One of the best weapons against insects in turf's is to create a healthy plant. In almost every case, insects weeds and disease seek plants that are in stress. If a grass is growing in a healthy, balanced soil, if it is mowed correctly and watered properly it will be able to withstand almost anything that comes it's way. If it is deficient in any of these categories, it can be taken over or killed quit easily.
If chemicals are needed, first identify the insect. This section will help you. After you have succeeded this, then you can come to our insecticide page. This will help you decide which chemical will be best suited for your needs.
Insects
Insects out number man 500,000 to 1. Many of them are beneficial to the Turf Manager by helping in decomposing organic matter and improving soil structure. In spite of our efforts, insects have survived and have actually increased in number. It is important to understand that when we go outside we enter an area where we both exist outside our homes. Most insects have no interests in us at all and they are more afraid of us then we are of them. Sometimes the best thing to do is to simply watch and enjoy them. Educate yourself on the different types of insects and why they do what they do.
If you must destroy them then do not use the same chemical year after year. Switching around will insure that the target insect is not building an immunity to your weapon.
If your problem is an insect, you must remember that effective chemical control requires proper identification of the target pest. You can identify your pest by coming to our insect page. Effective control also requires accurate timing of applications, proper rate of application and proper uniformity of application. Always follow all label recommendations. Remember that humidity, temperature and rain may affect your application. Please let us know if you would like to see additional information.
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Common Name: Acephate
Type: Organophosphate
Primary Action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, boxelder bug, chinch bug, cricket, cutworm, dichondra flea beetle, earwig, fall armyworm, fire ant, fleas, grasshopper, greenbug, japanese beetle, leafhopper, mole cricket, sod webworm, spittlebug.
Trade Name: Orthene Turf, Tree and Ornamental, Pinpoint 15G, Velocity
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Common name: Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai
Type: Biological
Primary action: Ingestion
Formulations: Water-dispersible granule, Flowable
Insects controlled: Armyworm, cutworm, fall armyworm, sod webworm
Trade Name: Xen Tari
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Common name: Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki
Type: Biological
Primary action: Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Liquid, Granule, Flowable
Insects controlled: Armyworm, cutworm, fall armyworm, sod webworm
Trade Name: Biobit HPWP, Dipel 2x, Dipel DF (Abbott), Dipel 150 (Bonide), Caterpillar clobber, Worm-ender (Monterey), Mattch, MVP II (Mycogen), Condor T/O
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Common name: Beauveria bassiana
Type: Biological
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Flowable
Insects controlled: Ant, armyworm, bermudagrass mite, billbug, chiggers, chinch bug, fire ant, grasshopper, millipede, mole crcket, sod webworm, sowbug, spittlebug, white grubs
Trade Name: Naturalis-T
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Common name: Bendiocarb
Type: Carbamate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Granule
Insects controlled: Ant, billbug, centipede, chinch bug, cricket, earwig, european crane fly, fire ant, firebrat, fleas, ground beetle, japanese beetle, leafhopper, millipede, mole cricket, scorpion, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, ticks, white grubs
Trade Name: Turcam
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Common name: Bifenthrin
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Granule flowable
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, bermudagrass mite, billbug, boxelder bug, centipede, chinch bug, clover mite, cricket, cutworm, earwig, european crane fly, fall armyworm, fire ant, fleas, formula grass, mite, grasshopper, japanese beetle, leafhopper, millipede, mirid bug, mole cricket, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, spittlebug, ticks
Trade Name:Talstar
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Common name: Carbaryl
Type: Carbamate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Dust, Wettable powder, Liquid, Emulsifiable concentrate, Granule, Flowable, Dry flowable, Water-soluble packet, Bait
