Insect Control

Commercial Applications:

For use in non-food areas indoors and outside premises of hotels, motels, commercial buildings, schools, warehouses, theatres, office buildings, kennels, drains, apartments and condominium buildings, and non-food contact areas of food-feed processing establishments.

• Inside and outside landscaping
• Controls bugs inside garbage bins, garbage dumpsters and in garbage chutes
• Controls bugs in hallways, common areas and inside apartments, office units and public areas

Household Applications:

For house plants and indoor landscape.

Inside - along baseboards, in carpets, mattresses, around cupboards, etc.

Outside - in gardens, on ornamental flowers, lawns, vegetables and fruit trees.

Indoor Applications

Do not use in food/feed areas. Do not use in food/feed handling establishments, restaurants or other areas where food/feed is commercially prepared or processed. Do not use in serving areas while food is exposed or facility is in operation. Serving areas are areas where prepared foods are served such as dining rooms, but excluding areas where foods may be prepared or held. The product may be used in non-food/feed areas of food/feed establishments such as garbage rooms, lavatories, floor drains (to sewer entries and vestibules), offices, locker rooms, machine rooms, boiler rooms, garages, mop closets and storage areas (after canning or bottling), In the home, cover all food handling surfaces, cover or remove all food handling surfaces, cover or remove all food and cooking utensils or wash thoroughly after treatment. Not for use in federally inspected meat and poultry plants. Do not apply to classrooms while in use.

Surface spraying: Provides control of crawling and flying household insect pests for up to 4 weeks.

• To control ants, boxelder bugs, brown dog ticks, cadelles, centipedes, cheese mites, cluster flies, clover mites, cockroaches, crickets, earwigs, fire ants, flying moths, fruit flies, gnats, grasshoppers, house flies, Lone star ticks, mealworms, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, rice weevils, scorpions, silverfish, firebats), sowbugs (pillbugs) spider beetles, spiders and waterbugs.
• Direct the spray into hiding places, cracks and crevices, behind shelves and drawers; moist areas, openings around pipes and sinks, under refrigerators. Spray directly into and around floor drains. For silverfish, spray bookcases. For ants, spray trails, nests and points of entry.
• To control carpet beetles: Hold container 14-18 inches from carpet. Apply spray evenly, covering the entire surface until slightly moist. Avoid wetting or soaking. Spray underside of carpet when possible. Also spray floor and along baseboards, cracks, and crevices wherever these insects are seen or suspected.
• To control bedbugs: Spray mattresses lightly, particularly round tufts and seams. Take beds apart and spray in all joints. Allow all sprayed articles to dry thoroughly before use.
• To control fleas (adult and larvae) and ticks (adult and nymphs): Remove and thoroughly clean or destroy pet bedding. Spray pet sleeping quarters, beds, entire floor and floor covering (e.g., rugs and carpeting) with special attention to cracks and crevices around baseboards, and window and door frames. Infested upholstered furniture may also be treated with this product. Make a test application to upholstery or drapery fabrics in an inconspicuous place before use. Allow to dry thoroughly before allowing pets to contact treated areas.
• To control clothes moths: Remove and brush thoroughly any infested articles from storage and air for several hours in sunlight, if possible. Apply spray liberally to empty chests, closets, bureaus and other storage areas directing the spray into cracks, joints and crevices. After airing, infested articles may be treated lightly by keeping nozzle at least 3 feet from fabric to avoid possible staining. Allow all sprayed articles to dry thoroughly before use.
• To lice and house eggs: Spray in an inconspicuous area to test for possible staining or discoloration. Inspect again after drying, and then proceed to spray entire area to be treated. Spray from a distance of 8 to 10 inches. Treat only those garments and parts of bedding, including mattresses and furniture that cannot be either laundered or dry-cleaned. Allow all treated articles to dry thoroughly before use.
• Grain insects: To control confused flour beetles, saw-toothed grain beetle, spider beetles, grain mites, red flour beetles, angoumois grain moths, grain weevils, Indian meal moths, Mediterranean flour moths, lesser grain borers, cigarette beetles, drug store beetles, chocolate moths and carpet beetles remove infested grain, cereal or flour and destroy. Avoid contamination of other food and foodstuffs in the area by removing before spraying. Spray directly on exposed stages and into cracks and crevices where grain insects may be hiding. In homes, dispose of all infested products. The shelves and drawers should be cleaned and thoroughly sprayed. Any utensils that are contacted with spray should be washed before reusing. Repeat as necessary.

