Insect, Mite & Related Pest Suppression Products

For Use In Commercial Ornamental Plant Pest Management Programs

I. INSECTICIDAL SOAPS AND OILS - These materials trap and suffocate small, soft-bodied insects and impair the waxy layer on their exoskeleton, resulting in dessication.

A. Horticultural/Paraffinic Oil - (unsulfonated residue of refined petroleum distillate)

B. Insecticidal Soap - (potassium salts of fatty acids)

C. Petroleum Oil - dormant/summer oil

D. Vegetable Oils - soybean oil, neem seed oil extract

II. INSECT GROWTH REGULATORS - These materials affect developing insects only and do not kill adults.

A. Chitin synthesis inhibitors prevent the formation of the chitin, an important component of the exoskeleton, after a molt.

1. azadiractin (somewhat systemic); ecdysteriod, prevents peaks in ecdysone that prevent successful molting.

2. cyromazine

3. diflubenzuron

B.Juvenile hormone mimics produce a hormone imbalance in developing insects that results in abnormal development and/or death.

1. fenoxycarb

2. kinoprene

III. MICROBIAL INSECTICIDES (BACTERIALS) - Various modes of action.

A. Bacteria - These materials produce and/or contain toxins which disrupt the stomach lining of specific insects (biological, microbial, bacterial stomach poison).

1. Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki

2. Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis

3. Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego

B. Fungus - spores produce hyphae that penetrate the insect cuticle and disrupt internal structures before sporulating.

1. Beauveria bassiana

C. Virus: nuclear polyhedrosis virus

D. Nematodes: Considered natural enemies or biological control agents. Being multicellular animals, products containing these organisms are not regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Fungicide, Insecticide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

IV. BOTANICALS - These plant-derived products have various modes of action.

A. azadirachtin

A. nicotine

B. pyrethrins

C. rotenone

D. sabadilla

V. DERIVATIVES OF PYRETHRINS - These products destabilize nerve cell membranes and quickly kill arthropods contacted, but are quickly deactivated and have little residual activity.

A. resmethrin

B. sumethrin

VI. PYRETHROIDS - These products destabilize nerve cell membranes but are much more stable and can persist in the environment longer than pyrethrins and their derivatives.

A. bifenthrin

B. cyfluthrin

C. es-fenvalerate

D. fenpropathrin

E. fluvalinate

F. lambda-cyhalothrin

F. permethrin

V. CHLORINATED ARYL HYDROCARBONS AND DDT RELATIVES (DIPHENYL ALIPHATICS) - These materials destabilize nerve cell membranes, preventing them from transmitting nervous impulses.

A. dicofol (diphenyl aliphatic)

B. dienochlor

C. endosulfan

D. lindane

E. methoxychlor

VI. AVERMECTINS - These products affect the GABA-dependent chloride ion channel and inhibit this nerve transmitter.

A. avermectin B₁ (abemectin)

VII. CARBAMATES - These materials inhibit cholinesterase and prevent the termination of nerve impulse transmission.

A. bendiocarb

B. carbaryl

C. formetanate (hydrachloride)

D. metaldehyde

E. methiocarb

F. oxamyl (systemic)

VIII. ORGANOPHOSPHATES - These products inhibit cholinesterase and prevent the termination of nerve impulse transmission.

A. Aliphatic derivatives of phosphorous compounds

1. acephate (foliar systemic)

2. dichlorvos DDVP

3. dicrotophos

4. dimethoate (foliar systemic)

5. disulfoton (systemic)

6. malathion

7. naled

8. oxydemetonmethyl (systemic)

9. trichlorfon

B. Carbon cyclic derivatives of phosphorous compounds

1. fenitrothion, sumithion

2. fenthion

3. isofenphos

C.Heterocyclic derivatives of phosphorous compounds

1. azinphosmethyl

2. chlorpyrifos

3. diazinon

4. phosmet

5. methidathion

IX. CHLORONICOTINYL - These compounds act as post-synaptic blockers of nerve impulses binding with receptors of neurotransmitting chemicals at the dendrite synapse.

A. imidacloprid (systemic)

X. PYRIDAZINONE - mitochondrial respirator inhibitor

A. pyridaben

XI. SPINOSYN - causes excitation of the insect nervous system, leading to paralysis; effects are consistent with the activation of nicotine acetylcholine receptors; also has effects on GABA receptor.

