Product Label / Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Delta Dust Insecticide

Active Ingredient: Deltamethrin - 0.05%

Size: 1 lb.

Yield: 1 lb. of Delta Dust covers about 2,000 sq.ft.

Target Pest: Ants, Boxelder Bugs, Cockroaches, Crickets, Fleas, Firebrats, Silverfish, Termites, Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Centipedes, Ground Bettles, Millipedes, Scorpions, Spiders, Sowbugs, Wasps, Bees, Webbing, Clothes Moths, Carpet Beetles, Bedbugs, Pantry Pest, Plant Pest, Slugs, and Ticks.

Not For Sale To: NY, CT, RI, AK

Delta Dust is not for use on plants being grown for sale or other commercial use, or for commercial seed production, or for research purposes. For use on plants intended for aesthetic purposes or climatic modification and being grown in interior plantscapes, ornamental gardens or parks, or on golf courses or lawns and grounds.

Delta Dust is a ready-to-use insecticide dust which exhibits effective knockdown and residual control against the pests listed when used according to label directions.

Delta Dust can be used for residual pest control in and on buildings and structures and their immediate surroundings. Do not use in aircraft cabins. Permitted areas of use include but are not limited to: aircraft, animal quarters/kennels, apartment buildings, bakeries, breweries, buses, canneries, cafeterias, dairies, food/feed manufacturing, processing and service establishments, greenhouses (non-commercial), grocery stores and supermarkets, hospitals, hotels/motels, houses, industrial buildings and installations, laboratories, mausoleums, meat slaughtering and packing plants, mobile homes and recreational vehicles, nursing homes/day care centers, rail cars, restaurants, schools, sewers and underground tunnels, stores and institutions, supermarkets, telecommunication conduits, theaters, trucks and trailers, utility vaults and conduits, vessels, warehouses, zoos

Delta Dust is intended for applications with hand or power duster (Actisol DPA or similar equipment), with a paint brush or by other suitable means, to hiding and runway areas and other places where insects are found. In living areas, make applications in such a manner as to avoid depositions on exposed surfaces or introducing the material into the air. In the home, all food processing surfaces and utensils should be covered during treatment or thoroughly washed before use. Exposed food should be covered or removed.

To apply Delta Dust insecticide directly into cracks and crevices, use a bulbous duster or other suitable equipment. Apply lightly and uniformly to infested area. Pay particular attention to cracks and crevices; service ducts; false floors and ceilings; wall voids; around electrical and telephone fittings and equipment; around water and sewer pipes; under and behind cabinets, refrigerators and sinks; around windows and door frames; along baseboards; in attics and crawl spaces. The amount to be applied will vary with the site but should usually be in the range of 2-3 grams of Delta Dust per square yard (or 0.5 lbs per 1000 square feet).

INDOOR USE

FOOD/FEED HANDLING ESTABLISHMENT APPLICATIONS

Delta Dust applications are permitted in both food/feed and non-food areas of food/feed handling establishments as a general surface, spot, or crack and crevice treatment. Food/feed handling establishments are defined as places other than private residences in which exposed food/feed is held, processed, prepared or served. Included also are areas for receiving, storing, packing (canning, bottling, wrapping, boxing), preparing, edible waste storage and enclosed processing systems (mills, dairies, edible oils, syrups) of food. Serving areas where food is exposed and the facility is in operation are also considered food areas.

Non-Food/Non-Feed Areas: Examples of non-food/non-feed areas include garbage rooms, lavatories, floor drains (to sewers), entries and vestibules, offices, locker rooms, machine rooms, boiler rooms, mop closets and storage (after packaging, canning or bottling).

General Surface Application: Do not apply as a general surface application in the food/feed handling areas of the facility, when the facility is in operation or foods are exposed. Do not apply directly to food products. Cover or remove all food processing and/or handling equipment during application. After application in food processing plants, bakeries, cafeterias and similar facilities, wash all equipment, benches, shelving and other surfaces which food will contact. Clean food handling or processing equipment and thoroughly rinse with clean, fresh water.