Industrial Warehouse Fogging: For area control of crawling and flying insect pests for up to 4 weeks.

• To control spiders, millipedes, centipedes, sowbugs, pillbugs, ants, firebrats, cigarette beetles, cheese mites, granary weevils, rice weevils, confused flour weevils, rust red flour weevils, mealworms, Indian meal moths, coried grain beetles, tobacco beetles, grain mites and cadelles:
  Close all doors and windows and fog at the rate of ounce per thousand cubic feet, moving toward the exit. Fill room with fog. Direct to all parts of the room especially windows and other light sources which attract these insects. Leave area and keep closed for a period of 2 hours before reentry. Open and ventilate before reoccupying. Fogged area must be cleared of all personal and pets while fogging is taking place. This product is to be used solely for warehouse space used to store non-food/feed materials.

Outdoor Applications

Garden Insects: For use on roses, dahlias, asters and other ornamentals to Japanese beetles as well as whiteflies, aphids, lace, bugs, ants, exposed thrips, spiders, red mites and leafminers. May be used on plants in small gardens as a multi-purpose spray and for spot treatments of incipient infestations to prevent spreading into larger garden areas.

• When spraying plants, do not hold nozzle closer than 18 inches. Use a sweeping motion. Be cautious about wetting under foliage, young plants and new ground. Do not spray plants when temperature exceeds 90 degrees F. Contact insects directly whenever possible. Repeat treatment as infestations occur.

Nuisance Insect Pests: 1 gallon Insect Spray insecticide treats 800 linear feet with a 6-inch band.

• Outside Surfaces of Buildings: To control ants, clover mites, crickets, earwigs, millipedes, sowbugs(pillbugs)
• To help prevent infestations: spray the building foundation to a height of 2-3 feet where insects are active and may find entrance. Apply as a residual spray to porches, screens, window frames, eaves, patios, garages, refuse dumps and other outside building areas where these pests congregate or are seen. Repeat treatment as needed to maintain effectiveness. To aid in reducing annoyance from cluster flies, flying moths, gnats, house flies, and mosquitoes, spray outside surfaces of screens, doors, window frames, or whenever these insects may enter. Treat surfaces around light fixtures on porches, in garages and other places where these insects gather. Repeat as necessary.

Other Outdoor Areas: To kill crickets, earwigs and fleas thoroughly spray infested areas of weeds or brushy non-crop areas. For ants thoroughly wet-hills and runways. Repeat application as reinfestations occur.

Wasps, Hornets, Yellow Jackets: Application should be made in the late evening when insects are at rest. Spray liberally into hiding and breeding places, including nest openings in ground, bushes, under attic rafters and other cracks and crevices, which may harbor pests. Saturate nest openings and contact as many insects as possible. Repeat as necessary.

• Fire Ants: 1 gallon of Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray as a gentle rain to each fire ant mound using a sprinkler can. Thoroughly wet the mound and surrounding area to a 4-foot diameter (1.22m). For best results apply in cool weather, 65-80 degree F (18.5-27 degree C), or in early morning or late evening hours. Treat new mounds as they appear. Do not disturb the mound prior to treatment, If possible, treat all mounds in the vicinity, and treat all colonies, which may not as yet have constructed a mound.

• Ticks (including ticks which may carry lyme disease): Apply as a residual treatment to control Deer tick (Ixodes dammiei), Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanium), Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), American dog tick (Dermacentor variables) and Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacccificus). Apply until surface is wet (approximately 1 gal/750-1000ft. ) Treat around windows and doors, porches, screens, eaves, patios, garages, under stairways and in crawl spaces where these pests may enter. Treat a band of vegetation and leaf litter 6-10 feet wide around the outside of buildings to help control ticks occurring there. To help control ticks in outdoor activity areas, treat a band of vegetation and leaf litter 6-10 feet wide and adjacent to activity areas, especially where dense vegetation occurs.

On Dogs:

For Use Only on Dogs.