A. spinosyn A & D

XI. SULFONATES, SULFIDES, SULFONES, SULFONAMIDES, SULFONITES

A. propargite

XII. MISCELLANEOUS COMPOUNDS

A. hexakis

B. hexythiazox

C. hydramethylnon

D. oxythioquinox

XIII. FUMIGANTS

A. methyl bromide

B. nicotine (botanical)

C. sulfotepp

IV. INORGANIC PESTICIDES

A. diatomaceous earth

B. sulfur

Active ingredient	Product Trade name	Pesticide class	Signal word/ R.E.I.	Appl. type	Labeled pests and usage site description
abemectin	Avid 0.15 EC	avermectin	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	leafminers, spider mites in shadehouses, greenhouses, field-grown ornamentals, foliage plants and other woody ornamentals
acephate	Orthene Tree, Turf & Ornamental Spray	organo- phosphate	CAUTION 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (adult root weevils, black vine weevil, elm leaf beetle larvae, strawberry root weevil), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (bagworms, budworms, California oakworm, cankerworms, Douglas fir tussock moth, leafrollers, Nantucket pine tip moth, tent, webworms), grasshoppers, imported fire ants, lace bugs, Lygus bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers (birch), mealybugs, needle midge (Douglas fir), needleminer (Ponderosa pine), sawflies, scale insect crawlers, thrips, whiteflies (sweet potato) in greenhouse floral and foliage crops, outdoor floral crops, ground covers, trees and shrubs
acephate	PT 1300 DS Orthene	organo- phosphate	CAUTION 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, caterpillars (cabbage loopers, cankerworms, fall webworms, leafrollers, tent caterpillars), fungus gnats, lace bugs, leafminers, lygus bugs, mealybugs, mites (spider), scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in indoors in commercial greenhouses and outdoors in commercial landscapes and nurseries on flowering and/or ornamental bedding plants, cut flowers, flowering handing baskets, foliage, potted flowering plants and ornamentals
acephate	Pinpoint 15 G	organo- phosphate	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Media treatment	aphids, imported fire ants, lace bugs (azalea), mealybugs in container-grown nursery stock
acephate	PT 1300 TR Orthene	organo- phosphate	WARNING 24 hrs.	Total release aerosol	aphids, caterpillars (cabbage loopers, cankerworms, fall webworms, leafrollers, tent caterpillars), fungus gnats, lace bugs, leafminers, lygus bugs, mealybugs, mites (spider), scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in commercial greenhouses on bedding plants, cut flowers, flowering handing baskets, foliage, potted flowering plants and ornamentals
azadirachtin	Azatin EC, XL	botanical chitin synthesis inhibitor	WARNING 12 hrs. (CAUTION 4 hrs. for Azatin XL)	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (black vine, elm, flea, June, chafers), caterpillars (armyworms, cabbage loopers, cankerworms, corn earworms, cutworms, diamondback moths, European shoot moths, grape leafskeletonizer, greenhouse leaf tiers, imported cabbageworm, leafrollers, loopers, pine tip moths, spruce budworms, tent caterpillars, tobacco budworm, tussock moth, webworms), fungus gnats, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, psyllids, sawflies, thrips (western flower), shore flies, whiteflies (greenhouse, sweetpotato) in greenhouses, nurseries and interiorscapes on bedding plants, potted plants and foliage and ornamentals (Azatin XL for indoor and outdoor ornamentals)
azadirachtin	Neemazad 0.25 EC, 4.5 EC	botanical chitin synthesis inhibitor	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, caterpillars (armyworms, loopers), leafminers, mealybugs, thrips, whiteflies in bedding plants, foliage plants, ornamentals, trees, shrubs in and around greenhouses, containerized nurseries and interiorscapes
Bacillis thuringiensis var. kurstaki	Javelin WG	microbial insecticide (bacteria)	CAUTION	Foliar spray	caterpillars (armyworm, bagworm, California oak moth, Douglas fir tussock moth, elm spanworm, fall cankerworm, fall webworm, fruit tree leafroller, Jackpine budworm, mimosa webworm, omnivorous leafroller redhumped caterpillar, spring cankerworm, tent caterpillar, spruce budworm, western tussock moth and others) in greenhouses and outdoors on flowers, shade trees and ornamentals
Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki	MVP	microbial insecticide (genetical- ly engineered	CAUTION when spray has dried	Foliar spray	caterpillars (armyworms, buckmoth caterpillar, cabbage looper, diamondback moth, fall armyworm, fruittree leafroller, loopers, omnivorous leafroller, tent caterpillar, tobacco budworm, tortrix) in forest, ornamental landscape trees and shrubs, flowers, bedding and indoor plants including greenhouses
Bacillus thuringiensis Serotype H-14, 600 (var. israelensis)	Gnatrol	microbial insecticide (bacteria)	CAUTION	Soil treatment (granule)	fungus gnats in greenhouse or potting soil mixtures on ornamental and nursery plantings
Bacillus thuringiensis var. san diego	M-One	microbial insecticide (bacteria)	CAUTION	Foliar spray	elm leaf beetle (larvae and adults) in outdoor elm trees
