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MASTERLINE BIFENTHRIN 7.9 TERMITICIDE/INSECTICIDE

VESERIS · Bifenthrin 7.9% · EPA Reg 73748-7 · INSECTICIDE; TERMITICIDE Document last checked 2023-06-23

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Active ingredient Bifenthrin 7.9%
Manufacturer VESERIS
Category INSECTICIDE; TERMITICIDE

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EPA registration data Reg. 73748-7 — registry reference, signal word and status.

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Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide is a formulation containing the active ingredient bifenthrin. This product is used to control carpenter ants, termites, and ants tunneling below the surface. It can be applied as a spray, foam, drench, or injection to various indoor and outdoor sites, including baseboards, cracks and crevices, tree trunks, soil, and wood piles.

Pests covered (113)
Carpenter AntsAnts tunneling below the surfaceCarpenter ants (and termites)JAPANESE BEETLEJAPANESE BEETLE (ADULT)BLACK TURFGRASS ATAENIUS (ADULT)CRANE FLIESBED BUGCHINCH BUGCOCKROACHESROACHESGRASSHOPPERSCRICKETSMOLE CRICKETSMOLE CRICKETS (NYMPHS)MOLE CRICKETS (ADULT)BUDWORMSOLD HOUSE BORERFALL WEBWORMTENT CATERPILLARSGYPSY MOTHCUTWORMSSPITTLEBUGSLEAFHOPPERSCICADASBROWN SOFT SCALECALIFORNIA RED SCALE (CRAWLERS)PINE NEEDLE SCALE (CRAWLERS)SAN JOSE SCALE (CRAWLERS)TREEHOPPERSMEALYBUGSPSYLLIDSADELGIDSBEESWASPSANTSFIRE ANTIMPORTED FIRE ANTSHORNETSYELLOWJACKETSMOTHSTWIG BORERSLITTER BEETLESPLANT BUGSLYGUS BUGSLEAFEATING CATERPILLARSBOXELDER BUGLACE BUGSWHITEFLIESAPHIDSPINE BEETLESFLIESFLIES (ADULT)BITING FLIESGNATSMIDGESMOSQUITOESFUNGUS GNATS (ADULT)SPRINGTAILSEARWIGSTERMITESSUBTERRANEAN TERMITESFLEAS (LARVAE)FLEAS (ADULT)THRIPSCITRUS THRIPSFIREBRATSILVERFISHBEETLESPOWDERPOST BEETLESWOOD BORING BEETLESARMYWORMBEET ARMYWORMBAGWORMBAGWORM (LARVAE)SOD WEBWORMSCLOTHES MOTHSPILLBUGSSOWBUGSCENTIPEDESMILLIPEDESSCORPIONSSPIDERSBLACK WIDOW SPIDERMITESTICKSDEER TICKSDEER TICK (LARVAE)AMERICAN DOG TICKBROWN DOG TICKBROAD MITESPIDER MITESCLOVER MITEBANKS GRASS MITEEUROPEAN RED MITETWOSPOTTED SPIDER MITEPECAN LEAF SCORCH MITECHIGGERS (REDBUGS)LEAFROLLERSLEAFMINERSWOOD INFESTING INSECTSFLEA BEETLESELM LEAF BEETLEDICHONDRA FLEA BEETLEWEEVILSORCHID WEEVILHYPERODES WEEVIL (ADULT)BLACK VINE WEEVIL (ADULT)BILLBUGS (ADULT)ANNUAL BLUEGRASS WEEVIL (ADULT)DIAPREPESCARPET BEETLEHIDE BEETLE
Areas treatable (128)
baseboards, in and behind cabinets, under and behind dishwashers, furnaces, refrigerators, sinks, and stoves, around pipes, cracks and crevices, and in cornersnon-porous surfacestrunks of trees that have carpenter ant trails, or where carpenter ants are foragingVegetation and porous surfacesinside trees, utility poles, fencing or deck materials and similar structural membersedges of walls, driveways or other hard surfacesstored lumber or wood pilessoil under the area where firewood will be stackedORNAMENTAL WOODY SHRUBS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL WOODY SHRUBS (SOIL TREATMENT)NUT TREES (NONBEARING)ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS (SOIL TREATMENT)HUMAN CLOTHINGORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS (SOIL TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL HERBACEOUS BEDDING PLANTS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)WOOD STRUCTURAL PARTSWINDOW FRAMES (SOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS (INTERIOR PLANTSCAPES)PET BEDDINGPET SLEEPING QUARTERSATHLETIC FIELDSRECREATIONAL AREAS (SOIL TREATMENT)PARKS (SOIL TREATMENT)FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)HOSPITALS (INDOOR-EDIBLE)FENCEROWS (NONAGRICULTURAL) (SOIL