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Anyone know about putting imidacloprid in a fogging machine with a gas motor and spraying the perimeter of the house? How is the effectiveness of this insecticide as a broad-based application vs bifenthrin or cypermethrin?
Heard it's a very old insecticide and used for many years but it's not a name that you hear often in insecticide products that you buy from home depot/lowes, etc.
Back to killing honey bees... Think about this for a quick moment, then come back to your thread.
There's no flowering plants anywhere on the property and there's no neighbors either. There's been some issues with carpenter bees damaging the old wood as well. Sure, carpenter beers are pollinators but they do so much damage as well. Goal is to kill as many insects as possible around this property.
Anyone know about putting imidacloprid in a fogging machine with a gas motor and spraying the perimeter of the house? How is the effectiveness of this insecticide as a broad-based application vs bifenthrin or cypermethrin?
Heard it's a very old insecticide and used for many years but it's not a name that you hear often in insecticide products that you buy from home depot/lowes, etc.
Imidacloprid is the active ingredient in the Tree and Shrub control pesticide that I use annually on my crape myrtles, for aphids. It does a great job. Not sure why you would need to fog though. Why not just spray?
I spray Talstar around the perimeter of my house every few months. My garage too. Does a great job. It's safe for inside as well if you need it.
As far as carpenter bees, I use traps. They can destroy a fence pretty quickly!
There's no flowering plants anywhere on the property and there's no neighbors either. There's been some issues with carpenter bees damaging the old wood as well. Sure, carpenter beers are pollinators but they do so much damage as well. Goal is to kill as many insects as possible around this property.
Imidacloprid is the active ingredient in the Tree and Shrub control pesticide that I use annually on my crape myrtles, for aphids. It does a great job. Not sure why you would need to fog though. Why not just spray?
I spray Talstar around the perimeter of my house every few months. My garage too. Does a great job. It's safe for inside as well if you need it.
As far as carpenter bees, I use traps. They can destroy a fence pretty quickly!
I find it's the woodpeckers going after the carpenter bees in their nests in the wood that does the most damage.
Vinegar keeps the carpenter bees away from your bare wood structures, they don't like the smell. Start spraying before they set up for the season, they go elsewhere.
I had Mosquito Joe come out and they have an option to add imidocloprid into the same mixing tank as the Bifen when they come to spray for mosquitos. So the pest control tech had both Bifen and imidocloprid in the tank. It works VERY well for gnats, ticks, crane flies or pretty much any other insect out there. Prolly used around the world because it takes care of a ton of stuff.
I know this because I asked what names of the chemicals to the guy on the phone. Not sure what other companies can spray imidocloprid for you.
I believe you're wrong. You might also want to make sure where you live.
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