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TEMPO SC INSECTICIDE

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE U.S., LLC · beta-Cyfluthrin 11.8% · EPA Reg 101563-86 · INSECTICIDE; MITICIDE Document last checked 2023-08-11

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Active ingredient beta-Cyfluthrin 11.8%
Manufacturer ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE U.S., LLC
Category INSECTICIDE; MITICIDE

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EPA registration data Reg. 101563-86 — registry reference, signal word and status.

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Tempo Dust is a product used to control ants (excluding harvester, pharaoh, and carpenter), occasional invaders like boxelder bugs and elm leaf beetles, ticks, filth flies, mosquitoes, and turf pests. It is applied outdoors as a perimeter treatment, a direct spray to insects or soil, a low-volume mist or spray, or a general spray around buildings. Typical application sites include windows, doors, sidewalks, landscape plants, under decks, around building foundations, trees, shrubs, porches, patios, garages, fences, and landscape or recreational turf.

Pests covered (154)
ANTS (excluding harvester, pharaoh, and carpenter)OCCASIONAL INVADERS including boxelder bug, and elm leaf beetleTICKS (including ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)FILTH FLIESMOSQUITOES (including mosquitoes that may transmit Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, and West Nile virus)TURF PESTSPILLBUGSSOWBUGSCENTIPEDESMILLIPEDESSCORPIONSSPIDERSTICKSDEER TICKSGRAIN MITECHEESE MITEDERMESTID BEETLESCARPET BEETLEFLEA BEETLESELM LEAF BEETLEFOREIGN GRAIN BEETLEMERCHANT GRAIN BEETLESAWTOOTHED GRAIN BEETLEWEEVILSDARKLING BEETLESMEALWORMSLESSER MEALWORMRED FLOUR BEETLECONFUSED FLOUR BEETLECADELLEFLIESGNATSBLOW FLIESCLUSTER FLYCECIDOMYID MIDGESMIDGESMOSQUITOESHOUSE FLYSTABLE FLYFUNGUS GNATSPHORID FLIESSCIARID FLIESFRUIT FLIESSPRINGTAILSEARWIGSTERMITESDRYWOOD TERMITESFORMOSAN TERMITESUBTERRANEAN TERMITESSPITTLEBUGSLEAFHOPPERSMEALYBUGSPEPPERTREE PSYLLIDSPEAR PSYLLASAWFLIES (LARVAE)BEESWASPSANTSCARPENTER ANTSFIRE ANTIMPORTED FIRE ANTSBRISTLY ROSESLUGHORNETSYELLOWJACKETSCARPENTER BEECATERPILLARSMOTHSWEBWORMSFRUITWORMSLOOPERSLEAFEATING CATERPILLARSLITTER BEETLESLARDER BEETLEHIDE BEETLEWAREHOUSE BEETLEHAIRY FUNGUS BEETLEJUNE BEETLES (ADULT)JAPANESE BEETLE (ADULT)BLACK TURFGRASS ATAENIUS (ADULT)BED BUGCHINCH BUGPLANT BUGSBOXELDER BUGLACE BUGSSCALES (CRAWLERS)WHITEFLIESAPHIDSSOD WEBWORMSMEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTHCHOCOLATE MOTHWAREHOUSE MOTHINDIAN MEAL MOTHSTRIPED OAKWORMSASH BORERCLOTHES MOTHSPSOCIDSFLEASTHRIPSFIREBRATSILVERFISHBEETLESAMBROSIA BEETLESPOWDERPOST BEETLESFLOUR BEETLESGRAIN BEETLESCIGARETTE BEETLEDRUGSTORE BEETLEDEATHWATCH BEETLELESSER GRAIN BORERBOSTRICHID POWDERPOST BEETLEGROUND BEETLESOLD HOUSE BORERCASEBEARERSOLEANDER MOTH (LARVAE)CALIFORNIA OAKWORMANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTHCANKERWORMSELM SPANWORMTENT CATERPILLARSTUSSOCK MOTHS (LARVAE)GYPSY MOTH (LARVAE)CUTWORMSARMYWORMWALNUT CATERPILLARAZALEA CATERPILLARYELLOWNECKED CATERPILLARREDHUMPED CATERPILLARBAGWORMORCHID WEEVILHYPERODES WEEVIL (ADULT)BLACK VINE WEEVIL (ADULT)GRANARY WEEVILRICE WEEVILBILLBUGS (ADULT)BLUEGRASS BILLBUG (ADULT)PINE SHOOT MOTHSPINE TIP MOTHSLEAFSKELETONIZER MOTHCOCKROACHESGRASSHOPPERSBROWNBANDED COCKROACHGERMAN COCKROACHASIAN COCKROACHAMERICAN COCKROACHSMOKY BROWN COCKROACHORIENTAL COCKROACHCRICKETSMOLE CRICKETSBUDWORMSSPIDER MITESCLOVER MITECHIGGERS (REDBUGS)LEAFROLLERSPANTRY PESTS
Areas treatable (107)
ant trails around windows and doors, along sidewalks, or other areas where seeninsects that have congregated around doors and windows and similar areasareas of soil where ticks are most likely to be found, such as along paths or trails, under plants, moist areasoutside surfaces of buildings, porches, patios, garages, fences, and other areas where flies restlandscape plants and ground cover, under decks, around building foundations and other places where mosquitoes may restlandscape and recreational turfORNAMENTAL PLANTS (INTERIOR PLANTSCAPES)TILEWOOD FENCES (NONSOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)WOOD STRUCTURES (NONSOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)WOOD DECKS (NONSOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)FIREWOOD (STACKED) (NONSOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL EVERGREENS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)CANDY FACTORIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)CEREAL PROCESSING MILLS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)GRAIN MILLS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)PICKLE PLANTSGRANARIES (EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)FROZEN FOOD PLANT (OUTDOOR-INEDIBLE)FROZEN FOOD PLANT (OUTDOOR-EDIBLE)FROZEN FOOD PLANT (INDOOR-INEDIBLE)FROZEN FOOD PLANT (INDOOR-EDIBLE)HOSPITALS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)HOSPITALS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)HOSPITALS (RESIDUAL SPOT TREATMENT)HOSPITALS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)NURSING HOME PREMISESANT HILLSWAREHOUSES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)HORSE STABLES (OPEN PREMISE TREATMENT)BUSES (NONFEED/NONFOOD) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)RAILROAD BOXCARS (NONFEED/NONFOOD) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)RAILROAD BOXCARS (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)WINERIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)STORESTANK MIXFOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL SPOT TREATMENT-EDIBLE AREAS)FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)BAKERIES (INDOOR-INEDIBLE)BOTTLING PLANTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)BREWERIES (INDOOR-INEDIBLE)CANNERIES (INDOOR-INEDIBLE)GREENHOUSE (INDOOR)APARTMENT BUILDINGS (INDOOR)BASEBOARDSDOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR)GARAGESHOTELS/MOTELS/TOURIST COURTS (INDOOR)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (OUTDOOR)PATIOSPORCHESWALLSHOG FARMSCAFETERIAS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)WOOD POLES/POSTS (NONSOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)DAIRIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)DAIRY PROCESSING PLANTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)HOTELS/MOTELS/TOURIST COURTS (OUTDOOR)KITCHENSFENCESPOULTRY HOUSES (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)POULTRY HOUSES (OPEN PREMISE TREATMENT)OFFICES (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)SCHOOLS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)FOOD HANDLING ESTAB.FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)HOSPITALSHORSE STABLES (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)GRAIN BINS (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)GRAIN ELEVATORS (EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)OFFICES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)FACTORIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)OFFICES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)JAILS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)SCHOOLS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)MANUFACTURING PLANTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)LABORATORY PREMISESORNAMENTAL TREES (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL WOODY SHRUBS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)RESTAURANTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (RESIDUAL SPOT TREATMENT-EDIBLE AREAS)RESTAURANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)MAUSOLEUMSLIVESTOCK BUILDINGS (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)LIVESTOCK (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (PARKS) (FOLIAR TREATMENT)PET KENNELS (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (RECREATION AREAS) (FOLIAR TREATMENT)SHIPHOLDS (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)AIRCRAFT (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)TRUCKS (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (CEMETERIES) (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (COMMERCIAL) (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL GROUND COVERS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TURF (LAWNS) (FOLIAR TREATMENT)

