How to Use Bifen Insecticide

Using the right mix and quantity of Bifen insecticide can help get rid of common household pests completely, do you know to use it? Worry less because I’m going to share with you a few facts and tips on how to use Bifen IT insecticide for roaches.

Bifen insecticide contains bifenthrin, it’s used to eliminate roaches ants, spiders, and many other different types of insects. Bifen insecticide can be used both indoors and outdoors, inside use requires one ounce per gallon of water.

On the outside, the same measurement is applied for one ounce per thousand square feet, it has a very low odor and will last anywhere from four weeks up to about three months.

 

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How to use Bifen Insecticide

• Want to use a pump sprayer, you’re going to mix 1 ounce per gallon of water. I prefer you do the mixing outside. That way if I make a mess, it’s easy to clean up.
• It is important to fill your tank with a half-gallon of water. And then on the Bifen, we are going to use one ounce we squeeze the bottle. Up to the point where it indicates one ounce when you take that for that inner sprayer.
• You’re going to fill the remaining half-gallon of water in the sprayer. After that, you’re getting ready to spray.
• You want to spray all the baseboards. Make sure you start at the top of the baseboard with your spray application so that the product kind of runs down towards the floor and it covers the entire baseboard.
  You can also spray this product inside our kitchen and bathroom cabinets and all the corners. So what we want to do
• Again, you’re going to spray the top of the baseboard and if I just run right down the baseboard this will eliminate all pests hiding there.

 

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How to use Bifen IT Insecticide to Eliminate Fleas and Ticks

Are you facing fleas and tick infestation in your home or surrounding? We are going to show you how to use Bifen insecticide to eliminate fleas and ticks permanently.

But this time we are going to use it in a hose-end sprayer instead of a pump sprayer.

• You’re going to fill our sprayer halfway with water. And then we’re going to use one ounce of Bifen IT insecticide per thousand square feet.
• The next thing you need to do is determine how many square feet that you need to treat based on that application rate.
  If we have 2,000 square feet, you’re going to use two ounces of Bifen IT in our hose-end sprayer. So at that point, You’re going to mix 2 ounces. Again. This container is 1 ounce.
• You’re going to pour that into your sprayer and ensure it’s one ounce you poured into your sprayer. Now, we have enough product to treat 2,000 square feet filled with water to 10 gallons.
• Mark then cap and you are ready to spray now. You have got our sprayer filled with this insecticide. It becomes well mixed for spraying.
• Choose a suitable position to start spraying, you can start at the back of the yard to the front so that you don’t work walk on the products and spray to make sure that you get good complete coverage.

 

How To Use Bifen Insecticide To Get Rid of Termites

• Making a trench for your home’s foundation requires the use of a shovel or other suitable tool to dig out the area and the disposal of the soil in a wheelbarrow. The trench should be 6 inches in width and depth.
• Use 1 completed gallon of Bifen IT solution per 10 square feet under the concrete slab as a pre-construction horizontal barrier treatment.
  In order to properly treat the trench around your home, you will need 4 gallons of diluted solution at 0.06% for every 10 linear feet of trench.
  Carefully pour the Bifen IT solution into the trenches at 10-foot intervals after thoroughly mixing the solution. Slowly pour the Bifen IT into the trench to ensure uniform distribution.
• Repeat this process until the entire perimeter trench has been treated with the Bifen IT solution, and then fill it in.
• After that, you need to treat the soil you used to fill the trench back up with a 1-gallon solution of Bifen IT using a hand pump sprayer.

 

What are the Target Pests of Bifen IT Insecticide?

• Adelgids
• Adult Mole Cricket
• Annual Bluegrass Weevil
• Ants
• Aphids
• Armyworms
• Bagworms
• Banks Grass Mite
• Bees
• Beet Armyworm
• Beetles
• Billbugs
• Black Turfgrass Ataenius Adult
• Black Vine Weevil
• Broad Mites
• Brown Soft Scales
• Budworms
• California Red Scale Centipedes
• Centipedes
• Chinch Bugs
• Cicadas
• Citrus Thrips
• Clover Mites
• Crane Flies
• Crickets
• Cutworms
• Diaprepes
• Earwigs
• Elm Leaf Beetles
• Eurropean Red Mite
• Fall Webworms
• Fle Beetles
• Fleas
• Fungus Gnats
• Grasshoppers
• Gypsy Moth Caterpillars
• Imported Fire Ants
• Japanese Beetle
• Lace Bugs
• Leaf Feeding Caterpillars
• Leafhoppers
• Mealybugs
• Millipedes
• Mites
• Nymph Mole Cricket
• Pillbugs
• Sod Webworms
• Sowbugs
• Stink Bugs
• Tent Caterpillars
• Ticks

 

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Conclusion

When used as directed, Bifen insecticide is completely safe for use in homes with children and pets. Bifenthrin, the active ingredient in Bifen IT, may be resistant to the development of resistance in target insects.

If you notice that the effectiveness of your applications has decreased over time, try switching to an insecticide that uses a different active ingredient and has a different mechanism of action.

When producing or preparing a mixture, always use the appropriate protective gear. Thanks for reading!

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