insecticide selection
Trade Name |
Chemical Name Active Ingredient |
Mode of Action |
Form |
Features Uses |
Controls |
Ambush Insect Killer |
Permethrin. |
Contact. |
Liquid and spray. |
Synthetic pyrethroid; tree and garden. |
Outdoor insect killer. |
BTK |
Bacillus thuringiensis. |
Stomach pioson. |
Liquid and spray. |
Biological insecticide; bacteria disrupts stomach lining. |
Caterpillars and worms. |
Bugban-C Ant Killer Dust |
Chlorpyrifos. |
Contact. |
Dust. |
Ant killer dust. |
Ants. |
Bugban-C Cutworm Dust |
Chlorpyrifos. |
Contact. |
Dust. |
Cutworm dust. |
Cutworms, ants, sod webworms. |
Bugban-C Lawn Insect Spray |
Chlorpyrifos. |
Contact. |
Liquid and spray. |
lawn insect spray. |
Lawn grubs. |
Bug-B-Gon Hornet and Wasp Blaster |
Pyrethrin, propoxur. |
Contact residual. |
Aerosol. |
Natural botanical in Pyrethrum; household insects. |
Hornets and wasps. |
Crawling Insect |
Malathion. |
Contact. |
Liquid spray. |
Kills crawling household insects. |
Flea, beetle, silverfish. |
Creepy Crawly |
Permethrin. |
Contact. |
Aerosol. |
Synthetic pyrethroid for crack and crevices. |
Indoor, outdoor non-flying insects. |
Fungus Gnat Killer |
Chlorpyrifos. |
Contact residual. |
Dust. |
Controls fungus gnats in house plant soil. |
Fungus gnats. |
Hornet and Wasp Killer Foam |
Chlorpyrifos. |
Contact residual. |
Foam. |
Kills hornets and wasps. |
Hornets and wasps. |
Horticulture Oil |
Mineral Oil. |
Contact. |
Liquid residual. |
Dormant oil or concentrated spray. |
Scale and mealy bug. |
Insecticidal Soap |
Potassium salts of fatty acids. |
Contact. |
Liquid and spray. |
Desiccates body fluids; mild weak insecticide. |
Soft bodied insects. |
Insectigone Ant Killer |
Silicon Dioxide. |
Long lasting residual. |
Earth. |
Diatomaceous earth. |
Ants. |
Insectigone Crawling Insect Killer |
Silicon Dioxide. |
Long lasting residual. |
Earth. |
Diatomaceous earth. |
Crawling insects. |
Malathion |
Malathion. |
Contact. |
Emulsifiable concentrate. |
Outdoor spray. |
Most outdoor insects. |
Mite Killer Spray |
Dicofol. |
Contact. |
Liquid and spray. |
Ready-to-Use and mixed spray forms available. |
Spider and red mites. |
Rotenone Garden Dust |
Rotenone. |
Stomach. |
Dust. |
Natural organic insecticide; extemely toxic to fish. |
Outdoor insects. |
Schultz Instant Insect Spray |
Pyrethrin. |
Contact. |
Liquid and spray. |
Natural botanical insecticide from Pyrethrum flower. |
Most indoor and outdoor insects. |
Sevin |
Carbaryl. |
Contact. |
Liquid or wet table Powder. |
Vegetables, fruit and lawns. |
Outdoor insects; broad spectrum. |
Spider Ban |
Chlorpyrifos. |
Contact and spray. |
Liquid. |
Indoor or outdoor. |
Spiders. |
Trounce |
Potassium salts of fat. Acid, Pyrethrin. |
Contact. |
Liquid and spray. |
Outdoor yard and garden form and indoor house plant is available. |
Aphids, whitefly and spidermite |