• Consult a veterinarian before using this product on debiliated, aged, pregnant, nursing, or medicated animals.
• On Dogs: To control fleas, ticks, and lice: Start spraying at the tail, moving the sprayer rapidly and making sure that the animal's entire body is covered, including the legs and underbody. While spraying fluff the hair so that the spray will penetrate to the skin. Make sure spray wets thoroughly. Do not spray into the eyes or face. Avoid contact with genitalia. Repeat every three weeks.
• As a dip for dogs: Using one part product and three parts water, make up enough material to thoroughly soak animal. Wet animal with warm water before treatment. Sponge, dip, or pour diluted product on the animal until fur and skin are thoroughly wet, making sure that the animal's body is treated, including the legs and underbody. Do not treat animal's face. Do not use on puppies less than 12 weeks old.

On Livestock:

• To protect beef and dairy cattle, goats, sheep, and horses from horn flies, face flies, mosquitoes and gnats: Apply a light mist sufficient to wet the surface of the hair. *For face flies, spray face and head, but do not spray into eyes.
• To control stable flies, horse flies, and deer flies: Apply at a rate of 2 ounces per adult animal, sufficient to wet the hair thoroughly. Repeat treatment daily or at intervals necessary to give control protection.
• To control blood-sucking lice: Apply to infested area of the animal using a stiff brush to get the spray to the base of the hair. Repeat every 3 weeks if required.
• To aid in the control of above listed insects and reduce annoyance to livestock, thoroughly spray barn walls, stalls and surfaces where these pests may alight or congregate.
• To control poultry lice: Spray roosts, walls and nests or cages thoroughly. Follow by spraying over the bird with a fine mist.
• To control bedbugs and mites in poultry houses. Spray crevices of roost poles, cracks in walls and cracks in nests where the bedbugs and mites hide.
• To control flies, mosquitoes and gnats in barns, milk rooms, dairy plants, slaughter and poultry houses. Apply as a fog or fine mist, directing spray toward the ceiling and upper corners of the room until the area is filled with mist, using 1 oz. of Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray brand insecticide in 2 quarts of water to cover 1000 cubic feet of space. For best results, close windows and doors before spraying and keep closed for 10-15 minutes. Vacate the area and ventilate before re-occupying. Repeat application as necessary.

