Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer
Overview & Benefits
Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer is a ready-to-use solution for families that want to rid their yard of insects and get back to enjoying their outdoor spaces. Ortho BugClear Misting Insect Killer can be used on flowers, vegetable gardens, patios, decks, and other outdoor surfaces where insects are a problem. It kills over 150 insects, including mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, aphids, spiders, and cockroaches. It also protects for up to 3 months against fleas, American dog ticks, spiders (excluding black widows), cockroaches, ants, house flies, and scorpions. Apply this fast-acting, odor free formula with a non-heated mister or fogger. Apply before spending time in your outdoor space or whenever insects are present so that you can get back to enjoying your outdoor spaces faster.
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How to Use Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer
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Overview
- Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer is designed to kill over 150 bugs in your yard, including mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, aphids, spiders, and cockroaches
- Spray this ready-to-use insect killer and repellent with battery, pump, or non-heated sprayers, such as the Ortho® AllClear™ Power Mister
- Fast-acting, odor free formula
- Designed for use outside on flowers, patios, decks, vegetable gardens, and other outdoor surfaces where insects are a problem
- Apply anytime as a preventative treatment or after you see evidence of insect activity
How to use
Pour the ready-to-use Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer formula into a battery, pump, or non-heated sprayer. Do not use with heated electric or propane foggers.
Shake well before using.
Hold the battery, pump, or non-heated sprayer upright and aim the nozzle away from your face and other people.
Apply Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer directly to the listed pests. Also spray surfaces of buildings, porches, patios, garages, and other areas where bugs have been seen or are found. Spray until slightly wet without soaking.
When applying to garden or landscape pests, spray about 12 inches from the plant. Thoroughly cover all the plant surfaces until slightly wet, but not to the point of run off.
Where to use
Use outdoors on roses, flowers, shrubs, trees and other ornamentals, vegetables, fruit trees, patios, decks, and wherever insects are a recurring problem.
Where not to use
Do not apply when bees are visiting the treated area.
Do not spray in or near fishponds or other bodies of water.
Do not use indoors.
When to apply
Great to use before backyard parties, gardening, and games.
Use as a preventative treatment or at the first sign of insect activity.
Apply when the air is calm.
Do not make applications in the rain.
How often to apply
Repeat application as needed, at least once per season (3 months).
Bugs
Adelgids (Eastern Sprucegall), Ants (Argentine, Carpenter, Red/Western, Harvester, Pavement, Pharaoh/Sugar, Pyramid), Aphids (Apple, Black Cherry, Buckhorn, Greenbug, Pea, Rose, Rosy Apple, Walnut), Bees, Beetles (Billbugs, Cucumber (Spotted & Striped), Black Turfgrass Ataenius, Carpet, Colorado Potato, Corn Rootworm (Adults), Curculio (Cow Pea & Plum), Elm Leaf, Flea, Japanese (Adults), Ladybeetles, Mexican Bean, Pine Chafer (grubs), Pine Shoot, Sap, Weevils (Annual Bluegrass & Black Vine)), Borers (American Plum, European Corn, Lesser Peachtree, Peach Twig, Peachtree, Squash Vine, Stalk), Boxelder Bug, Caterpillars (Alfalfa, Armyworm (Beet, Fall, Southern, True, Yellowstriped), Bagworms, Blueberry Spanworm, Budworm, Corn Earworm, Cutworms, Filbertworm, Green Fruitworm, Green Cloverworm, Hickory Shuckworm, Imported Cabbageworm, Loopers (Alfalfa Cabbage & Celery), Navel Orangeworm, Painted Lady, Pickleworm, Rindworm, Saltmarsh, Tent, Hornworms (Tobacco & Tomato), Sod Webworms, Velvetbean), Centipedes, Chinch Bugs (Hairy, Southern), Cockroaches (American, Asian, German), Crickets, Earwigs, Fleas (Cat, Dog), Flies (Apple Maggot, Biting Flies, Cherry Fruit, Cornsilk, European Crane, House), Fungus Gnats, Grasshoppers, Hornets, Lace Bugs, Leaffooted Bugs (Squash Bug), Leafhoppers, Leafminers (Alder, Tentiform, Vegetable), Leafrollers (Oblique Banded, Red-Banded, Variegated), Mealybugs, Midges, Millipedes, Mites (Broad, Carmine, Chigger, Clover, European Red, Pecan Scorch, Spruce, Two-Spotted Spider), Mole Crickets, Mosquitoes, Moths (Artichoke Plume, Codling, Diamondback, Gypsy), Periodical Cicadas, Pillbugs & Rollie Pollies, Plant Bugs (Tarnished, Lygus Bugs), Phylloxera (Pecan Leaf, Pecan Stem), Psyllids, Sawflies (European Pine, Redheaded Pine), Scales (Brown Soft, California Red, Euonymus, San Jose), Scorpions, Sowbugs, Spiders (Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Hobo, Wolf), Spittlebugs (Pecan), Stink Bugs (Brown Marmorated, Kudzu), Springtails, Termites, Thrips, Ticks, Wasps, Whiteflies, Yellowjackets
Our Environment
Applying this product in calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours will help to ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash the pesticide off of the treatment area.
Guarantee
Scotts No-Quibble Money Back Guarantee®
If for any reason you, the consumer, are not satisfied after using this product, you are entitled to get your money back. Simply send us evidence of purchase and we will mail you a refund check promptly. To contact us, visit our Help Center.
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Cautions
Do not apply in or on electrical equipment due to the possibility of a shock hazard.
Do not allow this product to contact water supplies.
Do not apply this product in a way that will contact any person or pet either directly or through drift.
Harmful if swallowed. Causes moderate eye irritation. Avoid contact with eyes or clothing. Wear long-sleeved shirt and long pants, socks, shoes, and gloves. Wash thoroughly with soap and water after handling and before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco, or using the toilet.
Disposal Methods
Nonrefillable container. Do not reuse or refill this container.
If empty: Place in trash or offer for recycling if available.
If partly filled: Call your local solid waste agency for disposal instructions. Never place unused product down any indoor or outdoor drain.
Kids & Pets
People and pets may re-enter the treated area after the spray has dried.
Packaging
Bottle
Special Instructions
Cover or remove exposed food and drinks before application.
If product freezes, return to room temperature to thaw and then use according to directions.
Using with Other Products
Use the Ortho® BugClear™ Misting Insect Killer with the Ortho® AllClear™ Power Mister to kill and prevent common outdoor pests in your yard.
Watering Tips
Do not water the treated area to the point of run-off.
What to Expect
Protects your yard for three months from ants, fleas, cockroaches, spiders (excluding black widows), house flies, scorpions, and american dog ticks.
Kills over 150 bugs including mosquitoes that may transmit the Zika virus.
Fast-acting insect control.
Odor-free.
Active Ingredients
Bifenthrin: 0.0500%
Zeta-Cypermethrin: 0.0125%