Apr 13, 2012 – Pyrethroid Granule Alternatives
QUESTION:
Recently, you answered a question regarding Pyrethroid Changes. In the message you stated the following: "An important addition to the labels of ALL pyrethroid products and formulations is the statement "do not make applications during rain". This is important because the use of granules during rainfall or if rainfall was imminent has been a standard practice. This will no longer be permitted and very few alternate products are available for this." My question is this: Can you recommend an alternate product or procedure we can follow?
ANSWER:
This is always a really touchy thing for me to do, because manufacturers tend to carefully read what we say about alternative products, and if I offer the names of some products but neglect to mention others I get spoken to. So, I will avoid "recommending" alternatives, but I will mention a name or two.
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Recently, you answered a question regarding Pyrethroid Changes. In the message you stated the following: "An important addition to the labels of ALL pyrethroid products and formulations is the statement "do not make applications during rain". This is important because the use of granules during rainfall or if rainfall was imminent has been a standard practice. This will no longer be permitted and very few alternate products are available for this." My question is this: Can you recommend an alternate product or procedure we can follow?
ANSWER:
This is always a really touchy thing for me to do, because manufacturers tend to carefully read what we say about alternative products, and if I offer the names of some products but neglect to mention others I get spoken to. So, I will avoid "recommending" alternatives, but I will mention a name or two.
It is a FACT that ALL synthetic pyrethroid pesticides are going to be required to have the same new wording on their labels, probably all within the year 2012. That new labeling must be used on products now being packaged by manufacturers, so if they package product today and we buy that new material from them it is going to have the new labeling in place. YOU, the PMP, are required to follow the label that is on the package that you purchase or already own, so there is going to be some amount of "old" labeled material in the system for awhile. Some manufacturers may have produced an abundance of inventory prior to the requirement for the new labeling, so they may be able to offer old-labeled material for quite awhile into this year. But, ultimately all pyrethroids are going to have the statement to not apply during rainfall on their labels.
There appears to be only a couple of alternative granular insecticides you might want to check on. By alternative I mean a contact product rather than a bait. One of these is Essentria G Granular Insecticide, which is replacing the old ExoExempt G Granules. It's active ingredients are Thyme and Clove oils and it has very broad and general labeling for exterior uses without any statements about use during rainfall. These actives are contact insecticides.
A second alternative may be from Rockwell Labs, and this is their Intice 10 Perimeter Bait. The active ingredient in this bait is the stomach poison Boric Acid, but according to the manufacturer it somehow is providing good control of many perimeter insect pests other than just those that will eat the bait. I pass this information along only as coming from the manufacturer.
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