Table 1.
Insecticides used in the study.
Product | % Active ingredients | How Applied |
---|---|---|
Natural, 25(b), or Green Products | ||
Alpine dust (BASF Corp., Florham Park, NJ, USA) | 95.0% diatomaceous earth | 0.32 oz per 10 ft2 |
0.25% dinotefuran | ||
BBT-2000 (herbal product; primarily cedar and soybean oil) (Swepe-Tite LLC, Tupelo, MS, USA) | 4.0% cedar oil | Per label, “as a fine mist” |
1.0% soybean oil | ||
Cimexa (Rockwell Labs, Kansas City, MO, USA) | 100% amorphous silica gel | 2 oz per 100 ft2 |
Cimi-Shield Protect (PestBarrier Inc., Carson, CA, USA) | 2.38% soybean oil | Per label, “mix with distilled water, place in never-used spray container, shake vigorously, fan spray from 24 inches, 3 linear ft per second” |
13.18% calcium silicate | ||
9.14% aluminum sodium silicate | ||
7.52% iron oxide | ||
7.38% sodium sulfate | ||
7.32% magnesium silicate | ||
4.20% potassium sulfate | ||
2.38% sodium benzoate | ||
EcoRaider (Reneotech Inc., North Bergen, NJ, USA) | 1.0% geraniol | Per label, “fan spray until wet” |
1.0% cedar oil | ||
2.0% sodium lauryl sulfate | ||
Mother Earth D (Whitmire Micro-Gen, Florham Park, NJ, USA) | 100% diatomaceous earth | 0.5 oz per 10 ft2 |
Traditional Residual Products | ||
Invader (FMC Corp., Philadelphia, PA, USA) | 1.0% propoxur | Per label, “crawling pests, 1 s spray per spot” |
Temprid Readyspray (Bayer Corp., Monheim, Germany) | 0.025% cyfluthrin and 0.050% imidacloprid | Per label for spot treatment, “spray 12 to 18 inches from surface, 4 s per 2 ft2” |
Transport GHP (FMC Corp., Philadelphia, PA, USA) | 22.73% acetamiprid | 0.3 oz per gallon water per 1000 ft2 |
27.27% bifenthrin |