Ortho® BugClear™ Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate
Overview & Benefits
Kill outdoor insects with Ortho® BugClear™ Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate. Kills ants, ticks, armyworms, mosquitoes, fleas, spiders, hornets, scorpions, and other listed insects. For best results, apply with an Ortho® Dial N' Spray or tank sprayer when bugs first appear. Non-staining and odor free, Ortho® BugClear™ Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate starts killing within minutes and provides long-lasting control in your yard.
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How to Use Ortho® BugClear™ Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate
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Overview
- Kill 235 bugs, including ants, armyworms, ticks, mosquitoes, armyworms, fleas & spiders, with Ortho® BugClear™ Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate
- Starts killing within minutes and provides long-lasting control
- Use on lawns, around a home's perimeter, and on ornamentals, flowers, trees, shrubs, vegetables & fruit trees
- Application is easy with an Ortho® Dial N' Spray or tank sprayer
- Each bottle makes up to 42 gallons of insect spray
How to use
It's easy to apply this concentrate using either an Ortho® Dial 'N Spray® sprayer or a Tank Sprayer.
For a Dial 'N Spray® sprayer, set by turing dial to 1.5 oz. Then fill the sprayer by pouring product into sprayer jar and turning sprayer nozzle to preferred spray. Do NOT add water. To spray, connect hose to sprayer, then turn on water. Then press and hold trigger for continuous spray. Apply evenly. Spray only until leaves are wet. To finish, pour unused concentrate back into its original container. Finally, clean the sprayer, referring to instructions.
To use a Tank Sprayer, add water and product to sprayer according to Mixing Instructions on the label, which correspond to application type. To determine the amount of product to add to each type of sprayer for application on roses, ornamentals, vegetable gardens, melons, fruit trees, lawns, and house foundations, see "Mixing Instructions" section of the label. Full details for application by plant type are available on the plant label.
Where to use
This product has been carefully formulated for residential outdoor use only on lawns, ornamentals, listed vegetables and fruit trees, shrubs, trees, around the home perimeter, porches, patios, and on stored lumber.
Where not to use
In an effort to prevent runoff into sewers, storm drains, and curbside gutters, it should not be used to treat hard surfaces (e.g., driveways, sidewalks) unless the surface is protected from rainfall and spray from sprinklers.
When to apply
Apply to a freshly mowed lawn as soon as insects appear. To prevent runoff, avoid making applications during rain.
How often to apply
Ortho® BugClear™ Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes provides six-month control against a wide range of insects, but if a second treatment is needed, wait 4 to 6 weeks between applications.
Bugs
Adelgids (Eastern Sprucegall), Ants (Argentine, Carpenter, Harvester, Imported Fire, Lasius, Odorous House, Pavement, Pharaoh/Sugar, Pyramid), Aphids (Apple, Black Cherry, Black Pecan, Buckhorn, Greenbug, Pea, Root, Rose, Rosy Apple, Walnut, Yellow Pecan), Bees, Beetles, Bean Leaf, Billbugs (Bluegrass), Cucumber (Banded, Spotted & Striped), Black Turfgrass Ataenius, Blister, BrownLeaf Notcher, Carpet, Colorado Potato, CornRootworm Larvae (Mexican, Northern, Southern, & Western), Curculio (Cow Pea & Plum), Elm Leaf, Flea (Black, Dichondra,& Sweetpotato), Ground, Japanese Adult, Ladybeetles, Mexican Bean, Pine Chafer, Pine Shoot, Red Flour, Rose Chafer, Sap, Southern Corn Leaf, Weevils (Annual Bluegrass, Black Vine, Blue Green Citrus Root, Carrot, Cranberry, Diaprepes Root, Little Leaf Notcher, Northern Pine, Orchard,Orchid, Pea Leaf, Pecan, Pepper, Pine Shoot, & Sweet Potato), Whitefringed, Borers (American Plum, Common Stalk, European Corn, Hop Vine, Lesser Peachtree, Peach Twig, Peachtree, Southern Corn, Southwestern Corn, Squash Vine, Stalk), Boxelder Bug Caterpillars (Alfalfa, Alfalfa Looper,Armyworm, Beet, Fall, Southern, True, & Yellowstriped), Bagworms, Blueberry Spanworm, Budworm, Casebearers (Pecan Leaf & Pecan Nut), Celery Leaftier, Corn Earworm (same as Tomato Fruitworm), Cross-Striped, Cabbageworm, Cutworms (Black & Western Bean), Filbertworm, Fruitworms (Cranberry, Green, & Tomato), Green Cloverworm, Hickory Shuckworm, Imported Cabbageworm, Loopers (Cabbage & Celery), Melonworm, Navel Orangeworm, Orange Tortrix, Painted Lady, Pickleworm, Rindworm, Saltmarsh, Tent, Hornworms (Tobacco & Tomato), Tomato