Household Insects – Homeowners
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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 in the use of the material must be followed explicitly. Insect Threats Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks Ants Feed on foods and Baits (active ingredient and product): Identify the insect. Remove food and clean (several may damage clothing; sodium tetraborate decahydrate (Amdro Kills up the area. Place bait where ants occur or species) may also sting, Ants Liquid Bait, Terro Liquid Ant Baits); congregate. May use several different baits at causing severe hydramethylnon (Amdro Kills Ants Bait the same time to discover one that ants will reaction to some Stations and Stakes); consume. Care should be taken not to people. orthoboric acid (Terro Perimeter Ant Bait); contaminate foodstuffs. Also treat nests in fipronil (Combat Max Ant Killing Bait Stations yard. Follow label. and Gel); abamectin (Raid Max Double Control Ant Baits, Raid Ant Baits III); dinotefuran (Hot Shot Ultra Clear Roach & Ant Gel Bait, Hot Shot Ultra Liquid Ant Bait); spinosad (Ortho Home Defense Liquid Ant Bait); thiamethoxam (Raid Precision Placement Ant Bait Gel) Crack and crevices: Follow label. prallethrin, esfenvalerate, pyrethrins, pyrethrum, permethrin, tetra- methrin, phenothrin, beta-cyfluthrin, cyfluthrin Indoor space: prallethrin, esfenvalerate, pyrethrins, pyrethrum, permethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, cyfluthrin, bifenthrin Outdoor barrier: prallethrin, esfenvalerate, permethrin, beta- cyfluthrin, cyfluthrin, bifenthrin, malathion, carbaryl Outdoor broadcast: hydramethylnon, pyriproxyfen, beta-cyfluthrin, esfenvalerate, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, malathion, carbaryl Ants Damage wooden Baits: Spraying infested areas in midspring will (carpenter structures, making fipronil (Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait); usually reduce populations for the season. ants) smooth, round holes abamectin (Advance Granular Ant Bait) in wood for nesting Solve moisture problems and leaks. Stack purposes. Crack and crevice: firewood away from the house. Carpenter deltamethrin (D-Fense Dust); ants may move into houses from trees dinotefuran (Alpine PT Aerosol; Alpine Ant located near the house. Trim tree branches and Termite Foam) that contact structures. Seal cracks and openings for electrical and water lines that Sprays: enter the building. fipronil (Taurus SC); fipronil and imidacloprid (FUSE Termiticide & Insecticide) Ants (fire Sting people who Baits: For areas with heavy fire ant infestations and ants) disturb a nest. indoxacarb (Advion Fire Ant Bait, Ortho Fire low numbers of beneficial native ants, a two- Multiple stings often Ant Killer Mound Bait); step method is suggested. The first step is a occur, and stings are fipronil (Maxforce FC Fire Ant Bait); broadcast application of a bait insecticide painful. Cause severe hydramethylnon (Amdro Granules Fire Ant over the entire yard in early- to midfall, and reaction to people Bait); the second step is to treat individual who are allergic to hydramethylnon and s-methoprene (Amdro problem mounds with an approved bait, the venom. Kills Fire Ants Yard Treatment Bait; Extinguish drench, granule, or dust insecticide. Plus Fire Ant Bait); *Labels on insecticides should state “material may be used in the household” and should be registered by the EPA for that purpose. Household Insects – Homeowners Insect Threats Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks spinosad (Payback Fire Ant Bait); abamectin (Ascend Fire Ant Bait, Award II Fire Ant Bait); metaflumizone (Altrevin® Fire Ant Bait); pyriproxyfen (Distance and Esteem Fire Ant Bait); fenoxycarb (Award Fire Ant Bait) Contact (various active ingredients): allethrin, resmethrin, sumithrin, tetramethrin, bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, fluvalinate, lambda- cyhalothrin, permethrin, s-bioallethrin, esfenvalerate, tefluthrin, tralomethrin, carbaryl, acephate, fipronil, boric acid. Botanicals: d-limonene, pyrethrins, rotenone, pine oil, turpentine. Ants (pharaoh Indoor nuisance pest, Baits: Difficult to manage. Spray applications will ants) especially in indoxacarb (Advion Ant Bait Arena, Advion break the colonies into multiple colonies and hospitals; causes the Ant Bait Gel, Advion Ant Bait Kit); make management more difficult. Place baits spread of infection, abamectin (Advance 375A Select Ant Bait); where the ants are trailing and in all areas contaminates fipronil (Maxforce FC Ant Bait Stations); ants are found. Use fat-based and sweet sterilized equipment hydramethylnon (Amdro Kills Ants Bait baits in combination. Try small amounts of and supplies, and Stations); baits