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()(P/r o/Olooif f~SOO-~ ACCEPTED JUN I 0 2004 Kapu~-D Under the Federallnsecttclde. de. and RDdentlcldeAcl. DIRECTIONS FOR USE ded. forthe!pQ.,*,*,la 'on of Federal Law to use this product in a manner !ered under' . ·th· b' MOLEGELB lJEEPA Reg. No. mc~n stent WI Its la ehng. S LABEL: Read this entire label and follow all use Controls Moles directions and use precautions. IMPORTANT: Do not expose children to this product or use it for any purpose other than to control moles. To help prevent ACTIVE INGREDIENT: Diphacinone accidents: (2-diphenylacetyl-l, 3- indandione) ...... 0.005% I. Store product not in use in locations out of reach of children INTERT INGREDIENTS ...... 99.995% and pets. TOTAL ...... 100.000% 2. Follow all application directions and USE RESTRICTIONS on this label. Apply bait only in EPA Reg. No. 72500-1 Wlderground runways of moles. Keep your pets out of EPA Est. No. 72500-CO-1 ~ated areas and isolate treated areas using existing fencing. If present. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN 3. Dispose of product container, and unused or spoiled bait as specified on this label. CAUTION: See Below for Additional Information USE RESTRICTIONS: This product may be used only to Net Wt. 3 Fluid Oz. control eastern moles (Sea/opus aquaticus). starnose moles ( (Candylura cristata), hairy-tailed moles (Parascalops breweri), PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS coast ( orarius), broad-footed mole (s. lat;manus) HAZARDS TO HUMANS AND or townsend moles (s. townsendii) on lawns, turf areas, golf DOMESTIC courses, and other non-food grassy areas. Bait must be applied directly into main undergroood tunnel or subsurface runways. CAUTION: Harmful if absorbed through skin. Causes Do not place bait above the ground surface. moderate eye irritation. Avoid contact with skin, eyes, or SELECTION OF TREATMENT AREAS: The presence of clothing. Wear long sleeved shirt and long pants, socks and moles may be indicated by a network of surface ridges in the turf shoes, and chemical resistant gloves (such as or made out of any or by a series of conical mounds of earth pushed up from deep waterproof material, selection category A). Wash thoroughly . burrows. Conical mounds may betray the location of main with soap and water after handling. Wash hands before eating, underground runways. drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco, or using the toilet. BAITING: Prior to treatment, determine which burrow systems FIRST AID: are active. Using a round-ended wood rod, such as a broomstick, If on skin or clothing: Take off contaminated clothing. Rinse probe ground in vicinity of conical mounds or surface ridges skin immediately with plenty of water for 15-20 minutes. Call a until main underground runway is detected by a sudden decrease poison control center or doctor for treatment advice. in ;:esistance against the probe. Mark open burrow systems and revisit them 2-3 days later. For deeper tunnels, open system If in Eyes: Hold eye open and rinse slowly and gently with with a shovel and leave open. Burrow systems that are active water for 15-20 minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present, are likely to be plugged by moles. after the first 5 minutes, then continue rinsing eye. Call a Treat onl~ active burrow sy~tems. To treat a burrow system, poison control center or doctor for treatment advice. locate mam runways by probmg. Remove the cap from the tip Have the product container or label with you when calling a of the applicator syringe and turn dosing ring to mark indicating poison control center or doctor or going for treatment. You rna\' half ounce. Inject half of an ounce of bait (one-sixth of the also contact the National Poison Infonnation Center at 1-800- . contents of one syringe) through probe or shoveled opened hole 858-7378 for emergency medical treatment information. at each bait placement location. Make six (6) such placements NOTE TO PHYSICIAN AND VETERINARIAN: This per burrow system. Cover holes made to enter tunnel with sod product reduces the clotting ability of the blood and may cause and soil, but do not allow dirt to sift in to foul or cover bait. hemorrhaging. If ingested, administer Vitamin K I intramuscularly or orally as indicated for bis-hydroxycoumarin Check effects of treatment 4-5 days after bait application by overdoses. For human cases, Vitamin KI is antidotal at doses opening and marking burrows in the manner used to check for of 10-20 mg total (not mg/kg). For cases, Vitamin KI is initial activity. Return 2-3 days later and retreat all active antidotal at 2-5 mg/kg. Repeated doses may need to be given, burrows. Maximmn application rate is 1 syringe/IO,OOO ft2. based upon monitoring of prothrombin times In severe cases blood transfusion may be necessary.' , ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Toxic to fish, birds and other wildlife. Do not apply this product directly to water, or to areas where surface water is present, or in the intertidal areas below the mean high water mark. STORAGE AND DISPOSAL Do not contaminate water, food or feed by storage or disposal. STORAGE: Store in a cool dry place inaccessible to children and pets. Do not store used or partially used syringes. PESTICIDE DISPOSAL: Wastes resulting from the use of this product may be disposed of on site or at an approved waste disposal facility. CONTAINER DISPOSAL: Non-Household Use Disposal - Dispose of empty container in a sanitary landfill or by incineration, or if allowed by State and Local Authorities, by burning. If burned, stay out of the smoke. IF EMPTY: Do not reuse this container. Place in trash or offer for recycling if available. IF PARTIALLY FILLED: Call your local solid waste agenc), or I-SOO-CLEANUP for disposal instructions. Never place unused product do\VIl any indoor or outdoor drain.

