Avert® DF Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait

BASF · Abamectin 0.05% · EPA Reg 499-294 · INSECTICIDE Document last checked 2025-02-13

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Avert Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait is a dry flowable formulation designed to control ants, booklice, carpet beetles, crickets, drugstore beetles, earwigs, flour beetles, grain weevils, and cockroaches (including carbamate, organophosphate, organochlorine, and pyrethroid resistant strains). It can be used in a variety of sites including homes, apartments, food storage areas, food processing plants, warehouses, and transportation equipment.

Pests covered (21)

AntsBookliceCarpet BeetlesCockroaches (including carbamate, organophosphate, organochlorine and pyrethroid resistant strains)CricketsDrugstore BeetlesEarwigsFlour BeetlesGrain WeevilsPillbugs and SowbugsPILLBUGSSOWBUGSCARPET BEETLEVARIED CARPET BEETLEBLACK CARPET BEETLEBOOKLOUSEFURNITURE BEETLEDRUGSTORE BEETLE (LARVAE)DRUGSTORE BEETLE (ADULT)GROUND BEETLESCOCKROACHES

Areas treatable (34)

Apartments, Campgrounds, Garages, Food Storage Areas, Homes, Hospitals and Nursing Homes (non-occupied patient areas), Hotels, Meat Packing and Food Processing Plants, Motels, Resorts, Restaurants and other Food Handling Establishments, Schools, Supermarkets, Transportation Equipment (Buses, Boats, Ships, Trains, Trucks, Planes), Utilities, Warehouses, and other Commercial and Industrial BuildingsHOSPITALS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)HOSPITALS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)WAREHOUSES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)MEAT PACK. PLANT (INED.)(INDR.)SEWERSAIRCRAFT INTERIORBUSES (NONFEED/NONFOOD) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)BOATS/SHIPS (NON-RESIDUAL CONTACT TREATMENT)BOATS/SHIPS (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)RAILROAD BOXCARS (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (WALL VOIDS)CAMPGROUNDSFOOD PROCESSING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)BOTTLING PLANTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)CANNERIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR)GARAGESUTILITY ROOMSDOMESTIC DWELLINGS (INDOOR) (WALL VOIDS)DOMESTIC DWELLINGS (OUTDOOR)DAIRIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)HOTELS/MOTELS/TOURIST COURTS (OUTDOOR)HOTELS/MOTELS/TOURIST COURTS (NON-FOOD AREAS)FENCEROWSCOMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (OUTDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (INDOOR INEDIBLE)FOOD HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)FOOD MARKETING/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS (INDOOR INEDIBLE)ORNAMENTAL TREES (BARK TREATMENT)EATING ESTABLISHMENTS (RESIDUAL CRACK AND CREVICE TREATMENT)AIRCRAFT (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (RESIDUAL GENERAL TREATMENT)TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES (FEED/FOOD-EMPTY) (NON-RESIDUAL CONTACT TREATMENT)

Application instructions from the label 10

Apartments, Campgrounds, Garages, Food Storage Areas, Homes, Hospitals and Nursing Homes (non-occupied patient areas), Hotels, Meat Packing and Food Processing Plants, Motels, Resorts, Restaurants and other Food Handling Establishments, Schools, Supermarkets, Transportation Equipment (Buses, Boats, Ships, Trains, Trucks, Planes), Utilities, Warehouses, and other Commercial and Industrial Buildings

Target pest: Ants

Target pest: Booklice

Target pest: Carpet Beetles

Target pest: Cockroaches (including carbamate, organophosphate, organochlorine and pyrethroid resistant strains)

Target pest: Crickets

Target pest: Drugstore Beetles

Target pest: Earwigs

Target pest: Flour Beetles

Target pest: Grain Weevils

Target pest: Pillbugs and Sowbugs

Worker safety

PPE required DO NOT breathe dust. DO NOT allow to contact skin, eyes or clothing.

Use restrictions 5

DO NOT apply to classrooms when in use.
DO NOT apply in cockpit.
DO NOT use on or contaminate fruit, vegetables or other food or feed crops.
DO NOT contaminate feed or food products or food preparation surfaces, dishes, kitchen utensils and food containers.
DO NOT dispense this product with power dusters in confined areas (i.e. attics, hot water heater closets, furnace rooms

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