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Household Insects - Homeowners Household Insects - Homeowners CAUTION: All insecticides are toxic to some degree; therefore, care should be exercised in their use. The manufacturer’s directions on the label regarding the use of the material should be followed explicitly. Insect Damage Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks Ants Feed on foods in Bait stations: Remove food and clean up kitchen and (several kitchen and pantry Hydramethylnon, abemectin, Sodium pantry. Treat area where ants occur or species) and may damage Tetraborate Deca-hydrate congregate. Care should be taken not to clothing; may also contaminate foodstuffs with sprays. For tiny sting causing severe ants that nest in walls find where they reaction to some enter room and treat the opening and people. runway leading from it. Also treat nests in yard. Follow label. Crack and crevice: Prallethrin, Esfenvalerate, Pyrethrins, Pyrethrum, permethrin, Tetra- methrin, Phenothrin, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin Indoor space: Prallethrin, Esfenvalerate, Pyrethrins, pyrethrum, permethrin, Tetramethrin, Phenothrin, Cyfluthrin, biphenthrin Follow label. Outdoor barrier: Prallethrin, Esfenvalerate, permethrin, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin, biphenthrin, malathion, carbaryl. Outdoor broadcast: hydramethylnon, pyriproxyfen, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Esfenvalerate, biphenthrin, cyfluthrin, malathion, carbaryl. Fire ants Treat around outside Baits: indoxacarb, hydramethylnon, of structure. spinosad, fipronil, abamectin, fenoxycarb, s-methoprene, pyriproxyfen, sulfuramid. Contact: allethrin, Resmethrin, Sumithrin, tetramethrin, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, Cypermethrin, Follow label. deltamethrin, fenvalerate, fluvalinate, lambda-cyhalothrin, permethrin, s- bioallethrin, esfenvalerate, tefluthrin, tralomethrin, carbaryl, acephate, fipronil, boric acid. Botanicals d-limonene, Pyrethrins, rotenone, pine oil, turpentine. *Labels on insecticides should state “material may be used in the household” and should be registered by the EPA for this purpose. Household Insects - Homeowners CAUTION: All insecticides are toxic to some degree; therefore, care should be exercised in their use. The manufacturer’s directions on the label regarding the use of the material should be followed explicitly. Insect Damage Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks Pharaoh Ants Baits: Hydramethylnon, sulfuramid, Difficult to manage. Spray applications will boric acid break the colonies into multiple colonies and make management more difficult. Place baits where the ants are trailing and in all areas ants are found. Use fat-based and sweet baits in combination. Try small amounts of baits to see which ones are preferred before applying extensive baiting. (use <1% concentrations), fipronil Bedbugs Feed at night by A high percentage of bedbugs are Eliminating bed bugs from a house is very sucking blood of resistant to pyrethroids and pyrethrins. difficult and requires killing the bugs in all sleeping persons. infested sites throughout the entire house Mattress and Crack-and-Crevice: at the same time. The insecticides must Deltamethrin, d-phenothrin, silica gel contact the bed bugs when they are and pyrethrins, diatomaceous earth. applied. Bed bugs may walk across insecticides and not be killed. Eggs are not Residual Sprays: bifentrin, killed by these insecticides. There is little fenvalerate, permethrin, lambda- residual from these insecticides and cyhalothrin. applications may have to be repeated. Aerosol bombs are not effective. Few if any Indoor Spaces: Synergized insecticides are labeled to treat mattresses pyrethrins, cyfluthrin deltamethrin. or electrical wiring. Follow the label. Fumigation: Sulfury fluoride. Spray lightly in all cracks and baseboards, crevices of floors, behind loose wallpaper, Insect Growth Regulators: and other hiding places. Gentrol, ULD Hydropy-300. Book lice Damages book Reduce moisture. Pyrethrin, Lambda- Use commercially prepared insect bindings, clothing, Cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, acephate. spray containing 0.25% pyrethrins and articles containing starch or glue. Carpenter Smooth, round holes Fipronil (maxforce), abamectin Spraying infested areas in mid-spring ants in wood for nesting (advance) baits. Will usually reduce populations for the purposes season. Carpenter ants may move Into houses from trees located in close proximity to the house. Carpenter Pyrethroids (bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, Dusts provide longer residual. Repeated bees deltamethrin, permethrin, etc.) applications may be needed. *Labels on insecticides should state “material may be used in the household” and should be registered by the EPA for this purpose. Household Insects - Homeowners CAUTION: All insecticides are toxic to some degree; therefore, care should be exercised in their use. The manufacturer’s directions on the label regarding the use