Indoor and Outdoor Plants

• For use on plants intended for aesthetic purposes or climatic modification and being grown in interior plantscapes, ornamental gardens or lawns and grounds.
• Note: Do not use more Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray than recommended, as this may cause some plant injury. Use this dilution unless otherwise specified. Use with care on ferns, palms and fuchsia. As with all plants listed above, especially carnations, chrysanthemums and roses, there exists a wide variety of susceptibility to injury. To ascertain possible phytotoxity, spray a few plants as described above, wait 24 hours, and check for possible injury.
• Contact & Residual Spray: Apply as a thorough coverage spray, wetting leaves and branches to run-off. Use sufficient spray to penetrate dense foliage. Adjust spray volume used to plant size.
• Indoor Application: Mix 8 oz. (1 cup) of Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray 0.25% with 1 gallon of water [ 2 oz. (4 Tbs. ) of Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray with 1 quart of water]. If application is to be made indoors, remove infested plants from living areas prior to application. Spray plants in an area not likely to be occupied by children or pets (particularly fish). When leaves dry, plants can be returned to original location.
• To Protect Plants in Indoor Landscaping: spray directly on insects to kill leafrollers, armyworms, cutworms and cabbageworms on Chrysanthemums; fungus gnats on Velvet plants. Spray as directed above to control aphids, armyworms, corn earworms, fall cankerworms, inchworms, Japanese beetles, leafminers, leafrollers, mealybugs, scale, spider mites, spring cankerworms, exposed thrips and whiteflies on the following: Ageratum, Ardisia, Aster, Azalca, Baby's Breath, Begonia, Birdsnest fern, Bleeding heart, Carnation, Chrysanthemum, Coleus, Crown of Thorns, Cockscomb, Cyclamen, Dracaena, Dumbcane, English ivy, Fuchsia, Gladiolus, Grape ivy, Hypoestes Ivy, Juniper, Lily, Marigold, Orchid, Palm, Pansy, Peperomia, Petunia, Philodendron, Piggy-back plant, Poinsettia, Portulaca, Pothos, Prayer plant, Statice, Velvet plant, Verrbena, Zinnia.
• Outdoor Application: Mix 8 oz. (1 cup) of Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray 0.25% with 1 gallon of water 12 oz. (4 tbs.) of Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray with 1 quart of water]. Spray in the late afternoon or evening when temperature ranges from 50 degrees F to 78 degrees F, and when there is little or no wind. Spray at the first sign of insect pests. On those plants that will flower during the season, the spray schedule should be completed before blossom formation. Repeat as necessary; use intervals of 4 to 8 days. Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray application can be made up to the day of collection. Repeat applications may be necessary to control citrus blackflies on non-bearing citrus; adult Japanese beetles on roses.
• Roses & Flowers: Spray as directed above to control aphids, cicadas, corn earworms, fall cankerworms, fall webworms, inchworms, leafminers, leafrollers, mealybugs, bagworms, spidermites, exposed thrips and white flies on the following; Ageratum, Aster, Azalea, Begonia, Coleus, Common-ninebark, Common-snowberry, Exacum, Gladiolus, Gold bells, Hypoestes, Ivy, Lilac, Marigold, Mock orange, Nannyberry, Orchid, Pansy, Pea shrub, Petunia, Poinsettia, Rhododendron, Rose, Snapdragon, Wax plants, Zinnia.
• Trees & Shrubs: Use sufficient spray to obtain full coverage of all foliage. Avoid heavy wetting. Use to control aphids, bagworms, ciccadas, exposed thrips, fall cankerworms, inchworms, leafminers, leaf rollers, mealybugs, spidermites and whiteflies on the following: Arizona cypress, Birch, Cherry, non-bearing Citrus, Conifers, Elm, Euonymous, English ivy, Fir, Honeysuckle, Oak, Palm, Philodendron, Pine, Taxus, Tulip Poplar and Weeping fig.
• Use to control pine moths, pine needleminers, pine beetles and needle scales on Pine; budworms on Conifers, oakworms on Oak, fallwebworms on Cherry, Elm and Honeysuckle; Citrus black flies on non-bearing citrus; tussock moths Douglas and grand-firs; leafminers on Birch, elm leaf beetle and elm spanworms on Elms. *To kill tent caterpillars: Application should be made when caterpillars are young and tents are first noticed. For best results, apply in late afternoon or evening, when caterpillars have returned to their tents. Apply Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray. Wet tents with spray on all sides. A few caterpillars may be seen escaping from the tent; however they should die within several hours.
• Lawns: For armyworms mix 4 1/2 oz. in 1 gallon of water and use 10 gallons of diluted Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray solution to cover 1,000 sq. ft. *For brown dog ticks, chinch bugs, cutworms, fleas, Japanese beetle grubs, mole crickets and sod webworms mix 1 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Use 10 gallons of diluted Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray solution to cover 1,000 sq. ft. * To control ants (including fire ants), crickets and grasshoppers mix 6.4 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Use 3 gallons of diluted Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray solution to cover 1,000 sq. ft.
• Thoroughly wet down grass a few hours before applying. Lawns should be no taller than 3 inches at time of application. Slightly more water may be used as long as the amount of product per area is as listed above. For heavy infestations, repeat application after 2 weeks. Also for control of cutworms on dichondra and Irish moss. Use as directed above for lawns.

Fruit & Nut Trees

For use on fruit and nut trees grown around the home. Mix 1 pt. (16 fl.) Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray in 1 gallon of water. Apply when insects appear. Spray until foliage is dripping wet.

• Almonds: Naval orangeworm, Peach twig borer. Do not make more than 2 applications during hull split and 5 applications per season. Can be applied up to 7 days prior to harvest.
• Apples: Plum curculio, Redbanded leafroller, Rosy apple aphid, Spotted tentiform leafminer, Tarnished plant bug, White apple leafhopper, Obliquebanded leafroller, Green fruitworm. Repeat as required to maintain control. Do not make more than 3 applications per season. Do not apply after petal fall.
• Peaches: Lesser peachtree borer, Peach twig borer, Plum curculio, Tarnished plant bug, Green fruitworm, Oriental fruit moth. Do not apply within 7 days of harvest. Do not make more than 8 applications per season.
• Pears: (dormant through delayed dormant); Pear psylla. Apply during the dormant through delayed dormant growth period only. Add, if desired, 8 oz. of spray oil to each gallon of finished spray solution. Do not make more than 2 applications per season.
• Pears (summer): Pear psylla, Green fruitworm, Codling moth. Apply when needed. Do not apply more than 3 applications per season. Can be applied up to 14 days prior to harvest.

Vegetables:

For Residential or Home Vegetable Gardens Only.