NOTICE OF WARRANTY: Manufacture and Seller make no warranty of merchantability, fituess for any purpose, or otherwise, express or implied, concerning this product or its use, which extend beyond the statements on this labeL SCIMETRICS, L TD_ CORP. 120 Commerce Drive, Unit 4 Fort Collins. CO 80524

2 MOLE GEL INSTRUCTIONS BAIT FOR USE Kaput" Mole Gel Bail is the only mole control product on the market that is gel based. It's patented, EPA approved formula attracts moles. The active ingredient, Warfarin, is an anticoagulant that has been used in rodent control for over 40 years.

Mole Activity Monitoring into their tunnel, moles will quickly hole is still open. If the tunnel is still locate the hole and repair it. active, the hole will be repaired. If, This makes monitoring activity easy. however, the hole is still open, the Moles are fastidious house keepers Start by punching a hole into the top of tunnel is inactive and should not be as they require consistent environmental the mole tunnel near the suriace using baited. conditions within their tunnels. If there the blunt end of a broomstick or dig • Use a rod or stick to probe is an abrupt change in humidity or open a cross-section of the tunnel. One open a hole to monitor temperature due to a hole puncture to two days later, check to see if the mole activity.

o Locate active mole tunnels near the surface. o For excessive mound activity probe to locate tunnel, use a e Insert the tip of the Kaput Mole Gel Bait shovel to dig tunnel open. syringe into the top of the tunnel. e Bait both sections of exposed tunnel o Gently press the plunger and iniect by inserting syringe into tunnel and 1/2 ounce of bait into the tunnel. iniecting 1/2 ounce of gel, making certain not to cover bait with soil. o Carefully pinch the small opening made from the syringe closed. o Replace removed soil, or insert section of PVC with application hole predrilled and seal ends with dirt. Place a piece of duct e Space injections 15 feet apart. If tape over application hole. possible, apply to several active tunnels.

Moles dig elaborate tunnel systems Typically, an infested Hille 01 ElC ... Dirt and may have feeding runways barely area will contain about F..cIlng Araa beneath the grass. one mole per acre. There are 7 species of moles That is why a mole in a yard or on a Moles are including the , golf course can stick out like a sore insectivores and feed hairy-tailed mole, star-nosed mole, thumb. The feeder tunnel or mound mainly on white grubs NHtlnU lord ',. coast mole, mole, broad-footed may be elevated and easily visible. The and earthworms, but will also eat mole, and the Townsend mole. The tunnel system can have up to 3,600 feet beetles, beetle larvae, ants, wasps, flies most common is the eastern mole, of network. Moles are very aggressive and other insects. Their high metabolic which is found from eastern Texas, and, with the exception of breeding rate requires them to consume a large north to southern South Dakota and season, only one adult mole may amount of food. eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. be found in a tunnel system. ~ Scimetrics LTD. CORP. 120 Commerce Dr" Unit 4 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (9701482.1330 www.scimetrlcsltd.com New Solutions to Old Problems