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, billbug, boxelder bug, centipede, chiggers, chinch bug cricket, cutworm, darkling ground beetle, earwig, essex skipper, european chafer, european crane fly, fall armyworm, fiery skipper, fire ant, firebrat, fleas, grasshopper, green june beetle, japanese beetle, june beetle, leafhopper, lucerne moth, millipede, mole cricket, mosquito, scorpion, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, springtail, spittlebug, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Carbaryl, Cutworm and Cricket Bait, Grubtox, Insecticide V, Fluid Insecticide, RegalFate, Sevin, Sevin G, "7" Carbaryl Insecticide
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Common name: Chlorpyrifos
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Liquid, Emulsifiable concentrate, Granule, Water-soluble packet, Bait
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, asian roach, bermudagrass mite, billbug, boxelder bug, centipede, chinch bug, chiggers, clover mite, cricket, cutworm, earwig, european crane fly, fall armyworm, fire ant, fleas, fiery skipper, firebrat, gnats, grasshopper, greenbug, japanese beetle, june beetle, leafhopper, lucerne moth, millipede, mole cricket, mosquito, scorpion, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, spittlebug, springtail, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grub, winter grain mite
Trade Name: Chlorpyrifos, Lawn Insect Granules, Mole Cricket Bait, Chlorpyrifos Granules, Cidium, Dichloron 2000, Drexar Lawn Granules, Dursban, Dursban 1% Mole Cricket Bait, Ant and Turf Granules, Drusban 1% Granules, Dursban 1% Granular Bait, Granular Insecticide, Dursban 2 Coated Granules, Dursban Cricket Bait, Dursban Ppro, Insect and Grub Control, Insecticide III, Lawn and Ornamental Insecticide, One-Sect IV, Vos-Ban III
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Common name: Chlopyrifos + DDVP
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Ant, armyworm, chiggers, chinch bug, clover mite, cricket, cutworm, earwig, fleas, grasshopper, sod webworm, sowbug, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Dursban/Vapona 24-6, D-One
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Common name: Chlorpyrifos + pyrethrin
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Ant, armyworm, chiggers, chinch bug, cricket, cutworm, earwig, fleas, grasshopper, sod webworm, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Dichloron L.O., IRC-III, Lo-Ban, L.O. Sect, Non-Scents, No Prisoners L.O.
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Common name: Cyfluthrin
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Emulsifiable concentrate, Water-soluble packet
Insects controlled: Ant, armyworm, billbug, black turfgrass aetenius, chiggers, chinch bug, cricket, cutworm, earwig, fire ant, fleas, grasshopper, japanese beetle, mole cricket, scorpion, sod webworm, ticks, turfgrass weevil
Trade Name: Tempo
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Common name: Cypermethrin
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Emulsifiable concentrate, Water-soluble packet
Insects controlled: Ant, boxelder bug, centipede, cricket, earwig, fire ant, firebrat, fleas, millipede, mosquite, sowbug, spider, ticks
Trade Name: Cynoff
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Common name: Diazinon
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Emulsifiable concentrate, Granular
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, bermudagrass mite, billbug, chiggers, chinch bug, clover mite, cricket, cutworm, dichondra flea beetle, digger wasp, earwig, fire ant, fleas, frit fly, fruit fly, Leafhopper, millipede, mole cricket, mosquito, rhodesgrass scale, scorpion, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, springtail, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Diazinon, Evict, Lawn and Garden insecticide
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Common name: Dicofol
Type: Chlorinated hydrocarbon
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Wettable powder
Insects controlled: Bermudagrass mite, clover mite
Trade Name: Kelthane
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Common name: Ethion
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Chinch bug, sod webworm
Trade Name: Ethion
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Common name: Ethoprop
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Granular
Insects controlled: Billbug, clover mite, mole cricket, nematode, sod webworm, turfgrass weevil, white grub
Trade Name: Mocap
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Common name: Fenamiphos
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Emulsifiable concentrate, Granule
Insects controlled: Nematode
Trade Name: Nemacur
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Common name: Fenoxycarb
Type: Carbamate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Bait
Insects controlled: Ant, fire ant
Trade Name: Award
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Common name: Fipronil
Type: Other
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Granule
Insects controlled: Mole cricket
Trade Name: Chipco Choice
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Common name: Fonofos
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Granule
