds or clutter from around the tnticks.org for more information.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 22 CONTROL MATERIALS PESTS DESCRIPTION AND METHODS REMARKS TICKS Talstar P house discourages rodents from CONT’D Astro nesting. Remove leaf litter, especially and other synthetic pyrethroids along property boundaries or fence Indoors for brown dog tick: lines, to reduce tick numbers. Demand CS Discourage wildlife from entering Talstar P property. Ticks require a host that Cy-Kick can be wildlife. Repair entry points other pyrethroids into the house to discourage possible Repellents: tick hosts from entering. Cracks and Apply deet to skin; and Permanone crevices, both indoors and out, can 0.5% spray to shoes, cuffs and be sealed to reduce hiding places for socks. Heed directions about drying ticks. Inspect and clean pets and before wearing. their bedding frequently. If bedding is Dogs: infested, it can be cleaned or See pesticide recommendations at destroyed. In the home, ticks stay https://extension.uga.edu/content/d around baseboards and walls. am/extension/programs-and- Use insecticides in cracks and services/integrated-pest- crevice in the home for brown dog management/documents/handbook tick. Insecticide resistance can be a s/2020-pmh-home- problem, particularly with the brown chapters/Animals%20(Pets%20and dog tick. Steam and vacuuming can %20Honey%20Bee).pdf for a suppress populations. thorough listing of veterinarian supplied on-pet products WASPS, Many types build paper and mud Dusts: Wait until dark when wasps return to HORNETS, nests around homes, in ground or in Tempo 1D nest and are slower due to cooler YELLOW shrubs. DeltaDust temperatures. Apply insecticides to JACKETS Drione nest opening and seal nest opening if SP 290-A Apicide possible. SP 341-M Sprays: Remove mud nests in winter to Bee and wasp killer aerosols destroy overwintering forms. Tempo Ultra WP Tempo SC Ultra Paper wasp and other exposed wasp PT Wasp Freeze II nests can be treated with pressurized sprays of insecticidal soaps, Victor Yellow Jacket Trap peppermint oil, eugenol and other Traps can be used to reduce natural insecticides. These foraging yellow jacket populations. insecticides most commonly work as Place away from areas people contact killing agents only, so re- congregate. treatment may be needed.

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 23 IRAC Chemical MOA Trade Name Website Name or Use Classifica 1 -tion BASF 15 Advance Termite Bait System diflubenzuron http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Syngenta Advion Ant Bait Arena indoxacarb 22 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta Advion Ant Gel indoxacarb 22 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta Advion Cockroach Bait Arena indoxacarb 22 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta Advion Cockroach Gel Bait indoxacarb 22 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Advion Evolution Cockroach Gel Bait Syngenta indoxacarb 22 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta Advion Insect Granule indoxacarb 22 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx BASF Alpine Cockroach Gel Bait Rotation 1 4A dinotefuran http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html BASF Alpine Cockroach Gel Bait Rotation 2 4A dinotefuran http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html BASF 4A Alpine WSG dinotefuran http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html

Altosid Briquets (B), Liquid Larvicide, Central Life Sciences Extended Residual Briquets (XR-B), 7A (s) methoprene https://www.centralmosquitocontrol.com/all-products Pellets (P), Pro G Syngenta 28 Altriset Termitcide chlorantraniliprole http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Clarke Mosquito Control 3A Anvil 10 + 10 sumithrin and PBO http://www.clarke.com/ Mystic Chemical Company 1A Apicide carbaryl https://www.mysticchemical.com/product-labels/

Bacillus Becker Microbial Products thuringiensis Aquabac xt, 200 11A http://beckermicrobialproductsinc.com/#!/products subspecies israelensis toxin