Prepare Eartheart All Purpose Insect Spray spray mix as directed. Use 0.25 gallons (1 qt.) of finished spray per 100-sq. ft. or 1 liter per 10.7 square meters of surface area

Asparagus (preharvest ): Cutworm, Asparagus beetle Mix 7 oz. in 1 gallon of water.

• Apply for uniform coverage as needed. Do not apply more than 4 applications per crop. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest. (postharvest)
• Larval stages of asparagus beetle, tarnished plant bug, lygus bugs, and adult Japanese beetle. Mix 7 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Treat ferns or bush growth after spear harvest when insects are present.

Celery: vegetable leafminer, cabbage looper, black and granulate cutworm, armyworms, fall, beet, and southern. Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply every 3-5 days or as needed.

• Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest. Do not make more than 10 applications per season.

Cole Crops (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower: beet armyworm, diamond back moth, imported cabbageworm, cabbage-aphid, cabbage looper. Mix 7 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply every 5 days or as needed. Can be applied up to one day prior to harvest. Do not make more than 8 applications on cauliflower, brussels sprouts and broccoli, and 10 applications on cabbage.

Eggplant: colorado potato beetle, vegetable leafminer. Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply for uniform coverage as needed. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest.

Horseradish: Imported crucifer weevil. Spring pre-plant dip- Mix 1 pt. (16 oz) in 1 qt. of water. Soak sets for 30 minutes and air dry before planting. Foliar application- Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply as needed. Do not exceed 3 foliar applications. Can be applied up to 22 days prior to harvest.

Lettuce (Head lettuce only): cabbage looper, alfalfa looper, beet armyworm, corn earworm and tobacco budworm. Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply every 5-10 days as needed. Do not make more than 10 applications per season. Can be applied up to 1 day prior to harvest.

Peppers: vegetable leafminer, cabbage looper, flea beetle, corn earworm, pepper weevil, european corn borer. Mix 1 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply as needed but not more than 8 sprays. Can be applied up to 3 days prior to harvest.

Potatoes: beet armyworm, colorado potato beetle, potato leafhopper, potatoflea beetle, Aster leafhopper,Potato aphid, Potato tuberworm, Cabbage looper, Cutworms, European corn borer, Potato psyllid, Tarnished plant bug. Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply as needed. Do not apply more than 12 applications. Can be applied up to 7 days prior to harvest.

Spinach: Beet armyworm, Corn earworm, cabbage looper, cutworms, European corn borer, Green cloverworm, Leafhoppers. Mix 7 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply for uniform coverage when needed, but not more than 7 applications per season. Can be applied up to 7 days prior to harvest.

Sweet Corn: Corn earworm, European Corn borer, Fall armyworm, Southern armyworm, Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply every 5 days and when needed, but not more than 6 applications per season. Can be applied up to 1-day prior harvest.

Tomatoes (Florida only. Only for application to tomatoes grown in Florida for varieties yielding tomatoes less than one inch thick in diameter.) Beet and Southern armyworm, Tomato pinworm, Tomato fruitworm, Horn worms, Granulate cutworms, Colorado potato beetle, Cabbage looper. Mix 13 oz. in 1 gallon of water. Apply for uniform coverage when needed but not more than 6 applications per season. Can be applied up to date of harvest.

Storage & Disposal

Do not contaminate water, food, or feed by storing or disposal.

• Pesticide Storage & Spill Procedures: Keep from freezing. Store upright at room temperature. Avoid exposure to extreme temperatures. In case of spill or leakage, soak up with an absorbent material such as sand, sawdust, earth, fuller's earth. Dispose of with chemical waste.
• Pesticide Disposal: Pesticide or rinse water that cannot be used according to label instructions must be disposed of at or by an approved waste disposal facility.
• One Gallon & Smaller Container Disposal: Do not reuse empty container. Wrap container and put in trash collection.
• Metal containers larger than one gallon disposal: Triple rinse or equivalent, then offer for recycling or reconditioning, or puncture and dispose of in a sanitary landfill, or by other procedures approved by State and local authorities.
• Plastic containers larger than one gallon disposal: Triple rinse or equivalent, then offer for recycling or reconditioning, or puncture and dispose of in a sanitary landfill or by incineration, or if allowed by State and local authorities, by burning. If burned, stay out of smoke.
• Notice: Buyer assumes all risks of use, storage of handling of this product not in strict accordance with directions given herewith.