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[Hapahaole]

Indoxacarb works in trees and ground . Lasts longer

hapahaole

[allensylves]

Aloha TomK,
Yes, CPS = Crop Production Services

Allen
Finally in HPP

[terracore]

Indoxcarb is the same ingredient in Provaunt. It also comes in a corn grit bait like the others under the brand name Advion. The Hawaii Ant Lab rated its grit bait effectiveness low for being "hit or miss" on its effectiveness. That is the same problem I have with Amdro and Extinguish. The product is effective if the ants take it but it doesn't attract them like it used to. I did notice that Siesta contains soybean oil which could be why the ants like it so much. All the products are effective at killing LFA but only if they will take it. Amdro and the others seems to work poorly in humidity and not at all if it gets wet. Siesta continues to attract them until they are all dead so long as it doesn't get saturated.

One thing I have found with Siesta is how little it takes. If I find LFA in the house for example I only need to put out a large "pinch" worth of the granules where I see them and the next day the house is ant free. Yesterday I noticed the ground pipe that goes from our gutters to the catchment tank has an exposed area thanks to the chickens and it was an LFA highway. I put less than a teaspoon on it and covered it with a rock to keep the chickens out of it and today no ants.

[terracore]

Our persimmon tree was completed devoured by Chinese rose beetles. We tried everything to kill them but with the rain it was just impossible. I did some research online and imidacloprid was suggested because you dilute it in water and pour it on the ground, the plant takes it into the leaves and it kills whatever insects eats the leaves and it works for a full year. I didn't want to use something like that but nothing else worked. I used this http://www.amazon.com/Bayer-Advanced-Veg...B004BLNVMS and it was the magic bullet.

IF LFA eat the crap that comes out of insects that eat the trees, if you get rid of those insects will it also get rid of the LFA? I haven't used provaunt in awhile and all our palms are infested again, I was thinking of treating one of the palms with this to see what it does to the LFA living in it.

[TomK]

Thank you, Allen.