Syngenta Archer pyriproxyfen 7C http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta 22 Arilon indoxacarb http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx

disodium octaborate Perma-Chink Systems Armor-Guard 8 tetrahydrate https://www.permachink.com/preservatives/armor-guard FMC 3A Astro permethrin http://www.fmcprosolutions.com

enzyme-producing Nisus Bac-Azap bacteria and others http://www.nisuscorp.com d-phenothrin. MGK- McLaughlin, Gormley, King Co Bedlam Plus 3A, 4A 264, imidacloprid https://mgk.com/professional-pest-control Biomist 3 + 15 ULV, 1.5 + 7.5 ULV, Clarke Mosquito Control permethrin and PBO 3A 30 + 30 ULV http://www.clarke.com disodium octaborate Nisus Bora-Care 8D tetrahydrate http://www.nisuscorp.com Rockwell Labs CimeXa amorphous silica gel http://www.rockwelllabs.com Terramerra, Inc. Cirkil Neem oil UNE http://cirkil.com/products, http://cirkil.com/rag

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 24 IRAC Chemical MOA Trade Name Website Name or Use Classifica 1 -tion Crossfire Bed Bug Concentrate, clothianidin and MGK 4A, 3A Aerosol metofluthrin https://mgk.com/our-products Zoecon Cyanarox Insecticidal Bait cyantraniliprole 28 http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels FMC Cynoff EC cypermethrin 3A http://www.fmcprosolutions.com FMC CB-80 pyrethrin, PBO 3A http://www.fmcprosolutions.com Control Solutions Inc. D-Fense SC deltamethrin 3A http://www.controlsolutionsinc.com Bayer DeltaDust deltamethrin 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer DeltaGard G deltamethrin 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Syngenta Demand CS lambda cyhalothrin 3A http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta Demon WP WSP cypermethrin 3A http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Sodium Nisus DominAnt 1% Liquid Ant Bait Tetraborate 8D Decahydrate http://www.nisuscorp.com (Borax) silica gel and Bayer Drione ,3A pyrethrins http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management 2-phenethyl Zoecon EcoPCO® D•X Dust Insecticide propionate & ,3A http://www.zoecon.com/products/botanicals pyrethrins natural geraniol, EcoRaider cedar extract, https://ecoraiderusa.com EcoRaider Bed Bug Killer sodium lauryl sulfate and natural derivative surfactant FMC EndZone Insecticide Sticker acetamiprid 4A http://www.fmcprosolutions.com Exterra Termite Interception & Baiting Ensystex diflubenzuron 15 System, Labyrinth Termite Bait http://www.ensystex.com Control Solutions Inc FUSE Imidacloprid, fipronil 4A, 2B https://www.controlsolutionsinc.com/ Zoecon Gentrol Aerosol, IGR concentrate hydroprene 7A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels Zoecon Gentrol Point Source hydroprene 7A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels disodium octaborate Innovative Pest Control Products Gourmet Ant Bait Gel 8D tetrahydrate http://www.antcafe.com/index.html disodium octaborate Ant Cafe Green Way Ant Killing Liquid Bait 8D tetrahydrate http://www.antcafe.com Rockwell labs Intice Thiquid Ant Bait 1% borax 8D http://www.rockwelllabs.com