Beauvaria bassiana JW-1	Naturalis-O	microbial insecticide (fungus)	CAUTION 4 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, caterpillars (leaf-feeding), beetles (flea and cucumber beetles), lygus bugs, mites, psyllids, thrips, whiteflies (all stages) in indoor and outdoor ornamental plantings and plantscapes on foliage, flowering plants, cuttings, non-food bedding plants, woody and herbaceous ornamentals, conifers, trees and shrubs
bendiocarb	Dycarb 76 WP	carbamate	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids (chrysanthemum, green apple, spirea), beetles (black vine weevil, elm leaf, northern pine weevil, obscure root weevil, pales weevil, willow leaf), caterpillars (azalea, bagworm, eastern tent, fall webworm, Ilex leafminer, leafroller, mimosa webworm, Nantucket pine tip moth, poplar tent maker, spring cankerworm, yellowneck), lace bug (azalea, hawthorne), mealybug (citrus, Taxus), scale (eunoymus, camellia, Florida wax, hemispherical, Indian wax, Ixora, tea), mites (two-spotted), thrips, whitefly (greenhouse, citrus blackfly) in greenhouse, interiorscape and outdoor non-edible horticultural (herbaceous and woody) plants
bendiocarb	Turcam, Turcam 2½ G, Ficam	carbamate	WARNING, CAUTION	Foliar spray, soil treatment	aphids (chrysanthemum, green apple, oleander, spirea), beetles (black vine weevil, obscure root weevil adults) caterpillars (oleander), lace bug (sycamore), leafminer (azalea), mealybugs (taxus), red imported fire ants, scale insects (brown soft, hemispherical, Florida wax, tea), white grubs, whitefly (citrus blackfly) in greenhouse, interior plantscape and outdoor non-edible ornamentals
bifenthrin	Talstar Flowable; Talstar T&O 10 WP for greenhouse, only (Note: Talstar GC products are Restricted Use for golf courses)	pyrethroid	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, caterpillars (beet armyworms, bagworms, budworms, cutworms, fall webworms, leaf-feeding, leafrollers, tent, tip moths), beetles (elm leaf, flea, twig borers), fungus gnats, grasshoppers, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, mites (broad, European red, spider, pecan leaf scorch), plant bugs, scales (brown soft, California red, pine needle, San Jose), thrips (citrus, etc.), weevils (blackvine, orchid), whiteflies in plantcapes, greenhouses and interiorscapes on trees, shrubs, foliage plants, non-bearing fruit and nut trees and flowers. Talstar T&O 10 WP for greenhouse, only.
bifenthrin	Talstar T&O	pyrethroid	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Media treatment	Red imported fire ant quarantine treatment for balled and containerized nursery stock.
bifenthrin	PT 1800 Attain	pyrethroid	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Total release aerosol	aphids, caterpillars (armyworms, bagworms, cutworms, omnivorous leafrollers), fulgorids, gall midges, mealybugs, mirids, plant bugs, scale insects, stink bugs, mites , whiteflies in greenhouses
carbaryl	Sevin 80 WSP, SL	carbamate	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar, surface spray	aphids (apple, eastern spruce gall, elm leaf, rose ), beetles (blister, flea, elm bark, Fuller rose, ips engraver, June, locust borer, olive ash borer, rose chafer, roundheaded pine, willow leaf, yellow poplar weevil), caterpillars (armyworm, bagworms, browntail moth, cankerworms, Catalpa sphinx, cypress tip moth, Douglas fir tussock moth, elm spanworm, European pine shoot moth, fall armyworm, greenstriped mapleworm, holly budmoth, Jackpine budmoth, mimosa webworm, Nantucket pine tip moth, oakleaf skeletonizer, oakworm complex, oleander caterpillar, orange-striped oakworm, orange tortrix, pine pitch tip moth, poinsettia hornworm, puss caterpillar, redhumped oakworm, saddled prominent, spiny elm, spruce budworm, subtropical tip moth, tent caterpillars, walnut caterpillars, webworms, western hemlock looper, western spruce budworm), cicada (periodical), leafrollers, boxelder bug, gall midges, gall wasps, grasshoppers, hackberry nipple gallmaker, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers (azalea, birch, boxwood, holly, Jeffrey pine needleminer, oak), maple leafcutter, mealybugs, mites (eriophyid), plant bugs, psyllids, red imported fire ant, exposed sawflies (pine, roseslug), scale insects, spittlebug (pine), thornbug, thrips (exposed) in outdoor areas trees and ornamentals including shade trees, shelter belts, plantations, parks, recreational areas and commercially grown ornamentals, forests
chlorpyrifos	Dursban 50W Nursery, Dursban Pro, Dursban Turf Insecticide	organo- phosphate	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	adelgids, aphids (apple, balsam twig, black pecan, chrysanthemum, cottonwood, crape myrtle, elm leaf, melon, mealy plum, peach, rose, rosy apple, spirea, white pine, wooly apple, yellow pecan), balsam gall midge, beetles (ambrosia, anobiid, black turpentine, blister, cottonwood leaf, elm bark, elm leaf, European elm bark, flea, rose chafer, Fuller rose, June, mountain pine, native elm bark, southern pine, spruce, western pine, willow leaf, weevils - blackvine, cranberry girdler, northern pine, pales, pitch eating, twig weevil, yellow poplar, pine reproduction, wood-boring beetles - metallic wood borers: bronze birch, flatheaded appletree, twolined