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Karen,

Absolutely not. All of our products have been approved for use in the home by the EPA and the only way they can get this labeling is if they can prove such use will not pose a hazard to people, pets or the environment.

Just follow the safety guidelines we have posted, mostly keeping them out of the areas you treat and allowing the treatment to dry, and after that you can go back to regular day to day activity.

Pet Safe: bugspray.com/about#are-our-products-pet-safe

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Paul,

If you review our Lovebug article, you will see how to mix and apply it. Basically when first sprayed, it will kill and repel lovebugs from the area. Eventually the repellency wears off but the second active remains working in a stealthy mode so any more that come around will die too.

More information on our products for this pest can be found on our site where you can also order. Alternatively you can call to place an order at 800-877-7290, extension 1:

bugspray.com/article/lovebugs.html#best-lovebug-yard-spray

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Generally speaking, you don’t want to spray your blankets or sheets. These should be removed and washed. But Bithor is labeled for use on mattresses, bed frames and carpeting so all the remaining areas of the bed and floor in the room can be sprayed. Commonly used for bed bugs, its safe enough for use in these sensitive areas.

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Daniel,

It should work great. I’d saturate the area for 15-30 seconds in the morning and then again that evening and repeat the next day. Two days, 4 treatments should do it.

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Evan,

Start with the Bithor inside. Treat all baseboards, around doors and other routes of entry. Let it sit two days and then use the Cypermethrin outside around windows, doors, soffits and other routes of entry to repel and keep perimeter pests from invading.

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If you review our noseeum article, you will find the section for treating inside a structure must be done using a “space spray”, not a liquid. So the Bithor above will only be best for use out in the yard with one of our fogging machines. For inside, go with one of our aerosol options seen here:

Flying Insects Inside: bugspray.com/article/sandflies.html#noseeum-treatment-for-inside-a-structure

Courtney,

Bithor would be a great option for any pest out in that environment. Odorless, fast working and able to control anything that flies or crawls, you could simply spray it using any standard pump sprayer or you could opt to fog it for larger areas, say 1/4-1/2 acre which is smart if you have flying pests like mosquitoes, noseeums, thrips, etc.

Eliminator Pump Sprayer: www.bugspraycart.com/equipment/sprayers/eliminator-gallon-sprayer

Bugspray Fogger: www.bugspraycart.com/equipment/foggers/bugspray-mist-fogger.html

Lamarr,

You have a few options.

First, if enough of them are focused around the light, you could opt to saturate that area every night right at dark. As they come there and touch the product, it will take its toll on the nest (assuming the ones from the roof are going there) and eventually kill them all.

Second option is to spray the area on the roof. This would be more direct and no doubt work no matter where they’re foraging and the preferred way to proceed.

To reach it, once again, you have at least two options.

First is to test your garden hose. If you have enough pressure to spray it that high, then using one of our hose end sprayers will allow you to directly treat it.

Second option is to consider our Trombone sprayer which can reach 35+ feet up.

6 Gallon Hose End Sprayer: www.bugspraycart.com/equipment/sprayers/gilmour-6g-385

Trombone: www.bugspraycart.com/equipment/sprayers/trombone-sprayer

Larry,

Lovebugs are active both spring and fall. In the fall following their mass gathering, eggs will hatch and attempt to move into their dormant pupae stage till next spring. Now would be a great time to intercept this development which takes a few months to attain. Eggs and pupae cannot be killed but the larvae stage are vulnerable and smart to eradicate now. This in turn will make the spring population less dense and easier to maintain/reduce even more.

Bottom line is that treating when they active and for a couple of months following their peak activity is the best “time” to spray. So late summer and fall and then again in the spring. Early summer through most all summer not nearly as important.

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Ayda,

Bithor is a great product for randomly appearing pests like drugstore beetles. Ideally, finding their source and eliminating this will help. But in most all cases, there will already be eggs and larvae developing somewhere in the home because foraging adults do nothing but mate and lay eggs. These locations can be difficult to identify, even for the seasoned professional. To guard against ongoing issues, a thorough treatment of the home with Bithor will really help. More on this can be seen here:

Drugstore Beetles: www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page1017.html

At this point if you’re seeing them “all around the house”, then sure, get the Bithor applied to baseboards, under appliances, on carpeting and mattes where you see them. Its labeled for this use, odorless and will handle this pest easily.

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Michael,

Bithor is labeled for use in the home on carpeting, baseboards, etc. as well as for use outside. When I treat my inside plants, I take them outside to a shady area (the sun kills all chemicals) and spray them down, let them dry for 10-15 minutes and bring them back inside. Bithor has no odor, won’t hurt the plants and is well suited this need actually.

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Bithor will work on most any pest. In this case, it even says gypsy moths on the label so for sure, its a good option for use in the yard, on trees, shrubs, etc.

Miley,

Great question! And we’re glad you asked. Why? Because in general, people have such misconceptions about how pesticides work and when it comes to the time needed to actually kill an insect that travels over a treatment? The answer to this question is usually a real eye opener. So here is what you can expect about “most” insecticides and how fast they will “kill” a target insect after the insect travels over a treated area.

So when doing your initial application, if you spray an insect directly with Bithor (or most any product we sell), the saturated insect will die within 5-10 minutes, maybe longer if the insect is something “tough” like a cricket, roach or bedbug.

But once the treatment dries? Things really change. You see, water is the carrier of insecticides and once the water is gone/evaporated and only chemical is left, well, it doesn’t do a great job of penetrating the target pest so the process for it be absorbed can take days.

For some insecticides – specifically repellent products like Maxxthor – insects will usually avoid where its been sprayed since they will detect its presence and try not to walk over it. This is why using the Maxxthor outside on the homes exterior is a great option for keeping insects out.

But there is a rare new “breed” of actives that are non-repelling like one of the actives in Bithor. These new actives are very “stealthy” and as such, do not repel insects since they’re not detectable. So as insects move over the treatment, they will in turn pick up a lethal dose and eventually die. But this will take days.

The good news is this is very much intentional. By taking awhile to do its job, the active can be “shared” to others and in turn, affect many more than just the one that moved over it. So even though the water is long gone (the part of the spray we call the “messenger” because water “delivers” the active), Bithor will then use the actual insect as the messenger! It does this by clinging to the insects exoskeleton and then when the affected insect returns home to its nest, the active is “smeared” into areas where other insects are likely to be hiding. This means your treatment can effectively kill many more insects and not just the ones that move over it.

Bithor is even more special in that it combines two actives. The “first” active is what allows Bithor to kill quickly making it more like a traditional insecticide so that when you spray it, anything you hit will be dead in a short while. That active tends to break down and dissipate within a few days but then that’s when the longer lasting “stealthy” active takes over and since its not detectable, this second active can have a huge impact on local pests by working its way into their nests.

So, in summary, what you saw is pretty much what you should expect. And moving forward, its important to not interfere with the insects you see walking over the treatment. Let them pick up some of the active and for sure, let them bring it back to their nests. This will allow the Bithor to do its job and ultimately end your insect problem.

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Qeelin,

In general with all of our products, you should mix up only what you intend on spraying that day. The whole design of our concentrates is that they are at full strength for 1-2 days when mixed and very “pure”. But since they are void of stabilizers and other nasty components that can contaminate things, the mixture will not be stable and start to break down and get weak after 3-4 days. For this reason its best to use up what you mix and if you have any left over, use it up outside by spraying around windows, doors, on the foundation, etc.

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