10% disodium Nisus Jecta octaborate 8D http://www.nisuscorp.com tetrahydrate Bayer Kicker pyrethrin and PBO 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 25 IRAC Chemical MOA Trade Name Website Name or Use Classifica 1 -tion Zoecon Mavrik Perimeter tau-fluvalinate 3A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels Mattress Safe Mattress Safe bed encasement http://www.mattresssafe.com Bayer Maxforce Ant Killer Bait Gel fipronil 2B http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Maxforce Roach Killer Small Bait Bayer hydramethylnon 20A Stations http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel 0.001% fipronil 2B http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce Fleet 0.001% fipronil 2B http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Maxforce FC Magnum Roach Killer Bayer 0.05% fipronil 2B Bait Gel http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce FC Roach Bait Stations fipronil 2B http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Maxforce FC Select Roach Killer Bait Bayer fipronil 2B Gel http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management imidacloprid, Z-9- Bayer Maxforce Fly Spot Bait 4A tricosene. http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce Impact Roach Gel Bait clothianidin 4A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce Roach Killer Bait Gel hydramethylnon 20A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait 0.03% imidacloprid 4A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management MAXFORCE®COMPLETE Brand Bayer 1% hydramethylnon 20A Granular insect Bait http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Maxforce Granular Fly Bait imidacloprid 4A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Clarke Mosquitomist One chlorpyrifos 1B https://www.clarke.com/ Clarke Natular 2E,G,G30, XRT and T30 spinosad 5 https://www.clarke.com/ Nisus Niban FG = Niban Fine Granular Bait orthoboric acid 8D http://www.nisuscorp.com Nisus Niban G = Niban Granular Bait orthoboric acid 8D http://www.nisuscorp.com disodium octaborate Nisus NiBor-D 8D tetrahydrate http://www.nisuscorp.com AMVAC Nuvan Prostrip dichlorvos 1B http://www.amvac.com Syngenta Optigard Ant Gel Bait thiamethoxam 4A http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx emamectin Syngenta Optigard Cockroach Gel Bait 6 benzoate http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Syngenta Optigard Flex thiamethoxam 4A http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Phantom,PT, Phantom®II BASF chlorfenapyr 13 pressurized insecticide http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 26 IRAC Chemical MOA Trade Name Website Name or Use Classifica 1 -tion permethrin, Zoecon Precor Plus 2000 Premise Spray methoprene, 3A, 7A, 3A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels phenothrin, etc. etofenprox,tetramet Zoecon hrin, pyrethrins, 3A,3A, Precor Plus 2625 Premise Spray http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels PBO and s- synergist, 7A methoprene. Zoecon Precor IGR Concentrate methoprene 7A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels Bayer Premise 75, 2 imidacloprid 4A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management AMVAC Prelude permethrin 3A http://www.amvac.com Prescription Treatment Advance BASF 0.011% abamectin 6 375A Select Granular Ant Bait http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html 5.4% sodium BASF Prescription Treatment 388B tetraborate 8D Advance Ant Bait Gel http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html decahydrate (borax) Prescription Treatment Advance BASF 0.5% dinotefuran 4A Cockroach Gel Bait Reservoir http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html

dinotefuran and BASF Prescription Treatment Alpine Dust 4A diatomaceous earth http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Prescription Treatment Avert BASF abamectin 6 Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait Form 1 http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Prescription Treatment Cy-Kick, Cy- BASF cyfluthrin 3A Kick CS http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Prescription Treatment® Microcare® BASF pyrethrin, PBO + 3% CS Controlled Release Pyrethrins 3A Other http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html

