Bug B-Gon Lawn & Landscape Insect Killer Concentrate

Protect your outdoor space from insects with Ortho® Bug B-gon™ Lawn & Landscape Insect Killer Concentrate. The formula starts killing within minutes and works as an ant killer, flea killer, mosquito killer*, and tick killer. It also works on mites, termites, spiders, periodical cicadas, and other listed insects**. In addition, this outdoor pest control product protects against spiders outdoors for 6 months, excluding black widow, brown recluse and hobo spiders. Use to kill insects and protect your lawn, landscaping, flower and listed edibles including vegetables, melons, fruit trees, and nut trees. This outdoor insect killer may also be used around your home foundation. Apply to your lawn and landscape at first sight of insect activity. To use, dilute product with water per label directions and apply using a tank sprayer or Ortho® Dial N Spray® hose-end sprayer. People and pets may enter treated areas after spray has dried. One 32 fl. oz. bottle treats up to 5,300 sq. ft. of lawn; up to 2,700 sq. ft. of roses, other ornamentals, and listed edibles; or up to 1,400 sq. ft. of foundation or perimeter. *including those that may transmit West Nile Virus **see product label for the complete list

• How to Use

• Always shake well before using.

Where Not to Use

• Do not make applications in the rain.
• Firewood should not be treated.
• Application directly into sewers or drains, or to any area like a gutter where drainage to sewers, storm drains, water bodies, or aquatic habitat can occur is prohibited. Do not allow the product to enter any drain during or after application.
• Do not treat hard surfaces (e.g., driveways, sidewalks) unless the surface is protected from rainfall and spray from sprinklers.

Where to Use

• Use on residential lawns, ornamentals, flower beds, shrubs, small trees, fruit trees, roses, tomatoes, sweet corn, green peas, sugar snap peas, snow peas, green beans (wax beans, snap beans), dry beans (black-eyed peas, cow pea), cucumber, gourds, muskmelon, pumpkin, squash, watermelon, broccoli, Chinese broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard greens, eggplant, head lettuce, peppers (bell and non-bell), and along the home foundations, porches, patios, and stored lumber.
• Treat the entire lawn, not just the browned areas.
• All outdoor applications must be limited to spot and crack-and-crevice treatments only, except for the following permitted uses: Treatment to soil or vegetation around structures; Application to lawns, turf, and other vegetation; Application to building foundations, up to a maximum height of 3 feet.
• Other than applications to building foundations, all outdoor applications to hard surfaces such as sidewalks, driveways, patios, porches and structural surfaces (e.g., windows, doors and eaves) are limited to spot and crack-and-crevice applications only.

When to Apply

• Apply when insects first appear.
• If temperature is expected to exceed 85° F, spray in early morning or late afternoon when it is cooler.
• Spray when air is calm to avoid drift.

How Often to Apply

• Reapply to vegetable gardens, melons, and fruit & nut trees as necessary to maintain control. (Waiting at least 7 days between each application.)
• Reapply to roses, flowers, shrubs, and small trees as necessary, waiting 7 to 14 days between each application. Hard to control insects may require 2 to 3 applications.
• Reapply every 14 days, as necessary, around house foundations, porches, patios, & stored lumber (excluding firewood).
• Wait 4-6 weeks before reapplying to the lawn.

Watering Tips

• Applications should be made to a lawn that has been watered within the past 24 hours.
• If treating a lawn for mole crickets, water thoroughly immediately after an application.

Mixing Directions

• Applying to Vegetable Gardens, Melons, and Fruit & Nut Trees - Mix 1.5 oz. (3 Tbs.) per gallon of water.
• Applying Around House Foundations, Porches, Patios, & Stored Lumber (excluding firewood) - Mix 1.5 oz. (3 Tbs.) per gallon of water for every 16 linear feet (65 sq. ft.).
• Applying to Lawns - Mix 1.5 to 3 Tbs. (0.75 oz. to 1.5 oz.) per gallon of water to cover 125 sq. ft.

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, Brown Leaf Notcher, Carpet, Colorado Potato, Corn Rootworm 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, & Sweetpotato), 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, Leaffooted 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 may transmit the Chikungunya virus, yellow fever, 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 (Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper), Wasps, Whiteies, Wireworms (Corn, Southern Potato), Yellowjackets

People and pets may re-enter the area after it has dried.

• This product is extremely toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates. To protect the environment, do not allow this pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutter or surface waters. 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 pesticide off the treatment area.
• Rinsing application equipment over the treated area will help avoid runoff to water bodies or drainage systems.
• Drift and runoff from treated areas may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in neighboring areas. Care should be used when spraying to avoid fish and reptile pets in/around ornamental ponds.
• This product is highly toxic to bees when exposed to direct treatment of residues on blooming crops or weeds. Do not apply this product or allow drift to blooming crops if bees are visiting the treatment area.