Spot, Crack and Crevice Application: Spot and/or Crevice applications may be made while the facility is in operation provided exposed food is covered or removed from area being treated prior to application. Do not apply directly to food or food handling surfaces.

Delta Dust may also be applied as a void treatment using suitable equipment, as mentioned above, including Actisol DPA equipment. Be sure to thoroughly treat service ducts, false floors and ceilings, wall voids, attics and crawl spaces. The amount of Delta Dust to be applied will vary with the site but should usually be in the range of 2-3 grams per square yard (or 0.5 lbs per 1000 square feet). Delta Dust applications should be made in a manner to avoid deposits in exposed surfaces introducing the material in the air.

ANTS, BOXELDER BUGS, COCKROACHES (INCLUDING BOTH RESISTANT AND NON-RESISTANT STRAINS), CRICKETS, FLEAS, FIREBRATS AND SILVERFISH: Apply Delta Dust thoroughly to all areas where these pests crawl and hide, especially in those areas described above. For ants, apply to ant trails, around doors and windows and other places where ants enter premises.

TERMITES, CARPENTER ANTS AND CARPENTER BEES: Apply Delta Dust to voids or channels in damaged wooden members of a structure; to cracks, spaces or bearing joints between wooden members of a structure; or between such members and the foundation; and in locations vulnerable to termite attack. Drilling may be necessary prior to applying Delta Dust in these locations, but it must be recognized that such drilling and treating of timber in a particular location may not result in complete coverage of infested and vulnerable voids or galleries. Drilling directly overhead with subsequent application of Delta Dust should be avoided. Delta Dust can be applied in attics and crawl spaces to prevent entry of drywood and formosan termites at a rate of 0.5 lb per 1000 square feet of floor area. In these treatments, all vents and blowers should be closed. Inspect at 6 months and one year to insure that colony has been killed. Retreat if necessary. For subterranean termites the purpose of such applications of Delta Dust is to kill workers or winged forms which may be present in the treated channels at the time of treatment. Such applications are not a substitute for mechanical alteration, soil treatment or foundation treatment but merely a supplement. For active termite infestations get a professional termite inspection. Such applications are not a substitute for mechanical alteration, soil treatment or foundation treatment but merely a supplement. This supplemental treatment can be particularly supportive of new construction.

CENTIPEDES, GROUND BEETLES, MILLIPEDES, SCORPIONS, SPIDERS AND SOWBUGS: Apply Delta Dust along and behind baseboards, to window and door frames, corners, pipes, storage locations, attics, crawl spaces, and other areas which these pests may enter or crawl.

WASPS AND BEES: It is generally advisable to treat wasp and bee nests in the evening when insects are less active and have returned to the nest. Wear protective clothing if deemed necessary to avoid stings. Using hand or power duster (Actisol or similar equipment) or other suitable means, with extension tubes if necessary, thoroughly dust nest, entrance and surrounding areas where insects alight. Nests in wall voids can be located by listening with your ear against the wall. Drill a hole in the area, blow dust in and reseal. For ground wasps, dust entrance and surrounding areas. For best results check nests carefully one or two days after treatment to ensure complete kill, then remove and destroy nest to prevent emergence of newly-hatched insects. If removal is not feasible, retreat the nest, if necessary. Do not use this product to treat overhead nests.

WEBBING CLOTHES MOTHS: Use Delta Dust as a crack and crevice treatment in closets and other storage areas where these pests are found. This is an adjunct treatment and will not control moth larvae already on the clothes. DO NOT apply this product directly to clothing.

CARPET BEETLES (BLACK, FURNITURE, COMMON AND VARIED): Delta Dust where these insects are found, for example: on and under edges of floor coverings, around baseboards, under rugs and furniture, and in closets. In residential areas do not apply as a broadcast application to floors or floor coverings.

BEDBUGS: Apply DeltaDust thoroughly to all areas where these pests are typically found including: folds and tufts of mattresses, coils of springs, cracks and hollow posts of bedframes, upholstery of chairs and sofas, picture frame moldings and all cracks and crevices in the room should be treated. Allow powder to remain in contact with folds and tufts of mattresses, chair and sofa upholstery for 4-6 hours, then thoroughly vacuum these treated areas, dispose of vacuum bag and place clean linens on bed. Also vacuum treated areas that will come into direct contact with humans and pets.

SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTALS: Apply when insects or their damage first appear and repeat at weekly intervals or as necessary. Apply 8 ounces per 1000 square feet; or thoroughly apply to place a thin layer of dust on both upper and lower sides of leaves, stems and flowers.

ROSES, PETUNIAS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, GERANIUMS, CARNATIONS AND OTHER RELATED FLOWERS: To control many leaf and flower chewing insects, apply as soon as the insect appears and repeat at 7 day intervals or as long as insects continue to appear. Apply a thin layer of dust on both upper and lower sides of leaves, stems and flowers.

OUTDOOR USE

PERIMETER TREATMENT: Use DeltaDust as a residual treatment for control of ants, bees, centipedes, cockroaches, crickets, firebrats, fleas, ground beetles, millipedes, scorpions, silverfish, slugs, sowbugs, spiders, ticks and wasps. Make a residual treatment around windows and doors, porches, screens, eaves, patios, garages, under stairways, in crawl spaces and other areas where pests hide. To help prevent the invasion of buildings and structures by these pests, apply thoroughly and uniformly to the foundation and crawl spaces where pests are active and may find entrance.

SEWER TREATMENT: Cockroach infestations in sanitary sewers may be treated with DeltaDust to;provide quick knockdown and short-term population suppression. When treating sewers, one manhole per 200 linear feet should be treated. Treatments are made by removing the manhole cover and replacing with a disc of plywood bored to receive the typical flexible hose from portable or truckmounted ventilating equipment. Apply 1-2 ounces of dust into the ventilating air to be dispersed quickly and thoroughly through the system.

TELECOMMUNICATION TREATMENT: Apply DeltaDust into telecommunication conduits, cracks and crevices, junction boxes, etc. using suitable application equipment (such as Actisol DPA Duster, or other types of application equipment capable of applying the proper amount). The amount of DeltaDust to be applied will vary, but should usually be approximately 1 gram of dust per cubic foot of conduit. [To calculate cubic feet, use the following equation: (P x radius2 of the conduit x length of the conduit. NOTE: radius one-half the diameter. Example: 500 linear feet of a 4 (12 = 1 foot; therefore, 0.33 ft) conduit = 3.14 x (0.17 ft x 0.17 ft) x 500 ft = 45.39 cubic feet].

DeltaDust can be used in areas showing signs of active termite infestations, such as underground telecommunication cable conduits, electrical cable conduits, junction boxes and manholes. Apply dust through suitable application equipment (such as the Actisol DPA Duster, that is capable of delivering particles suspended in a low pressure air system). Applications should be made from both ends of a run of open conduit in cases where breakdown in the conduit is suspected. DeltaDust can also be applied directly to the interior of the conduits after cables have been installed. Apply at the rate of 1 gram of dust per cubic foot of conduit using equipment (i.e., Actisol DPA Duster) that is capable of delivering particles suspended in a low pressure air system.

FIRE ANTS: Apply dust with a shaker can. Thoroughly apply to adequately cover mound and around the perimeter (18 from the outer edge of the mound). A second treatment may be necessary if complete control is not obtained. DO NOT DISTURB THE MOUND PRIOR TO APPLICATION. If possible, treat all colonies in the vicinity. Also, treat colonies which have not yet constructed a mound.

FLEAS AND TICKS IN RODENT BURROWS: To control fleas and ticks in and around rodent burrows around homes and other buildings, apply DeltaDust with a shaker can. For prairie dogs thoroughly treat quarantine areas and holding areas as well as burrows in open fields. Thoroughly apply dust to adequately cover mound and around the perimeter (18 from the outer edge). Be sure to treat abandoned rodent burrows which are suspected of containing fleas and ticks. Treat for a minimum of 5 days for light rodent populations, 10 days when populations are dense. Apply as needed for control.

Please refer to the product label above for more information.