Prescription Treatment Tri-Die Dust, silica, pyrethrin, BASF ,3A PT Tri-Die Pressurized PBO http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html BASF PT Wasp Freeze II Prallethrins 3A http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html nylar (pyriproxyfen), Prescription Treatment Ultracide pyrethrins, 7C,3A,3A BASF permethrin, etc. http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Prescription Treatment®221L BASF lambda-cyhalothrin 3A Residual Insecticide http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Prescription Treatment® pyrethrin, PBO + BASF 3A 565 Plus XLO Formula 2 others http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Protect-A-Bed with BugLock™ 3 Protect-A-Bed sided zipper system and bed encasement hhttp://www.protectabed.com/ttp://www.protect-a-bed.com ALLERZIP™seal (bed encasement for bed bugs) Recruit IV, Recruit IV AG, Corteva Agriscience noviflumuron 15 Recruit HD http://www.cdms.net/Label-Database FMC Scion Gamma-cyhalothrin 3A http://www.fmcprosolutions.com Corteva Agriscience Sentricon Colony Elimination System noviflumuron 15 http://www.cdms.net/Label-Database Corteva Agriscience Shatter hexaflumuron 15 http://www.cdms.net/Label-Database Zoecon Professional Products Starbar Golden Malrin Fly Bait methomyl 1A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 27 IRAC Chemical MOA Trade Name Website Name or Use Classifica 1 -tion dinotefuran, z-(9) Zoecon Professional Products Starbar Quikstrike Fly Bait 4A tricosene http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels d-phenothrin Noble Pine Products Company Steri-Fab 3A isoproponal & others http://www.sterifab.com/home.html Bayer Suspend SC deltamethrin 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Suspend Polyzone deltamethrin 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management FMC Talstar P, PL bifenthrin 3A http://www.fmcprosolutions.com thiamethoxam and Syngenta Tandem 4A,3A lambda cyhalothrin http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx Bacillus Valent BioScience thuringiensis Teknar CG, G 11A http://publichealth.valentbiosciences.com/products subspecies israelensis toxin Bayer Tempo Ultra WP β-cyfluthrin 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Bayer Tempo SC Ultra β-cyfluthrin 3A http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management imidacloprid, β- Bayer Temprid SC, RTS 4A,3A cyfluthrin http://www.backedbybayer.com/pest-management Termidor Dry, for drywoods or to BASF supplement other subterranean fipronil 2B http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html termite treatments Termidor SC, 80 WG, HE, HP, HPII, BASF fipronil 2B Foam http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html 5.4% borax or Nisus Terro-PCO Liquid Ant Bait sodium tetraborate 8D http://www.nisuscorp.com decahydrate disodium octaborate Nisus Tim-bor 8D tetrahydrate http://www.nisuscorp.com/

bifenthrin, FMC Transport GHP Insecticide 3A,4A acetamiprid http://www.fmcprosolutions.com bifenthrin, FMC Transport Termiticide Insecticide 3A,4A acetamiprid http://www.fmcprosolutions.com BASF Trelona® ATBS novaluron 15 http://pestcontrol.basf.us/products/product-index.html Bacillus Valent BioScience thuringiensis VectoBac GS, G, 12AS 11A http://publichealth.valentbiosciences.com/products subspecies israelensis toxin Valent BioScience VectoLex FG, WSP, WDG Bacillus sphaericus 11B http://publichealth.valentbiosciences.com/products MGK Vendetta abamectin B1 6 http://www.mgk.com abamectin B1, MGK Vendetta Plus 6,7C pyriproxyfen http://www.mgk.com Vikane Douglas Products sulfuryl fluoride 8C http://www.cdms.net/Label-Database Zoecon Zenprox EC etofenprox and PBO 3A http://www.zoecon.com/sds-labels Syngenta Zyrox Fly Granular Bait cyantraniliprole 28 http://www.syngentapmp.com/labels/labelsearch.aspx

2020 A Quick Reference Guide to Pesticides for Pest Management Professionals Working in and Around Structures 28 IRAC Chemical MOA Trade Name Website Name or Use Classifica 1 -tion Ensystex Zythor sulfuryl fluoride 8C http://www.ensystex.com/pdf/81824- 1%2005%2010%202013%20Zythor%20Label%200821201 7.pdf 1The IRAC Mode of Action (MoA) classification provides growers, advisors, Extension staff, consultants and crop protection professionals with a guide to the selection of acaricides or insecticides for use in an effective and sustainable acaricide or insecticide resistance management (IRM) strategy. https://irac-online.org/modes-of-action/

PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENT To protect people and the environment, pesticides should be used safely. This is everyone's responsibility, especially the user. Read and follow label directions carefully before you buy, mix, apply, store, or dispose of a pesticide. According to laws regulating pesticides, they must be used only as directed by the label and registered for use in your state.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT This publication contains pesticide recommendations that are subject to change at any time. The recommendations in this publication are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the specific pesticide being used. The label takes precedence over the recommendations found in this publication. Use of trade or brand names in this publication is for clarity and information; it does not imply approval of the product to the exclusion of others which may be of similar, suitable composition, nor does it guarantee or warrant the standard of the product. The author(s), The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and the University of Tennessee Extension assume no liability resulting from the use of these recommendations.

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