Treatment Areas |
Pests |
How To Use |
Use Rate |
Band Treatment Around House Foundation
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Ants*, roaches (German and American), Palmetto bugs, water bugs, mites, crickets**, earwigs, ladybeetles*** |
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' x 200').
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Overall Lawn Application
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Ants*, armyworms (fall, yellow-striped, lawn), crickets**, cutworms (black, bronzed, granulate, variegated), lawn moths (sod webworms), grasshoppers, Japanese beetle (adults), spittlebugs, mites, green June beetles, leafhoppers, millipedes, 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' x 50').
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), 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. 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