TREATMENT)CARPORTS (WOOD)WOOD FENCES (SOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)CONCRETE SLABS (SOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (HOUSE TRAILER)APARTMENT BUILDINGS (INDOOR)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR) (ATTICS)BASEBOARDSBASEMENTSDOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR)GARAGESWINDOWSNURSING HOMES (INDOOR EDIBLE)NURSING HOMES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)HOSPITALS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)DRIVEWAYS (SOIL TREATMENT)SIDEWALKS (SOIL TREATMENT)RESTAURANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)LIVESTOCK PREMISES (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)MOTHPROOFINGANT HILLSTANK MIXCAFETERIAS (INDOOR EDIBLE)CAFETERIAS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)SCHOOLS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL AREAS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)INDUSTRIAL PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)OFFICES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)HUMAN BEDDINGMATTRESSESHOTELS/MOTELS/TOURIST COURTS (INDOOR)MOBILE HOMES (INDOOR)BUILDING FOUNDATIONSDOMESTIC DWELLINGS (OUTDOOR)DOORSEAVESPORCHESWALLSMEAT PROCESSING PLANTS (INDOOR EDIBLE)MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)POULTRY PROCESSING PLANTS (INDOOR EDIBLE)POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT (RESIDUAL CRACK/CREVICE TREATMENT)WINERIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)EGG PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)LOCKER ROOMSPATIOS (SOIL TREATMENT)FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (INDOOR EDIBLE)FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS (INDOOR EDIBLE)STORAGE AREASSTORAGE AREAS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)DRAINSLABORATORY PREMISESWAREHOUSES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)STORAGE AREAS (OUTDOOR)FRUIT TREES (NONBEARING)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (PERIMETER SOIL TREATMENT)CARPETSHOUSEHOLD CONTENTSRUGS/CARPETSFOOD PROCESSING AREAS (INDOOR EDIBLE)FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)FOOD PROCESSING AREAS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)BAKERIES (INDOOR-EDIBLE)BAKERIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)BOTTLING PLANTS (INDOOR EDIBLE)BOTTLING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)BREWERIES (INDOOR-EDIBLE)BREWERIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)CANNERIES (INDOOR-EDIBLE)CANNERIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)DAIRIES (INDOOR EDIBLE)DAIRY PROCESSING PLANTS (INDOOR EDIBLE)DAIRIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)DAIRY PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)GARBAGE ROOMSDUMPS (GARBAGE/REFUSE) (OUTDOOR)SHIPS (INDOOR-INEDIBLE)ANT DENS/HILLS/MOUNDS (SOIL TREATMENT)APARTMENTS (OUTDOOR)POLES/POSTS (SOIL CONTACT NONFUMIGATION TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL GROUND COVERS (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL LAWNS (SOIL TREATMENT)POULTRY BROODER HOUSES (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)RAILROAD CARSTRUCKS (NONFEED/NONFOOD)POULTRY (CAGED) (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)POULTRY HOUSE PREMISES (ENCLOSED PREMISE TREATMENT)POULTRY HOUSES (OPEN PREMISE TREATMENT)SIDINGRIGHTS-OF-WAY (UTILITY) (SOIL TREATMENT)RIGHTS-OF-WAY (POWER LINES) (SOIL TREATMENT)RIGHTS-OF-WAY (PIPELINE) (SOIL TREATMENT)RIGHTS-OF-WAY (COMMUNICATION) (SOIL TREATMENT)AIRCRAFT (NON FEED/FOOD)BUSES (NONFEED/NONFOOD)ORNAMENTAL TREES (FOLIAR TREATMENT)ORNAMENTAL TREES (SOIL TREATMENT)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)

