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greengate garden centres ltd.
14111 Macleod Trail South Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Phone (403) 256 1212

gardenhelp@greengate.ca

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.

Borer Kill

Endosulfan

Long lasting residual.

Liquid.

For trees and shrubs.

Wood borers.

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.

Cygon

Dimethoate.

Systemic.

Liquid.

Paint on or soil drench.

Birch leafminer.

Diazinon

Diazinon.

Contact.

Liquid Spray oand granular.

Outdoor lawns and gardens soil drench.

Most insects; ants, cutworms.

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.

Methoxychlor

Methoxychlor.

Contact.

Emulsifiable concentrate.

Also kills flies and mosquitos.

Caterpillars and beetles.

Mite Killer Spray

Dicofol.

Contact.

Liquid and spray.

Ready-to-Use and mixed spray forms available.

Spider and red mites.

Onion Maggot Control

Ethion.

Residual.

Dust.

Controls onion larvae.

Onion maggots.

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