to see which ones are preferred before disturbs patients. boric acid; applying extensive baiting Also causes electrical borax (use less than 1 percent concentrations). interference and contaminates food. Ants (crazy Damages electrical Baits: Most ant baits are not effective for these ants) and computer hydramethylnon (Maxforce Complete Granular ants. Baits alone are inadequate to reduce equipment. High Bait); high densities of these ants but may be number of ants abamectin (Advance Carpenter Ant Bait) effective when densities are low in the (particularly tawny spring. Use fresh bait and apply it when the crazy ants) can cover ground is dry and no rain is expected for 24 the yard or hours. Broadcast bait over the entire landscape. Causes a infested area. negative impact on ecological systems by displacing other organisms. Perimeter sprays: The tawny crazy ant must be specifically dinotefuran (Alpine WSG); identified from a parish before Termidor can imidacloprid (Dominion 2L Insecticide); be used for this pest. Louisiana received a permethrin (Hi-Yield Lawn, Garden, Pet, & Section 18 quarantine exemption use label Livestock Insect Killer, Hi-Yield 38 Plus Turf for Termidor SC insecticide to be used in Termite and Ornamental Insect Control); management of tawny crazy ants. The bifenthrin (Ortho Home Defense); renewed exemption was authorized on April acephate (Orthene Spray 97); 22, 2019, and will expire April 22, 2022. fipronil (Termidor SC) The following parishes are included in the exemption: Ascension, Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Morehouse, Orleans, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Vernon, Washington, and West Baton Rouge. When dead ants accumulate, carefully remove them with a leaf blower outdoors *Labels on insecticides should state “material may be used in the household” and should be registered by the EPA for that purpose. Household Insects – Homeowners Insect Threats Insecticides and Treatment* Remarks or vacuum indoors. Do not disturb or remove the insecticide from the treated surfaces. Do not vigorously wipe or scrape clean treated surfaces. Bed bugs Feed at night by Crack and crevice and mattress: Eliminating bed bugs from a house is very sucking blood of deltamethrin (Buggslayer Insecticide RTU); difficult and requires killing the bugs in all sleeping persons. diatomaceous earth (Hi-Yield Crawling Insect infested sites throughout the entire house at Control; InsectiGone Crawling Insect Killer); the same time. The insecticides must contact diatomaceous earth and pyrethrins (Results the bed bugs when they are applied. Bed Indoor Insect Killer); bugs may walk across insecticides and not be phenothrin (Pronto Plus Bedbug & Dust Mite killed. Eggs are not killed by these Killer, Ortho Home Defense Max Bedbug insecticides. There is little residual from Killer) these insecticides, and applications may have to be repeated. Aerosol bombs are not Residual sprays: effective. Few, if any, insecticides are labeled bifenthrin (Bifen IT); to treat mattresses or electrical wiring. esfenvalerate (Stop Bugging Me!, FenvaStar Follow the label. EcoCap); permethrin (Martin's Permethrin Spray lightly in all cracks and baseboards, Termiticide/Insecticide); crevices of floors, behind loose wallpaper lambda-cyhalothrin (Demand CS, Surrender and other hiding places. Brand Pestabs) Additionally, heat treatment, steam Indoor spaces: treatment, cold treatment, mattress cyfluthrin (Cy-Kick CS Controlled Release encasings, CO2 monitors and traps are Insecticide); important tools in managing bed bugs. These deltamethrin (Black Flag Home Insect Control tools should be used in combination with Concentrate); insecticides. Treating wall voids with synergized pyrethrins (CB-40 Insecticide, Clear diatomaceous earth may be very Zone Double Impact Farm Fly Spray) advantageous. Do not use swimming pool grade diatomaceous earth. Fumigation: sulfuryl fluoride Sulfuryl fluoride products are restricted-use pesticides that can only be legally purchased Insect growth regulators: and used by licensed professionals. s-hydroprene (Gentrol IGR Concentrate) Traps (for detection only): ClimbUp Insect Interceptor Booklice Damages book Reduce moisture. Remove infested items and eliminate (Psocids) bindings, clothing and excessive moisture. Insecticides are not articles containing Use commercially prepared insect normally necessary to control booklice. starch or glue. spray containing 0.25% pyrethrins. Damage is usually When using insecticides for large and insignificant. Other active ingredients: lambda-cyhalothrin, uncontrolled infestations, follow the label cyfluthrin, acephate carefully to ensure safety. Carpenter Drill round tunnels in Crack and crevice: Dusts provide longer residual.