chestnut; long-horned beetles: cottonwood, locust, red oak), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, bagworms, browntail moth, cankerworms, catalpa sphinx, cutworms, cypress tip moth, Douglas fir tussock moth, elm spanworms, European pine shoot moth, fall webworms, greenstriped mapleworms, green fruitworms, holly bug moth, hornworms, Jackpine budworms, leafrollers, mahogany webworms, maple leafcutters, mimosa webworms, Nantucket pine tip moth, oak skeletonizers, oakworms, oleander caterpillars, orange tortrix, poplar tentmaker, pandora moth, pitch pine moth, puss, redhumped, spring cankerworms, spruce budworms, subtropical pine tip moth, tent, tussock moth, walnut, western spruce budworms, yellownecked), clearwing moths (ash, dogwood, lesser peachtree, lilac, oak, peachtree, rhododendron), cicada (periodical), fire ants, grasshoppers, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs (citrus, taxus), mites (clover, two-spotted, southern red), plant bugs, psyllids, exposed sawflies (European pine, pine, pin oak, redheaded), scale insects (cottony cushion, dearness, Euonymous, Fletcher, Florida wax, golden oak, hemispherical, lecanium, magnolia, oak kermes, oystershell, pine needle, San Jose, tea, white birch), spittlebugs, thornbugs, thrips, whiteflies in outdoor nurseries growing ornamental plants including flowers, shrubs, evergreens, vines, shade and flowering trees and non-bearing fruit trees
chlorpyrifos	PT 1325 ME DuraGuard (micro- encapsulated)	organo- phosphate	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids (rose), beetles (cucumber, flea, rose chafers), caterpillars (cabbage worms, hornworms, moths), fungus gnats, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, mites (spider), sawflies (rose slugs), scale insects, stink bugs, tarnished plant bugs, thrips in greenhouses, garden centers, florists, landscapes and nurseries on bedding plants, cut flowers, flowering hanging baskets, foliage, potted flowering plants, trees and shrubs
cyfluthrin	Decathlon 20 WP	pyrethroid	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (elm leaf, flea, adult June, orchid weevils, striped), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, azalea caterpillars, bagworms, budworms, California oakworms, cankerworms, casebearers, cutworms, elm spanworms, leaf-feeding, leafrollers, leaf skeletonizers, oleander moth larvae, pine shoot moths, redhumped caterpillars, striped oakworms, tent caterpillars, tussock moth larvae, walnut caterpillars, webworms, yellownecked caterpillars), fungus gnats, grasshoppers, lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites (clover), sawfly larvae (rose slugs), plant bugs, psylla (pear, peppertree), scale insects (crawlers), spittlebugs, thrips, whiteflies in greenhouses, interiorscapes and nurseries and outdoor landscape areas on ornamentals and nursery stock including trees, shrubs, evergreens, flowers, foliage plants
cyfluthrin	Tempo 2	pyrethroid	WARNING	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (elm leaf, flea, adult June, orchid weevils, striped), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, azalea caterpillars, bagworms, budworms, California oakworms, cankerworms, casebearers, cutworms, elm spanworms, leaf-feeding, leafrollers, leaf skeletonizers, oleander moth larvae, pine shoot moths, pine tip moths, redhumped caterpillars, striped oakworms, tent caterpillars, tussock moth larvae, walnut caterpillars, webworms, yellownecked caterpillars), fungus gnats, grasshoppers, lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites (clover), sawfly larvae (rose slugs), plant bugs, psylla (pear, peppertree), scale insects (crawlers), spittlebugs, thrips, whiteflies in landscape ornamentals including trees, shrubs, evergreens, flowers, foliage plants
cyromazine	Citation	chitin synthesis inhibitor insect growth regulator	CAUTION Until spray has dried	Foliar spray	dipterous leaf miner and fungus gnat larvae in landscape ornamentals, container-grown ornamentals, greenhouses-. lath-, and shade-grown ornamental bedding plants and ornamental crops and interiorscapes; Also, for control of shore flies on greenhouse-grown ornamental crops and interiorscapes
diazinon	Diazinon 4E	organo- phosphate	CAUTION	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (flea, obscure root weevils), caterpillars (apple-and-thorn skeletonizers, bagworms, cottoneaster webworms, European pine shoot moths, fall webworms, holly bud moths, omnivorous leafrollers, juniper webworms, oak loopers, obliquebanded leafrollers, tent caterpillars), leafminers (dipterous), leafhoppers, mites (carnation shoot, clover, cyclamen, European red, privet, two-spotted spider), sawfly (pearslug), scale insects (cottonycushion, lecanium, pine needle, San Jose), thrips, whiteflies in outdoor ornamentals around homes
diazinon	Knox Out PT 1500 R (micro- encapsulated)	organo- phosphate	CAUTION	Aerosol	aphids, boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, cutworms, leafrollers, loopers, moths, root borers, webworms), fungus gnat larvae, gnats, grasshoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, mites (spider), scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in indoor greenhouses, homes, interiorscapes and outdoor landscapes on ornamental plants, shrubs
