For chinch bug control use Imidacloprid .5 G as a preventative application. If adult chinch bugs are present you should immediately follow up with an application of Bifen IT insecticide. This will quickly kill the adult chinch bugs and prevent further damage.
Product Information
What is Imidacloprid .5G?
Imidacloprid 0.5 g is used as a foliar and systemic insecticide to kill those larvae, nymphs and adults of soil-inhabiting pests that are difficult to kill and suppress. Such soil pests include white grubs, chinch bugs, mole crickets, European crane flies, Japanese beetles, Green June Beetle, Northern masked chafer, Southern masked chafer and many more insect pests.
What is the application rate of Quali-Pro Imidacloprid .5G?
Application rates are are 60-80 lbs pre acre or 1.4 to 1.8 lb per 1000 sq ft.
When should I apply Imidaclorprid .5G?
Best control would be an application before or during egg-laying activity of your target pest. Imidacloprid 0.5% has enough residual activity to be able to plan ahead early. Best control would be achieved when applications are followed by sufficient rainfall or irrigation to move the chemical into the soil.
Turfgrass and landscape ornamentals:
home lawns,business and ofice complexes, shopping complexes,multi-family residential complexes, golf courses, airports, cemeteries, parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields.
Not for use on commercial sod farms, commercial greenhouses, or on grass grown for seed.
Yield
Treats between 21,428-16,666 sq feet
Mixture|Application
Apply with granular application equipment like drop-type and rotary-type spreaders. Avoid spreaders that would apply it in a narrow band.
Application
Application rates are are 60-80 lbs pre acre or 1.4 to 1.8 lb per 1000 sq ft.
Best control would be application before or during egg-laying activity of target pest. Imidacloprid 0.5% has enough residual activity to be able to make such timely application. Best control would be achieved when applications are followed by sufficient rainfall or irrigation to move the chemical into the soil.
Retreatment
As needed. Applications can not exceed 80 lbs per acre per year