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Athea Laboratories QUICK STRIKE INSECTICIDE

Athea Laboratories QUICK STRIKE INSECTICIDE is a water-based, ready-to-use contact insecticide that is capable of controlling tough insect problems. It features the ingredient Pyrethrin and can be used in food processing areas.

Functions: Insecticide

Insecticide Target Species: Ants, Boxelder Bugs, Cigarette Beetles, Crickets, Fungus Gnats, Japanese Beeltes, Lace Bugs, Leafhoppers, Mites, Moths, Sawtooth Grain Beetles, Thrips, Whiteflies

Application Technique: Sprayers

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Identification & Functionality

Agrochemical Functions
Technologies
Active Ingredients
Active Ingredients Amount Active
Pyrethrins 0.10%
Piperonyl Butoxide 1.00%
Inert Inredients 98.90%

Features & Benefits

Features and Benefits
  • Water-based insecticide leaves no oily residues.
  • Safe around humans and pets, as well as in food-handling areas.

Applications & Uses

Application Technique
Ready-to-Use Contact Insecticide

This ready-to-use, water-based liquid insecticide offers instant contact control of crawling and flying insects. It’s effective against a wide variety of annoying insects and can be used both indoors and outdoors. Plus, it’s safe enough to use around humans and can even be used directly on livestock, horses, poultry and domestic animals.

Use indoors and outdoors:

  • Restaurants
  • Cracks and crevices
  • Windows
  • On livestock/dogs/cats
  • Dairies
  • Beneath refrigerators
  • Closets and bureaus
  • On house plants
  • Institution
  • Along baseboards
  • Beds/Mattresses
  • Shrubbery
  • Food processing plants
  • Around stoves/sinks
  • Under carpets and rugs
  • Ornamental vegetation

Effective Against:

  • Ants
  • Aphids
  • Bagworms
  • Bedbugs
  • Beetles
  • Biting Flies
  • Boxelder
  • Cadelles
  • Carpet Beetles
  • Centipedes
  • Cheese Mites
  • Clothes Moths
  • Clover Mites
  • Cockroaches
  • Crickets
  • Deer Flies
  • Earwigs
  • Fruit Flies
  • Gnats
  • Grain Mites
  • Granary Weevils
  • Hornets
  • House Flies
  • Lace Bugs
  • Leaf Hoppers
  • Lice
  • Meal Worms
  • Midges
  • Mosquitoes
  • Moths
  • Palmetto Bugs
  • Rice Weevils
  • Silverfish
  • Sowbugs
  • Spiders
  • Stable Flies
  • Thrips
  • Wasps
  • Webworm Larvae
  • White Flies

 

Directions of Use

It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

Indoor Application: The use of this product in food processing establishments should be confined to time periods when the plant is not in operation. Food should be removed or covered during treatment. All food processing surfaces should be covered during treatment or thoroughly washed with an effective cleaning compound followed by a potable water rinse before using. Vacate treated areas and ventilate before reoccupying. For maximum effectiveness, a combination of spot, surface treatment and fogging is recommended.

Surface Spraying: To kill Cockroaches, Palmetto Bugs, Ants, Silverfish, Spiders, Crickets, Clovermites, Cheese Mites, Earwigs, Sowbugs, Boxelder Bugs, Centipedes, Granary Weevils, Rice Weevils, Confused Flour Beetles, Rust Red Flour Beetles, Sawtoothed Grain Beetles, Spider Beetles, Cigarette Beetles, Drugstore Beetles, Meal Worms, Grain Mites and Cadelles: Use a good sprayer adjusted to a coarse wet spray. Direct the spray into hiding places, cracks and crevices, under pallets, around containers of stored foods, around the base of machinery, behind shelves and drawers, behind and beneath sinks, stoves, refrigerators and cabinets, along baseboards, around door and window frames, into dark corners and in and around garbage compactors, garbage chutes and cans. For Silverfish, spray bookcases. For Ants, spray trails, nests and points of entry. If surface application only is to be used, spray floors and other surfaces applying at a rate of 1 gallon to 750 square feet of surface. In case of infested foods in cabinets, dispose of the infested material. Remove all contents and clean thoroughly. Spray interior surfaces of empty cabinets thoroughly. After spray has dried, cover shelves with paper or otherwise protect foods from direct contact with sprayed surfaces.

To Kill Carpet Beetles: Spray edges of carpeting and under carpeting and rugs. Make localized application to floor and baseboards. Spray directly into cracks, crevices and infested areas of shelving. Repeat treatment as needed. TO KILL BEDBUGS: Spray mattresses lightly, particularly around tufts and seams. Take beds apart and spray in all joints. Treat baseboards, moldings and floors. Repeat treatment as needed.

To Kill Clothes Moths: Remove any infested articles from storage, brush thoroughly and air for several hours in sunlight, if possible. Apply spray liberally to empty chests, closets, bureaus and other storages directing the spray into cracks, joints and crevices. After airing, infested articles may be treated lightly keeping nozzle at least three feet from fabric to avoid staining.

Space Spraying: Close doors, windows and transoms and shut off ventilating systems. Apply with a good machine adjusted to deliver a fine mist or fog. For rapid kill of House Flies, Fruit Flies, Gnats, Mosquitoes, Skipper Flies, Wasps, Hornets, Angoumois Grain Moths, Mediterranean Flour Moths, Indianmeal Moths and Tobacco Moths, direct spray at an upward angle distributing it uniformly throughout the entire area at a rate of 3–6 ounces per 1000 cubic feet of space. Do not remain in treated areas. If insects have not dropped to floor in 3 minutes, repeat spraying as quantity sprayed was insufficient. Ventilate the area after treatment is completed. To aid in the prevention of breeding, spray on standing water and in garbage pails.