dichlorvos, DDVP	Formula GH-19	organo-phosphate	DANGER 24 hrs.	Fumigant fog	aphids, leafminers (chrysanthemum), mites (red spider), mealybugs, thrips, whiteflies in greenhouses on certain ornamental plants
dicofol	Kelthane T/O	chlorinated hydro- carbon	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	mites (broad, clover, cyclamen, European red, Pacific spider, privet, tropical, two-spotted spider and others) in nurseries, ornamentals, flowers and shade trees
dienochlor (decachlor)	Pentac Aquaflow	chlorinated hydro-carbon	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	mites (two-spotted, tumid spider, European red, broad) in greenhouses, interiorscapes and plantscapes on flowering plants, tropical foliage plants and other commercial plants (including non-bearing fruits and nuts)
difluben-zuron	Dimilin 4L, Dimilin 25W	chitin synthesis inhibitor insect growth regulator	CAUTION	Foliar spray	forest tent caterpillar, Nantucket pine tip moth, tussock moth in forests, residential, municipal and shade tree areas, recreational areas, golf courses, parks, shelterbelts, rights of way and other easements, forest nurseries on ornamental trees and shrubs; Also for fungus gnat larvae in enclosed commercial structures such as greenhouses, shadehouses and interiorscapes
difluben- zuron	Adept	as above	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray, media drench	media drench: fungus gnats, shore flies; foliar spray: caterpillars (armyworms), leafminers and whiteflies in enclosed commercial structures such as greenhouse, shadehouses and interiorscapes. See treatment interval restrictions on product label.
dimethoate	Rigos' Best Cygon 2E	organo- phosphate	WARNING	Foliar spray, trunk paint	aphids, caterpillars (bagworms, Eurpoean pine shoot moth, iris borer, Nantucket pine tip moth, Zimmerman pine moth), lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, midges (juniper), mites, scale insects (camelia, Fletcher, golden oak, soft, tea), thrips, whiteflies in outdoor plantings on ornamentals and trees
disulfoton	Hi-Yield Di-Syston	organo- phosphate	WARNING	Soil treatment	aphids, beetles (elm leaf, flea), caterpillars (mimosa webworm, pine and tip moths), lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers (birch leaf), mites (spider), scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in outdoors in trees, shrubs, flowers and houseplants
endosulfan	Thiodan 3 EC, 50 WP	chlorinated hydro-carbons	DANGER 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	adelgids (Cooley spruce gall), aphids, beetles (rose chafer, black vine weevil, leatherleaf fern borer), caterpillars (dogwood borer, lilac borer, Zimmerman pine moth), Douglas fir needle midge, mites (cyclamen, taxus bud mite), whiteflies in greenhouses and outdoor ornamental plants, shade trees
endosulfan	Fulex Thiodan Insecticidal Smoke	organo-phosphate	DANGER after ventilation	fumigant smoke	aphids, whiteflies in greenhouses on ornamental plants
fenoxycarb	Precision	juvenoid insect growth regulator	CAUTION When spray has dried	Foliar spray, soil drench	fungus gnats, scales (soft), shore flies, whiteflies (greenhouse, sweetpotato) in landscape ornamentals, container grown ornamentals, non-bearing fruit and nut trees, Christmas tree plantations, ground covers, greenhouse, lath and shadehouse ornamental crops and interiorscapes
fenoxycarb	Award	juvenoid insect growth regulator	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Bait	fire ants in ornamental gardens, landscape areas, container and field grown ornamental and non-bearing nursery stock
fenoxycarb	PT 2100 TR Preclude	juvenoid insect growth regulator	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Total release aerosol	aphids, scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in greenhouses on bedding plants, cut flowers, flowering hanging baskets, foliage, potted flowering plants and ornamentals
fenpro- pathrin	Tame 2.4	pyrethroid	DANGER 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids (apple, wooly apple), caterpillars (beet armyworm, codling moth, leafrollers, orange tortrix, pandemis moth, spotted tentiform leafminer), lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybug (immature stages of citrus mealybug), mites (European red, McDaniel, southern red, two-spotted spider), scale insects (San Jose), tarnished plant bug, thrips, whitefly (greenhouse, sweetpotato) in greenhouses, shade and lath houses on foliage plants, shrubs and trees including conifers and non-bearing fruit trees and other ornamentals listed
fenthion	Pestroy	organo- phosphate	WARNING	Foliar spray	aphids (crapemyrtle, ivy, rose, tulip tree), beetles (elm leaf, imported willow leaf, pales weevil), caterpillars (fall cankerworm, fall webworm, forest tent, iris borer, palmerworm, pine tip moth, spruce budworm), lace bugs (andromeda, hawthorn), leafminers (azalea, birch), mealybug (citrus), midge (balsum gall), mites (eriophiid, southern red), psyllid (boxwood, hackberry), sawflies (European pine, pine, rose slug), scale insects (cottony taxus, red pine), spittlebug (meadow, saratoga), whitefly (citrus) in outdoors on ornamentals and trees