How to treat each type of area 7

ant trails around windows and doors, along sidewalks, or other areas where seen

Apply a perimeter treatment as described above.

Target pest
ANTS (excluding harvester, pharaoh, and carpenter)
Location
Outdoor

insects that have congregated around doors and windows and similar areas

Apply directly to insects. Apply perimeter treatment as described above. Treat trees and shrubs infested with boxelder bugs, elm leaf beetles, and other occasional invading species early in the season.

Target pest
OCCASIONAL INVADERS including boxelder bug, and elm leaf beetle
Location
Outdoor

areas of soil where ticks are most likely to be found, such as along paths or trails, under plants, moist areas

Apply as a direct spray to the pest or as a coarse wet spray to areas of soil. Treat soil in the area where these pests could be present.

Target pest
TICKS (including ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
Location
Outdoor

outside surfaces of buildings, porches, patios, garages, fences, and other areas where flies rest

Target pest Location Rate Unit Label notes
FILTH FLIES Outdoor 0.025 to 0.05 % concentration Apply low-volume mist or spray.

landscape plants and ground cover, under decks, around building foundations and other places where mosquitoes may rest

Target pest Location Rate Unit Label notes
MOSQUITOES (including mosquitoes that may transmit Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya, and West Nile virus) Outdoor 1 gal of dilution Apply at the rate of one gal of dilution per 1,000 sq ft as a general spray around buildings to control adult mosquitoes. For higher volume applications, this product may be diluted at lower concentrations and applied in greater volumes of water to deliver the desired amount of product per area (refer to Table 1: Mixing Directions for Outdoor/Perimeter Applications).

landscape and recreational turf

severe
Target pest Location Rate Unit Label notes
TURF PESTS Outdoor 4 to 8 ml per 1,000 sq ft Use high rate for severe infestations and longer residual. Not for use on turf being grown for sale or other commercial use as sod, or for commercial seed production, or for research purposes. Not for use on golf course turf.
TURF PESTS Outdoor 6 to 12 fl oz per acre Use high rate for severe infestations and longer residual. Not for use on turf being grown for sale or other commercial use as sod, or for commercial seed production, or for research purposes. Not for use on golf course turf.

Mixing instructions 3

For pests Location Amount Per Label notes
Outdoor/Perimeter Applications Outdoor 2 1,000 sq ft Table 1: 2 ml with 3 gals, 8 ml with 10 gals, 12 ml with 15 gals, 40 ml with 25 gals
Outdoor/Perimeter Applications Outdoor 16 1,000 sq ft Table 1: 16 ml with 3 gals, 24 ml with 10 gals, 80 ml with 15 gals, 120 ml with 25 gals
Outdoor/Perimeter Applications Outdoor 5 1,000 sq ft Table 1: 5 ml with 3 gals, 8 ml with 10 gals, 12 ml with 15 gals, 20 ml with 25 gals

Timing & weather

Use restrictions 4