Insects controlled: Billbug, chinch bug, cutworm, earwig, mole cricket, sod webworm, white grubs
Trade Name: Crusade
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Common name: Halofenozide
Type: Other
Primary action: Ingestion
Formulations: Granule, Flowable
Insects controlled: Armyworm, billbug, cutworm, fall armyworm, sod webworm, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Mach 2
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Common name: Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
Type: Biological
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Wettable powder
Insects controlled: Armyworm, billbug, chinch bug, cutworm, darkling ground beetle, fall armyworm, fleas, sod webworm, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Cruiser
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Common name: Hydramethylnon
Type: Other
Primary action: Ingestion
Formulations: Bait
Insects controlled: Ant, fire ant
Trade Name: Amdro, Siege
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Common name: Imidacloprid
Type: Other
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Granule, Water-soluble packet
Insects controlled: Billbug, cricket, mole cricket, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Merit, Merit 0.5G Insecticide, Merit .3G
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Common name: Isofenphos
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Granular, Glowable
Insects controlled: Armyworm, chinch bug, cutworm, european crane fly, fall armyworm, fire ant, mole cricket, sod webworm, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Insecticide IV, Oftanol
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Common name: Lambda-cyhalothrin
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Flowable, Water-soluble packet
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, asian roach, billbug, boxelder bug, centipede, chiggers, chinch bug, clover mite, cricket, cutworm earwig, fall armyworm, fire ant, fleas, grasshopper, green june beetle, japanese beetle, june beetle, leafhopper, millipede, mole cricket, mosquite, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, ticks, turfgrass weevil
Trade Name: Battle, Scimitar
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Common name: Lindane
Type: Chlorinated hdrocarbon
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, billbug, chiggers, cricket, cutworm, fiery skipper, fleas, grasshopper, japanese beetle, leafhopper, mole cricket, sod webworm, spider, spittlebug, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Lindane
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Common name: Malathion
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Liquid, Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, billbug, boxelder bug, chiggers, cricket, earwig, fleas, fruit fly, grasshopper, greenbug, ground pearls, june beetle, leafhopper, millipede, mirid bug, mosquito
Trade Name: Malathion
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Common name: Myrothecium verrucaria
Type: Biological
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Liquid
Insects controlled: Nematode
Trade Name: DiTera-T
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Common name: Permethrin
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Emulsifiable concentrate
Insects controlled: Ant, aphid, armyworm, asian roach, boxelder bug, centipede, chinch bug, cricket, cutworm, darkling ground beetle, dichondra flea beetle, digger wasp, earwig, fall armyworm, fire ant, firebrat, fleas, frit fly, fruit fly, grasshopper, ground beetle, japanese beetle, june beetle, leafhopper, millipede, mole cricket, scorpion, sod webworm, sowbug, spider, ticks, turfgrass weevil, white grubs
Trade Name: Astro, Dragnet, Flee, Perm-X Permethrin Turf and Ornamental
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Common name: Potassium salts of fatty acids
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Liquid
Insects controlled: Chinch bug, cutworm, fleas, greenbug, mole cricket, sod webworm
Trade Name: M-Pede
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Common name: Pyrethrin
Type: Pyrethroid
Primary action: Contact
Formulations: Liquid
Insects controlled: Ant, armyworm, billbug, chiggers, chinch bug, cricket, cutworm, earwig, fleas, grasshopper, japanese beetle, mole cricket, sod webworm, ticks, turfgrass weevil
Trade Name: Exciter
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Common name: Spinosad
Type: Biological
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Liquid
Insects controlled: Armyworm, cutworm, fleas, sod webworm
Trade Name: Conserve SC
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Common name: Trichlorfon
Type: Organophosphate
Primary action: Contact, Ingestion
Formulations: Wettable powder, Granule
Insects controlled: Cutworm, mole cricket, sod webworm, white gurbs
Trade Name: Dylox, Grub Beater, Brub Control with Dylox, Insecticide VI, Larva-Lur, Proxol, Trichlorfon, White Grub and Sod Webworm Insecticide, White Grub Control