fluvalinate	Mavrick Aquaflow	pyrethroid	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray, fogger, cutting dip	aphids, caterpillars (tent, bagworm, leaf-feeding, etc.), beetles (black vine weevil, flea, cucumber, elm leaf, obscure root weevils), leafhoppers, mealybugs (dipping, only), mites, thrips in greenhouses, interiorscapes, outdoor plantings on foliage, flowering plants and herbaceous ornamentals, trees, shrubs, conifers on woody ornamentals, only
formetanate hydro-chloride	Carzol SP	carbamate	DANGER 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	EPA SLN No. TX-920019. Western flower thrips on commercial greenhouse grown ornamental plants
hexythiazox	Hexygon	misc. hetero-cyclic compound	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	mites (European red, Pacific spider, southern red, spruce spider, strawberry spider, twospotted spider, Willamette) in nurseries and mature ornamental plantings on ornamental plants and non-bearing trees and vines
horticultural oil	SunSpray Ultra-Fine Spray Oil	paraffinic oil	CAUTION 12 hours	Foliar spray	aphids, adelgids, beetles (leaf beetle larvae), bugs (immature), caterpillars (certain), fungus gnats, lace bug, leafminer, mealybugs, mites (eriophiid, gall, spider), psyllids (immature), sawfly (larvae), scale insects (immature, soft and hard), whiteflies (immature) in outdoor plantings, greenhouses and interiorscapes on shade trees and shrubs (including conifers, deciduous broadleafed evergreens and woody ornamentals), flower and foliage plants including roses)
imidacloprid	Marathon 1% G, 60% WP in WSP	chloro-nicotinyl	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Media treatment	aphids, mealybugs, thrips and whiteflies in greenhouses and nurseries for ornamental flowering and foliage plants grown in flats, benches or beds and containerized
imidacloprid	Merit 75 WSP	chloro- nicotinyl	CAUTION	Foliar spray, soil treatment	adelgids, aphids, beetles (elm leaf), caterpillars (pine tip moth, only), lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, sawfly larvae, scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in and around commercial buildings and residential areas on trees, shrubs, evergreens, flowers and foliage plants, ground covers and interior plantscapes
insecticidal soap	M-Pede	insecticidal soap	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	adelgids, aphids (balsam wooly, spruce wooly), lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites (spiders), plant bugs, psyllids, scale insects (conifer and pine needle), tent caterpillars, thrips, whiteflies in landscape ornamental trees and shrubs, outdoor and greenhouse grown ornamentals, and indoor plants
insecticidal soap	Insecticidal Soap	insecticidal soap	WARNING 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles, caterpillars, fungus gnats, lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites, plant bugs, scale insects and crawlers, thrips and whiteflies in nurseries and greenhouses on foliage plants, roses, succulents, houseplants, ornamental landscape trees and shrubs
isofenphos	Oftanol 5 G	organo- phosphate	CAUTION	Soil treatment	fire ants, mole crickets, white grubs in landscape ornamental beds
kinoprene	Enstar II	juvenoid insect growth regulator	WARNING 12 hours	Foliar & media spray, pot dip	aphids, fungus gnats (media spray), root mealybugs (pot dip), scale insects (armored, soft-bodied), whiteflies in the greenhouse and interiorscape (atriums) on ornamental plants
lambda- cyhalothrin	Scimitar WP	pyrethroid	WARNING	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (elm leaf, flea, striped, adult June beetles, adult black vine weevil, root weevil), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, azalea caterpillar, bagworms, budworms, California oakworm, cankerworms, cutworms, eastern tent caterpillar, fall webworm, forest tent, leaf-feeding, leafrollers, leaf skeletonizers, oleander moth, pine tip moths, tussock moth), lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers (adults), mealybugs, mites (broad, clover, spider), plant bugs, sawflies (pine), scale insect crawlers (brown soft, California red, pine needle), spittlebugs, thrips, whiteflies in ornamentals in residential landscape areas around institutional, public, commercial and industrial buildings, parks, recreational areas and athletic fields on trees, shrubs, flowers, evergreens, foliage plants and ground covers
lambda- cyhalothin	Topicide	pyrethroid	WARNING 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	ants, aphids, beetles (black vine weevil adults, elm leaf, flea, June beetle adults, root weevil, striped), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, azalea caterpillar,bagworms, budworms California oakworm, cankerworms, cutworms, Eastern tent, fall webworm, Forest tent, leaf-feeding caterpillars, leaf rollers, leaf skeletonizers, Oleander moth larvae, pine tip moth, striped oakworm, tip moth, tussock moth larvae), cockroaches,crickets, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leaf miner adults, mealybugs, midges, mites (broad, clover, spider),pillbug, sawfly, plant bugs, scale insect crawlers (soft brown, California red, pine needle), spiders, spittlebugs, thrips, wasps, whiteflies in greenhouses and shadehouses on ornamental plants including trees, shrubs, flowers, evergreens, foliage plants, and ground covers