Fogging: To kill exposed or accessible stages of the above named crawling insects, use a rate of 1 gallon to 20,000 to 40,000 cubic feet of space. Contact insects directly whenever possible.

On Livestock: To protect cattle, horses and hogs from Horn Flies, House Flies, Mosquitoes and Gnats apply a light mist sufficient to wet the surface of the hair.

To Kill 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 continued protection.

To Kill Blood-sucking Lice, apply to the infested areas of the animal, using a stiff brush to get the spray to the base of the hair. Repeat every 2 to 3 weeks if required.

To Kill Poultry Lice, spray roost, walls and nests or cages thoroughly. This should be followed by spraying over the birds with a fine mist.

For Kill Of Bedbugs And Mites, in poultry houses, spray crevices of roost poles, cracks in walls, and cracks in nests where bedbugs and mites hide.

Outdoors: (Camping, fishing, hunting) - Spray outer clothing and surroundings. If sprayed every hour or so, will aid in keeping surroundings free from Biting Flies, Mosquitoes, Midges and Gnats. If in rare cases skin irritation results, avoid continued contact. Do not pour or squirt – use a good sprayer which will throw a heavy fine mist.

Garden Insects On House Plants And Ornamental Plants Outdoors: Direct spray so that upper and lower leaf surfaces are contacted. To kill Aphids, Bagworms, Thrips, Flea Beatles, Japanese Beetles, Lace Bugs, Leaf Hoppers, Leaftiers, Mimosa Webworm Larvae, Plant Bugs and Whiteflies use a fine mist spray about 18 to 24 inches from infested plants. Use caution on new growth and tender foliage. Repeat treatment as necessary. Avoid spraying plants when temperature exceeds 85˚F. Spray when air is still. Avoid heavy wetting.

Fleas And Ticks On Dogs And Cats: Start spraying at the animal’s head, avoiding the eyes, nose and mouth as you spray. Make sure the animal’s entire body is covered including the legs, under-body and tail. While spraying, fluff the hair so that the spray will penetrate the skin. Make sure spray wets thoroughly. Avoid contact with genitalia. Repeat as necessary.

Pet Areas: To kill Fleas and Brown Dog Ticks on premises: Thoroughly spray infested areas, pet beds, resting quarters, nearby cracks and crevices, along and behind baseboards, moldings, window and door frames, and entire areas of floor and floor covering. Fresh bedding should be placed in animal quarters following treatment. Concurrent treatment of animals is recommended. Repeat treatment as needed.

Properties

Physical Form
Appearance
Amber liquid
Odor
Mild
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Flash Pointmin. 200°F
Specific Gravity0.996

Regulatory & Compliance

Certifications & Compliance
Chemical Inventories
Authorizations

EPA registered product

Safety & Health

Safety

Harmful if swallowed. Keep out of the reach of children.

Precautionary Statements

Harmful if swallowed. Avoid contamination of feed and foodstuffs. Remove pets, birds and cover fish aquaria before space spraying or surface applications.

First Aid:

If Swallowed: Call a poison control center or doctor immediately for treatment advice. Have person sip a glass of water if able to swallow. Do not induce vomiting unless told to do so by a poison control center or doctor. Do not give anything by mouth to an unconscious person.

If Inhaled: Move person to fresh air. If person is not breathing, call 911 or an ambulance, then give artificial respiration, preferably by mouth-to-mouth if possible. Call a poison control center or doctor for further treatment advice.

If On Skin Or Clothing: Take off contaminated clothing. Rinse skin immediately with plenty of water for 15-20 minutes. Call a poison control center or doctor for treatment advice.

If In Eyes: Hold eye open and rinse slowly and gently with water for 15-20 minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present, after the first 5 minutes, then continue rinsing eye. Call a poison control center or doctor for treatment advice.

Environmental Hazards:

This product is toxic to fish. For terrestrial use, do not apply directly to water, to areas where surface water is present, or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark. Do not contaminate water by cleaning of equipment or disposal of wastes.

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type
Quantities
  • 55 gallon
  • 35, 30 & 20 gallon
  • 5 or 6 gallon
  • 6 X 1 gallon
  • 4 X 1 gallon

Storage & Handling

Storage and Disposal

Do Not Contaminate Water, Food, or Feed By Storage or Disposal.

Pesticide Storage: Keep this product in its tightly closed original container, when not in use. Store in a cool, dry (preferably locked area no lower than 50° F or higher than 120° F that is inaccessible to children and animals.

Pesticide Disposal: Pesticide wastes are acutely hazardous. Improper disposal of excess pesticide, spray mixture, or rinsate is a violation of Federal Law. If these wastes cannot be disposed of by use according to label instructions, contact your State Pesticide or Environmental Control Agency, or the Hazardous Waste representative at the nearest EPA Regional Office for guidance.

Container Disposal: Nonrefillable container. Do not reuse or refill container. Triple rinse container (or equivalent) promptly after emptying. Triple rinse as follows: Empty the remaining contents into application equipment or a mix tank and drain for 10 seconds after the flow begins to drip. Fill the container 1/4 full with water and recap. Shake for 10 seconds. Pour rinsate into application equipment or a mix tank or store rinsate for later use or disposal. Drain for 10 seconds after the flow begins to drip. Repeat procedure two more times. Offer for recycling if available for reconditioning if appropriate, or puncture and dispose of in sanitary landfill, or by other procedures approved by state and local authorities