Rockwell · Imidacloprid 0.5% · EPA Reg 73079-14 · INSECTICIDE
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This product is a bait used to control ants and mole crickets. It can be applied outdoors around building perimeters, ant mounds, foraging trails, turf sites, and sewers, or indoors in cracks, crevices, or voids. When applying outdoors, use a hand shaker, duster, or mechanical spreader to apply the bait in bands or sprinkled along trails.
Pests covered (25)
antsEARWIGSGHOST ANTPYRAMID ANTALLEGHENY MOUND ANTARGENTINE ANTCORNFIELD ANTLITTLE BLACK ANTCRAZY ANTBIG HEADED ANTSTHIEF ANTODOROUS HOUSE ANTPAVEMENT ANTSWEET-EATING ANTSGREASE-EATING ANTSACROBAT ANTSFIREBRATSILVERFISHROACHESGERMAN COCKROACHAMERICAN COCKROACHSMOKY BROWN COCKROACHORIENTAL COCKROACHCRICKETSMOLE CRICKETS
Areas treatable (61)
perimeter of buildingsant mounds and foraging trailsTurf sitessewerscracks, crevices or voidsFIREWOOD (SOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (LAWNS) (BAIT APPLICATION)WOOD PILES (TERRESTRIAL)AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS (ATTICS)AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS (BAIT APPLICATION)BENCHES (UNDER)GREENHOUSE BENCHESBUILDINGS (NONAGRICULTURAL) (PERIMETER) (SOIL TREATMENT)VEGETABLE GARDENSHUMAN NURSERY PREMISESANT HILLSTRANSPORTATION VEHICLES (UNSPECIFIED) (BAIT APPLICATION)GARBAGE CHUTESGARBAGE/REFUSE AREASCOMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILOINGS (ATTICS)ATHLETIC FIELDSORNAMENTAL TREES (BAIT APPLICATION)SIDEWALKS (BAIT APPLICATION)GREENHOUSE (BAIT APPLICATION)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR) (ATTICS)BASEMENTSCLOSETSGARAGESSINKSDOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR) (WALL VOIDS)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR) (BAIT APPLICATION)APARTMENT BUILDINGS (INDOOR) (BAIT APPLICATION)GARAGE AREAS (OUTDOOR)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (BAIT APPLICATION)DRIVEWAYSCOMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL AREAS (OUTDOOR) (BAIT TREATMENT)RECREATIONAL AREAS (BAIT APPLICATION)PARKS (BAIT APPLICATION)APARTMENTS (OUTDOOR)ANIMAL RESEARCH FACILITIES (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (OUTDOOR) (BAIT APPLICATION)PATIOS (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (BAIT APPLICATION)SCHOOLS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (BAIT TREATMENT)HOSPITALS (BAIT APPLICATION)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (INDOOR)SCHOOLS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)STUMPSORNAMENTAL TURF (GOLF GREENS)ORNAMENTAL TURF (GOLF TEES)SEWERS (BAIT TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS (BEDDING)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (GOLF COURSES) (BAIT APPLICATION)RIGHTS-OF-WAYHOSPITALS (OUTDOOR) (BAIT APPLICATION)FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (BAIT TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (RECREATIONAL) (BAIT APPLICATION)ORNAMENTAL TURF (PARKS) (BAIT)COMPOST
How to treat each type of area 5
perimeter of buildings
| Location |
Rate |
Unit |
Label notes |
| Outdoor |
1/2 – 1 |
oz |
2 - 4 tablespoons per 100 square feet. Apply in a band from 1 - 3 feet wide. Use a hand shaker, duster or mechanical spreader. Pay particular attention to potential piles, trees, stumps and trash areas and apply bait at the more liberal application rate in these areas. If the perimeter is treated with a repellent insecticide (eg. pyrethroid), the bait may still be used around the perimeter, but it should be applied in a band outside the repellent barrier for best results. |
ant mounds and foraging trails
| Target pest |
Location |
Rate |
Unit |
Label notes |
| ants |
Outdoor |
½ to 1 |
oz |
apply around ant mounds and sprinkle along foraging trails. Pay particular attention to harborage areas and apply bait around trees and stumps, in tree cavities, in and around kill the colony. |
Turf sites
| Location |
Rate |
Unit |
Label notes |
| Outdoor |
4 – 8 |
oz |
per 1000 square feet / 10 - 20 lbs per acre. The product should not be watered in. For mole cricket treatments, results will be best if the area is irrigated prior to bait treatment. |
sewers
| Location |
Rate |
Unit |
Label notes |
| Outdoor |
1 |
oz |
per 100 square feet along ledges inside sewers and around manhole covers. |
cracks, crevices or voids
| Location |
Rate |
Unit |
Label notes |
| Indoor |
up to 0.5 |
oz |
2 tablespoons per crack, crevice or void, or at a rate of 0.5 oz (2 tablespoons) per 100 sq ft. Apply only in areas inaccessible to children and pets, or in tamper-resistant bait stations. |
Worker safety
PPE required
Short-sleeved shirt and long pants, Shoes plus socks
Timing & weather
- Mole crickets typically come to the surface to feed in the evening.
- To prevent large insect populations from developing around structures in warm months, a quarterly application around the perimeter and to harborage areas, as described above, is recommended.
Use restrictions 4
- Do not apply directly to water, or to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark.
- do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters or surface waters.
- Do not pile the bait in exposed areas.
- Apply bait only in areas inaccessible to children and pets, or in tamper-resistant bait stations.