Treatment Areas |
Pests |
How To Use |
Use Rate |
Band Treatment Around House Foundation
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Ants*, fleas, roaches (German and American), Palmetto bugs, water bugs, millipedes, mites, silverfish, sowbugs (pillbugs), crickets**, earwigs, ladybeetles***, cutworms (black, bronzed, granulate, variegated, greasy, spotted, army, clover, green), firebrats and spider mites (two-spotted and spruce) |
These pests are commonly found around or near foundations of houses as well as in lawns. Certain of these pests may enter houses. Apply a 3- to 5-foot band of granules next to the house foundation. Distribute granules uniformly. Water lightly immediately after application. |
Apply at the rate of 0.8 lb per 1,000 sq ft (an area 5 ft x 200 ft).
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Overall Lawn Application
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Ants*, armyworms (fall, yellow-striped, lawn), European crane flies, crickets**, cutworms (black, bronzed, granulate, variegated, greasy, spotted, army, clover, green), earwigs, fleas, lawn moths (sod webworms), grasshoppers, Japanese beetle (adults), pillbugs, spittlebugs, mites, green June beetles, leafhoppers‡, millipedes, springtails, ticks (including ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease), ladybeetles***, webworms (grass, tropical sod), mealybugs |
Apply with a fertilizer spreader. See spreader setting chart below. Apply when grass is dry. Water lawn lightly immediately after application.
For season-long control of ants*, apply at higher use rate |
Apply at the rate of 0.8 lb per 1,000 sq ft (an area 20 ft by 50 ft).
For season-long control of ants*, apply at the rate of 2 lb per 1,000 sq ft (an area 20' x 50').
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Billbugs (bluegrass, hunting), grubs (Japanese beetle grubs, green June beetle grubs), Ataenius spretulus (dung beetles), hyperodes weevils, mole crickets (tawny, southern, short-winged), chinch bugs |
Immediately water grass thoroughly after application. For billbug control, apply when activity is first observed or when chewed or brown grass indicates damage from these insects. For grub control, except dung beetle, treat any time between late July and early October. For dung beetle grub control, apply in spring or early summer when damage is first noticed. Water grass thoroughly with ¼ to ½ inch of water immediately after application. Treat again in late summer or early fall if a second generation occurs. |
Apply 1.2 lb per 1,000 sq ft of lawn.
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Spot Treatment
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Ants* |
Water lightly immediately after application. |
Apply ½ tsp over and around each anthill. |
*Ants (except harvester and pharaoh): Argentine, carpenter, southern, field, Allegheny mound, cornfield, honey, pavement, red imported fire ant, nuisance, odorous, pyramid, black turf, white-footed, crazy, little black, ghost, thief, acrobat, citronella, big-headed, lawn
**Crickets: House, common short-tailed, Indies short-tailed, Arizona, tropical, variable field, fall field, southeastern field, Texas field, spring field, northern wood, western striped, eastern striped, sand field, vocal field, southern wood
***Ladybeetles: Convergent, seven-spotted, two-spotted, thirteen-spotted, twice-stabbed, Asian
‡Leafhoppers: Mountain, rose, southern garden, variegated, variegated larvae, Virginia creeper, aster, six-spotted, elm, white-banded elm, sharp-nosed, blunt-nosed, red-banded and rice