Pinworm, Webworms (Fall, Mimosa, Oak, & Sod), Velvetbean, Centipedes, Chinch Bugs, False, Hairy, Southern Cockroaches, American, Asian, Brown Banded, German, Smoky Brown, Crickets, Earwigs, Fleas (Cat, Dog), Fleahoppers, Flies (Apple Maggot, Biting Flies, Cherry Fruit, Cornsilk, European Crane, House, Walnut Husk), Fungus Gnats, Grasshoppers, Hornets, Lace Bugs, Leaooted Bugs, Squash Bug, Leafhoppers (Aster/California, Corn,Eastern Grape, Glassy Winged Sharpshooter, Potato, Southern Garden, Western Grape), Leafminers (Alder, Boxwood, Holly, Oak, Spruce Needle, Tentiform, Vegetable), Leafrollers (Oblique Banded,Red-Banded, Variegated), Mealybugs, Midges, Millipedes, Mites (Banks Grass, Broad, Carmine, Chigger, Clover, European, Grain, Pacic Spider, Pecan Leaf Scorch, Pecan Scorch, Red Spider, Spider, Spruce, Two-Spotted Spider), Mole Crickets, Mosquitos (Malaria, Northern House, Yellowfever, *including those that maytransmit the Chikungunya virus, yellowfever, dengue fever, encephalitis, West Nile Virus and Zika Virus), Moths (Artichoke Plume, Codling, Diamondback, Gypsy, Lucerne, Oriental Fruit, Zimmerman Pine), Periodical Cicadas, Pillbugs & Rollie Pollies, Plant Bugs (Tarnished, Lygus Bugs), Phylloxera (Pecan Leaf, Pecan), Psyllids, Sawies (European Pine, Redheaded Pine, Rose Slug), Scales (Brown Soft, California Red, Euonymus, Pine Needle, San Jose), Scorpions, Sowbugs, Spiders (Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Daddy Long Legs, Hobo, Pirate, Wolf), Spittlebugs (Meadow, Pecan), Stink Bugs (Brown Marmorated, Kudzu), Springtails, Termites, Thrips, Ticks (American Dog, Brown Dog, Deer *including ticks that may transmit Lyme disease), Treehoppers (Three cornered Alfalfa Hopper), Wasps, Whiteflies, Wireworms (Corn, Southern Potato), Yellowjackets
Our Environment
Follow all instructions while applying to prevent runoff into nearby drains or the disturbance of neighboring species.
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Coverage area
One 32 oz. bottle makes up to 42 gallons of insect spray, which can treat 5,300 sq. ft.
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Cautions
Wear a long-sleeved shirt, pants, socks, shoes, and gloves during application. Avoid contact with eyes or clothing and wash thoroughly with soap and water after handling and before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco, or using the toilet.
Disposal Methods
The empty container is not intended for refill and should be thrown out or recycled if available. If the container is not empty, call your local solid waste agency for disposal instructions. Under no circumstances should the unused product be disposed of in a toilet or sewer.
Kids & Pets
People (including small children) and pets may enter treated areas once the spray has completely dried.
Mowing Tips
For the best results, product should be applied to a lawn that was mowed and watered within the last 24 hours. Following the application process, mowing may be safely resumed after 2-3 days.
Product Label
This is not the product label. Always read and follow the product label before use.
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Special Instructions
Before application, shake the bottle well to ensure equal distribution of the potent formula. Use the easy-measure cap when filling the sprayer jar for enhanced accuracy and efficiency.
Using with Other Products
Wait at least 7 days following application of this product before applying a second product, such as plant food or soil. Hard-to-control insects may require 2 to 3 applications, so make sure you leave enough time in between for maximum results.
Watering Tips
For mole cricket control only, water the lawn thoroughly immediately after application while taking care to avoid any runoff.
What to Expect
While some insects take slightly longer to eliminate, the formula gets to work killing carpenter ants, harvester ants, and oriental and german cockroaches within minutes! Mosquitoes coming to rest on treated areas will be killed for varying periods after application, depending on the exposure of treated areas to weather conditions.
Mixing Instructions
Application is a breeze when you follow these simple mixing guidelines.
For roses, ornamentals, vegetable gardens, melons, and fruit trees, mix 3 tablespoons of product per gallon of water and spray until plants are thoroughly covered.
For all lawns, mix 1.5 to 5 tablespoons of product per gallon of water sprayed to cover 125 sq. ft.
Finally, for use around house foundations, mix 3 tablespoons of product per gallon of water sprayed to cover 65 sq. ft.
Active Ingredients
Bifenthrin1: 0.300%
Zeta-Cypermethrin2: 0.075%
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