lindane	Drexel Lindane 20%	chlorinated hydro- acarbons	CAUTION 24 hrs.	Foliar, trunk spray	aphids, beetles (cucumber, flat-haded borers, round-headed borers), caterpillars (dogwood borer, lilac borer, peach tree borers, rhododendron borer), leafminers, thrips in outdoor ornamentals
lindane	Hi-Yield Lindane	chlorinated hydro- carbons	CAUTION	Foliar, trunk spray	aphids, beetles (cucumber, pine bark beetles, turpentine beetles), caterpillar (dogwood borer), lace bugs, leafminers, thrips in outdoor shade trees, ornamental shrubs and flowers
malathion	Drexel Malathion 5 EC	organo- phosphate	WARNING	Foliar spray	aphids, caterpillars (bagworms, European pine shoot moth, tent), lace bugs, leafhoppers (potato, rose), leafminers (birch leaf, boxwood, pine needlesheath), mealybugs, mites (spider), plant bugs (fourlined, tarnished) sawflies (red-headed pine), scale insects (azalea, black scale crawlers, euonymous, Fletcher, Florida red, juniper, magnolia, Monterey, oak kermes, oysershell, pine leaf, pine needle, pine tortoise, scurfy, soft brown, wax), thrips, whiteflies in deciduous forest and shade trees and outdoor ornamental flowers, shrubs and shade trees
metaldehyde	Deadline Bullets, Granules	carbamate	WARNING	Bait	slugs, snails in ornamental greenhouses, ornamental plantings, commercial ornamental nurseries, ground covers
methida-thion	Supracide 2E	organo- phosphate	DANGER 2 - 14 day	foliar spray	scale insects on nursery stock (woody ornamentals or herbaceous plants commercially grown for transplanting), including potted and field grown plants. Treatment interval restricted to 1 per season.
methiocarb	Mesurol 75% WP, Grandslam 75WP	carbamate	WARNING 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, mites, slugs and snails in nurseries and greenhouses on ornamental plants (flowers, shrubs, trees)(Note: has been promoted to control thrips although)
methoxy-chlor	Drexel Methoxychlor 4L	chlorinated hydro-carbon	CAUTION after spray has dried	Foliar spray	beetles (blister, cucumber, elm leaf, flea, May, rose chafer), caterpillars (cankerworm, eastern tent, fall webworm, forest tent, tussock moth), fleahopper, lace bugs, leafhoppers, sawflies (roseslug), thrips (flower) in outdoors on flowers, ornamentals, forest and shade trees
naled	Dibrom 8 Emulsive	organo- phosphate	DANGER 24 hrs.	Foliar spray, fumigant	aphids, beetles (elm leaf, hemlock bark borers), caterpillars (cankerworms, fall webworms, juniper webworms, leafrollers, oak webworms, spruce budworms, tussock moths, Zimmerman pine tip moth), leafminers, mealybugs, spider mites (red, two-spotted), spittlebugs, thrips, whitefly (adults) in greenhouses, forests and shade trees, conifers and broadleaf trees
naled	Formula GH-18	organo-phosphate	WARNING 24 hrs.	Fumigantfog	aphids, mites (red spider), mealybugs, thrips, whiteflies (on roses) in greenhouses on certain ornamental plants
neem oil	Triact 90EC	vegetable oil, botanical	CAUTION 4 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites, scale insects and whiteflies on ornamentals, trees and shrubs in and around greenhouses, commercial nurseries and other commercial and residential structures.
nicotine	Nicotine Smoke Generator, Fulex Nicotine Fumigator	botanical	DANGER After ventilation	Fumigant smoke	aphids, thrips in commercial greenhouses on ornamental plants
nuclear polyhedrosis virus	Spod-X LC	virus poly-hydral occlusion bodies	CAUTION	Foliar spray 12 hrs.	beet armyworm in outdoor and greenhouse ornamental crops (listed)
oxamyl	Oxamyl 10% G	carbamate	WARNING	Soil, media treatment	aphids, beetles (black vine weevil), fungus gnats, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, mites, scale insects, thrips, whitefly in greenhouses, nurseries and interior plantscaping ornamental and nursery plants listed
oxydemetonmethyl	Metasystox-R2	organo- phosphate	WARNING	soil injection	aphids, beetles (elm leaf), leafminers, scale insects (European elm), mites in intyerior plantscapes, ornamental gardens, parks, golf courses and grounds for plants intended for aesthetic purposes orclimate modification.
oxythio-quinox	Joust	oxythio-quinox	CAUTION 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	mites (including eggs), whiteflies in outdoor nurseries on ornamental flowers, shrubs and trees
permethrin	Astro, Astro T&0	pyrethroid	CAUTION 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (root weevils), caterpillars (bagworm, beet armyworm, cabbage looper, coneworms, Heliothis sp., leaf-feeding, Nantucket pine tip moths, ) fungus gnats, lace bug, leafminers, leafhoppers, Lygus bugs, mealybugs, seed bugs, thrips (citrus), whiteflies in greenhouses and interiorscapes, field and container grown foliage and flowering plants, woody and herbaceous non-edible ornamentals and non-bearing fruit and nut trees, conifers, Christmas trees and seed orchards
