Insecticide Update

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Insecticide Update
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Azadiractin

• From neem trees
• Feeding deterrent, growth regulator
• Stomach and contact
• Azatin XL, Bioneem, Neem Concentrate

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Azadiractin

• Treat pests in early stages
• Use a spreader sticker for best results
• Broad spectrum

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Bacillus thuringiensisvar. kurstaki or aizawai

• Toxin from a soil bacterium
• Caterpillars only by ingestion
• Most effective on small larvae
• Breakdown by sunlight
• Caterpillar Killer, Dipel Pro, etc.

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Spinosad

• Toxin from a soil bacterium
• Contact and stomach activity
• Nerve poison
• Conserve Naturalyte or Conserve SC
• Caterpillars, sawflies, thrips, some leaf
  beetles, spider mites?

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Soaps and Oils

• Potassium salts of fatty acids Safer Brand
  Insecticidal Soap, etc.
• Dormant and summer oils
• Sunspray Ultrafine Horticultural Oil, etc.

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Soaps and Oils

• Suffocant, may cause internal disruption
• Contact only for soft-bodied insects and mites
• Thorough coverage
• No residual effect

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IGRs

• Interfere with molting process
• Most effective by ingestion
• Small caterpillars
• Example - tebufenozide Confirm T/O, Mach II -
  turf
• Use spray adjuvant

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OrganophosphatesCarbamates

• Broad spectrum
• Stomach or contact
• Quick knockdown
• Targets synapse gap

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OrganophosphatesCarbamates

• Acephate Orthene Tree, Turf Ornamentals,
  Ortho Bug-B Gon Japanese Beetle Killer
• Dimethoate Cygon
• Malathion many brands
• Oxydemeton - Metasystox
• Carbaryl - Sevin

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Pyrethroids

• Based on pyrethrins
• Broad spectrum aphids and mites??
• Quick knockdown
• Long residual on foliage, bark
• Targets nerve axon
• Lower mammal toxicity
• Highly toxic to aquatic life

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Pyrethroids

• Bifenthrin Talstar, Ortho House Plant and
  Garden Insect Control
• Cyfluthrin- Decathalon, Bayer Multi- Insect
  Killer Liquid, Mosquito Killer Concentrate
• Esfenvalerate Asana XL, Ortho Bug B-Gon MAX
  Lawn and Garden Insect Killer Concentrate
• Permethrin Astro, Permethrin Pro, Spectracide
  Bug Stop Multi-Purpose Insect Control Concentrate

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Chloronicotinyls

• Imidacloprid Merit, Marathon, Bayer Tree and
  Shrub Concentrate
• Highly systemic drenches for sucking insects,
  early stages of some tree borers
• Contact or stomach
• Target - After synapse gap

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Bayer Tree Shrub Insect Control

• 1.47 imidacloprid (Merit)
• 1 ounce per 1 circumference

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Injectables Mauget, etc.

• Abamectin - Abacide
• Imdacloprid - Imicide
• bidrin - Injecticide B
• metasystox - Injecticide

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Livestock

• Avenger Insecticide Cattle Ear Tag
• 30 Endosulfan chlorinated hydrocarbon
• Beef and lactating dairy cattle

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Elector Insecticide

• Pour on for lice and fly control beef and
  lactating dairy cattle
• Residual fly spray
• Spinosad (Tracer)

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A word about web searchesthis, too, is
Metasystox.