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Outdoors to Control Wood-Destroying Insects
Mix 7.5 fl oz with enough water to make 1 gallon. Treat infested areas and areas likely to be infested, such as wood surfaces, voids and tunnels in damaged wood, behind veneers, in structural voids (between stud walls and spaces between wood and foundations), along cracks, along crawl spaces and around outside buildings, porches, wood piles, wooden fences and decks. Kills exposed subterranean termites,* dampwood termites,* drywood termites,* carpenter ants, ambrosid beetles, death hunter beetles, false powderpost beetles and powderpost beetles.
*For localized control only. The purpose of such applications of this product for termites is to kill workers or winged reproductive forms which may be present in treated channels at the time of treatment. Such applications are not a substitute for mechanical alteration, soil treatment or foundation treatment but are merely a supplement. This product is not recommended as sole protection against termites. For active termite infestations, get a professional inspection.
Pests Outside the Home
Mix 0.5 fl oz (1 Tablespoon) in 1 gallon of water and apply as a continuous band of insecticide around building foundation and around windows, doors, eaves, vents and other areas to greatly reduce the potential for entry by crawling pests. For easier application, remove debris and leaf litter from next to the foundation, cut back vegetation and branches that touch the foundation and move or rake back rocks, deep mulch or other potential pest harborage next to the foundation. Apply a 3-foot band around the structure and upward along the foundation to 3 feet and around windows, doors and roof overhangs. Apply as a coarse spray to thoroughly and uniformly wet the foundation and/or band area so that the insecticide will reach the soil or thatch level where pests may be active. One gallon will treat 250 sq ft of surface area. Repeat application every 8 weeks.OUTDOOR SURFACES USE: For control of ants,** centipedes, cockroaches, crickets, fleas, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, scorpions, sowbugs, pillbugs, spiders, deer ticks and waterbugs. Mix 0.5 fl oz (1 Tablespoon) in 1 gallon of water and apply as a residual treatment to ornamental plants next to foundations of buildings and to surfaces of buildings, porches, screens, window frames, eaves, patios, garages and other similar areas where these pests are active. Repeat application every 8 weeks.
**Argentine, Southern, Field, Allegheny mound, Florida carpenter, Cornfield, Honey, Pavement, Nuisance.
Note: This product is non-staining to most home siding depending on age and cleanliness. However, before using in areas where the spray can contact home siding (vinyl siding in particular), test in an inconspicuous area and recheck in a few hours. Do not use if any staining is observed.
UNDERGROUND INSECTS/THATCH-INFESTING INSECTS including Blue grass billbug (adult), Black turfgrass Ataenius (adult), chiggers, chinch bugs, white grubs (Japanese beetle, European chafer, Southern chafer), dung beetle and hyperodes weevils (adult), European crane flies and mole crickets (nymphs and young adults). Mix 0.5 fl oz (1 Tablespoon) in 1 gallon of water to treat 125 sq ft or 4 fl oz in 8 gallons of water to treat 1000 sq ft. For sub-surface insect control (mole crickets, grubs), water treated area with additional ¼ to ½ inch of water for optimum results.
SURFACE INSECTS including ants,** armyworms, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, lawn moths (sod webworms), millipedes, sowbugs, mites, spittlebugs, deer ticks (which may transmit Lyme Disease). Thoroughly wet down grass a few hours before applying. Mix 0.5 fl oz (1 Tablespoon) in 1 gallon of water to cover 250 sq ft or 2 fl oz (4 Tablespoons) in 4 gallons of water to cover 1000 sq ft of lawn. Delay additional watering or mowing for 24 hours after application for optimum control of surface insects. For heavy infestations, use rate can be increased to 3 fl oz/1000 sq ft.
WHEN TO TREAT: Treat the following pests during the months indicated or when first noticed.
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