of the material should be followed explicitly. Insect Damage Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks Clothes moths Furs, rugs, clothing, Storage: mothballs napthelene, CAUTION: wet rugs must be protected over-stuffed furniture paradichlorobenzene. from metal stains. Very important to find and silken materials and clean up source of infestation. Dry are the most Crack and crevice and indoor clean garments in spring prior to storing in common items treatment: a box. Place moth balls or moth crystals in attacked by the cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, tralomethrin, box before closing. larvae of clothes pyrethrin. moths. Adults are small moths but in the immature stage are small worms. Cockroaches Cockroaches are Baits: Fipronil, hydramethylnon general feeders, but in addition to most Crack and crevice: Prallethrin, foods will damage Pyrethrins, Tetramethrin, Phenothrin, book bindings, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin, biphenthrin stamps, papers and starched clothing. Indoor space: Pyrethrins Indoor surface: Prallethrin, Pyrethrins, Cyfluthrin. Follow label. Outdoor barrier: Prallethrin, Esfenvalerate, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin, biphenthrin, malathion. Outdoor broadcast: Esfenvalerate, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin, biphenthrin, malathion. Insect growth regulator: abamectin, Hydroprene. Fleas Indoor surface and crack and crevice: Pyrethrins, Beta-Cyfluthrin, biphenthrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, tralomethrin, methroprene. Follow label. Indoor space: hydropene, Pyrethrin. Ticks Ticks feed on animals Repellants: Deet, permethrin and humans. Indoor surface and crack and crevice: Pyrethrins, Beta-Cyfluthrin, cyfluthrin, biphenthrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, tralomethrin, Cypermethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, tau-fluvalinate. *Labels on insecticides should state “material may be used in the household” and should be registered by the EPA for this purpose. Household Insects - Homeowners CAUTION: All insecticides are toxic to some degree; therefore, care should be exercised in their use. The manufacturer’s directions on the label regarding the use of the material should be followed explicitly. Insect Damage Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks Fleas and Fleas and ticks feed Outdoor: Pyrethrins, Beta-Cyfluthrin, Fleas are very difficult to control. It usually Ticks on humans and pets. cyfluthrin, biphenthrin, deltamethrin, takes two applications applied ten days to They frequently permethrin, tralomethrin, two weeks apart. infest homes. Esfenvalerate. Infestations usually develop from pets. Houseflies Flies are a nuisance Pyrethrins, Beta-Cyfluthrin, cyfluthrin, Spray screens, door facings, window jams, around the home and deltamethrin, permethrin, porches, posts, and other places where contaminate food. tetramethrin, Esfenvalerate, prallethrin, flies light with or 1% Dipterex and where Larvae Cypermethrin. pets, poultry, or livestock cannot reach breed in decaying them. Inside homes use prepared spray organic matter, containing Pyrethrins. Keep premises clean. garbage, and manure. Mosquitoes Attack humans, pets, Long-lasting repellants: DEET, Remove old cans, tires, and other And livestock. They Picaridin Containers that might hold rainwater. are blood feeders Drain pools of stagnant water. Improve and may transmit Shorter lasting repellants: oil of drainage in yard and around home. disease. lemon eucalyptus, I3535 Plant-based repellants: Lotions and creams last longer than liquids. Higher concentrations last longer than lower concentrations. Adults (outdoors in resting areas) Use tight-fitting screens; spray potential 5% Malathion resting areas on the building exterior and 0.1% Cypermethrin (Ford’s Viper) the building perimeter (shrubs, grass, etc). Permethrin (see labels) Spray the interior walls of garages and 0.03%-0.06% Deltamethrin sheds. Spray under porches and carports. Adults (indoors) Commercially prepared repellents can be Pyrethrin + PBO or other used to avoid mosquito attack. commercially prepared aerosol products. Powder post When present these Borate wood treatment product Insecticides that will not penetrate beetles very small black or (must be used under dry conditions): wood: Beta-cyfluthrin, Bifenthrin, brown beetles are Bora-care and Timbor; apply as cyfluthrin, Cypermethrin, deltamethrin, usually found in sills, directed by label. Surface applications Fenvalerate, imidacloprid, lambda- joints, floors, or of borates will penetrate wood up to cyhalothrin. furniture. Their ¼ inch. presence is indicated by tiny holes in the wood from which sawdust is exuded. *Labels on insecticides should state “material may be used in the household” and should be registered by the EPA for this purpose. Household Insects - Homeowners CAUTION: All insecticides are toxic to some degree; therefore, care should be exercised in their use. The manufacturer’s
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