phosmet	Imidan 50-WP, 70-WSB	organo-phosphate	WARNING 24 hrs.	Foliar spray	beetles (elm leaf, pales weevil, pitch eating weevil, adult root collar weevil), caterpillars (eastern tent caterpillar, eastern pine shoot moth, elm spanworm, European pin shoot moth, Nantucket pine tip moth redhumped caterpillar, spring cankerworm), leafminer (birch), sawflies for outdoor deciduous shade and ornamental trees and woody evergreens
propargite	Ornamite	sulfite ester	DANGER 7 days	Foliar spray	mites (spider, Pacific spider, southern spider, southern red, two-spotter spider in field and nursery grown ornamentals, roses, Christmas tree and conifer nurseries and plantations
pyrethrins	Pyrenone Crop Spray	botanical pyrethrins	CAUTION	Foliar spray	listed pests in greenhouse, outdoor and indoor ornamental flowering and foliage plants, shrubs, trees
pyrethrins	PT 1100 Pyrethrum	botanical pyrethrins	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Total release aerosol	aphids (rose), beetles (cucumber, flea, rose chafer), caterpillars (cabbageworm, hornworm, moths), fungus gnats, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites (spider), sawflies (rose slug), scale insects, whiteflies in garden centers, greenhouses and nurseries on ornamental plants, flowering plants
pyrethrins	X-clude PT 1600 A (micro- encapsulated)	botanical pyrethrins	CAUTION	Aerosol	aphids (rose), beetles (cucumber, flea, rose chafer), caterpillars (cabbageworm, hornworm, moths), fungus gnats, leafhoppers, mealybugs, mites (spider), sawflies (rose slug), scale insects, whiteflies in outdoors and indoors in greenhouses, homes, interiorscapes and landscapes on potted and flowering plants, foliage, bedding plants, cut flowers and ornamentals
pyrethrins plus diatom- aceous earth	Organic Plus Crop Insecicide	botanical pyrethrins plus inorganic	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Dust, foliar spray, ant mound drench	ants (red imported fire ant), aphids, beetles (blister, Colorado potato, cucumber beetle, flea beetle ), caterpillars (cabbage looper, corn earworm, cutworms, diamondback moth, leafrollers, webworms), crickets, fruit flies, lafhoppers, stink bugs, thrips, vinegar flies, whiteflies in listed ornamental plants in greenhouses and nurseries
pyridaben	Sanmite	pyrida-zinone	DANGER 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	mites (two-spotted spider, broad, European red) and whiteflies on ornamental trees, shrubs, plants and flowers in the greenhouse
resmethrin	PT 1200 DS Resmethrin	pyrethrins derivative	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	aphids, beetles (leaf, weevils), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, cankerworms, leafrollers), fungus gnats, lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, plant bugs, sawflies (roseslugs), scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in garden centers, greenhouses and outdoor landscape and nurseries on bedding plants, cut flowers, flowering hanging baskets, foliage, potted flowering plants and ornamentals
resmethrin	Score	pyrethrins derivative	CAUTION 24 hrs.	Fumigant fog	whiteflies in greenhouses on certain ornamental plants
resmethrin	PT 1200 TR Resmethrin	pyrethrins derivative	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Total release aerosol	aphids, beetles (leaf, weevils), boxelder bugs, caterpillars (armyworms, cankerworms, leafrollers), fungus gnats, lace bugs, leafhoppers, mealybugs, plant bugs, sawflies (roseslugs), scale insects, thrips, whiteflies in garden centers, greenhouses on bedding plants, cut flowers, flowering hanging baskets, foliage, potted flowering and ornamental plants
spinosyn A + B	Conserve SC	spinosyn	CAUTION 4 hrs.	Foliar spray	beetles (chrysomelid leaf-feeding), caterpillars (bagworm, beet armyworm, eastern tent, fall webworm, hickory tussock moth, spruce budworm, yellownecked), sawfly (exposed larvae), thrips (exposed Cuban laurel, western flower), leaf miner flies, gall midge flies, spider mites (spruce, two-spotted spider) for outdoor nurseries and outdoor-grown herbaceous and woody ornamentals
sulfotep	Plantfume 103, Fulex Dithio	organo-phosphate	DANGER After ventilation	Fumigant	aphids, mealybugs, mites, scale insects (brown soft), thrips, whiteflies in commercial greenhouses on ornamental plants
tefluthrin	Fireban	pyrethroid	WARNING 48 hrs.	Media treatment	red imported fire ant in potting media used in the containerized plantings of ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, conifers, Christmas trees, non-bearing fruit and nut trees
trichlorfon	Dylox 80, Proxol 80 SP	organo- phosphate	WARNING	Foliar spray, drench, soil treatment	caterpillars (armyworms, bagworms, climbing cutworms, Nantucket pine tip moth, tobacco budworm, webworms, Zimmerman pine tip moth), leafminers (dipterous), Lygus bugs, narcissus bulb fly, stink bugs, tarnished plant bugs, white grubs in landscapes for flowers and trees
	REPELLENTS	& 25(B)	PRODUCTS
capsaicin	Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent	plant wax	CAUTION 12 hrs.	Foliar spray	REPELS aphids, lace bugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, scale insects, spider mites, thrips, whiteflies on ondoor & outdoor ornamentals

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