How to treat each type of area 9

baseboards, in and behind cabinets, under and behind dishwashers, furnaces, refrigerators, sinks, and stoves, around pipes, cracks and crevices, and in corners

Target pest Location Rate Unit Dilution Label notes
Carpenter Ants Indoor one gallon of dilution per 1,000 square feet gallon per 1,000 square feet 0.5 to 1.0 fluid oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water as a general surface, crack and crevice or spot and/or foam treatment. Pay close attention to treating entry points into the home or premises such as around doors and windows. Spray or foam into cracks and crevices or drill holes and spray, mist or foam into voids and galleries where carpenter ants or their nests are present. When combining liquid Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide with bait treatments, use Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide as instructed above and apply baits in those areas where Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide has not been applied. Do not apply as a broadcast or general surface treatment in residential areas.

non-porous surfaces

Target pest Location Rate Unit Dilution Label notes
Carpenter Ants Outdoor one gallon per 1,000 square feet gallon per 1,000 square feet 0.5 to 1.0 fluid oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water low volume applications

trunks of trees that have carpenter ant trails, or where carpenter ants are foraging

apply this dilution to wet the bark from the base of the tree to as high as possible on the trunk.

Target pest
Carpenter Ants
Location
Outdoor
Dilution
0.5 to 1.0 fl. oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water

Vegetation and porous surfaces

Target pest Location Rate Unit Label notes
Carpenter Ants Outdoor calculated to deliver 0.5 to 1.0 fluid oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per 1,000 square feet fluid oz. per 1,000 square feet high volume applications (refer to the Ornamental and Perimeter Application Dilution Charts).
maximum residual control
Target pest Location Rate Unit Dilution
Carpenter Ants Outdoor up to 10 gallons of dilution per 1,000 gallons of dilution per 1,000 0.5 to 1.0 fluid oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water

inside trees, utility poles, fencing or deck materials and similar structural members

drill to find the inside infested cavity and inject or foam into the cavity with adequate volume and a proper treatment tool with a splash-back guard.

Target pest
Carpenter Ants
Location
Outdoor
Dilution
0.06% dilution (1.0 fl. oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water)

edges of walls, driveways or other hard surfaces

apply as a drench or inject the dilution or foam at intervals of 8 to 12 inches. A uniform vertical barrier should be established.

Target pest
Ants tunneling below the surface
Location
Outdoor
Dilution
0.5 to 1.0 fluid ounces of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water

stored lumber or wood piles

using a sprinkling can or a hose-end sprayer to deliver a coarse drenching spray. This wood may be used for lumber or burned after 30 days. Do not use this method of application in structures.

Target pest
Carpenter Ants
Location
Outdoor
Dilution
0.06% dilution

soil under the area where firewood will be stacked

Target pest Location Rate Unit Dilution Label notes
Carpenter ants (and termites) Outdoor one gallon of dilution per 8 square feet gallon per 8 square feet 1.0 fluid oz. of Masterline Bifenthrin 7.9 Termiticide/Insecticide per gallon of water to protect the firewood from carpenter ants (and termites).

Mixing instructions 3

For pests Location Amount Per Finished strength
Carpenter Ants Indoor 0.5 to 1.0 fluid oz. 1 gallon
Carpenter Ants Outdoor 0.5 to 1.0 fluid oz. 1 gallon
Carpenter Ants Outdoor 1.0 fl. oz. 1 gallon 0.06%

Use restrictions 3