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ORTHO® Home Defense MAX® Outdoor Perimeter Insect Killer Ready-Spray®

Overview & Benefits

    ORTHO® HOME DEFENSE MAX® Outdoor Perimeter Insect Killer Ready-Spray® can be used to control Home Invading Pests such as Ants (including Lasius, red harvester, pavement, odorous, pyramid and Argentine), cockroaches (including American, Asian, German), crickets, earwigs, fleas, house flies, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, sowbugs, spiders (except black widow and brown recluse), and ticks (including American, deer tick, brown dog tick).

    Learn more about detecting, preventing, and treating for pests.

Available sizes:

    32 fl oz.

How to Use

To Connect:

1. Shake well before using.

2. Connect sprayer to hose.

3. Turn on water.

To Spray:

1. To begin spraying, point nozzle in the direction you want to spray.

2. Bend small plastic tab back and turn knob clockwise to ON position.

3. Spray a 4 foot band around the house next to the foundation both on the soil and up the side of the house.

To Finish:

1. To STOP spraying, rotate the knob counterclockwise to the OFF position.

2. Turn off water.

3. Relieve water pressure by bending the plastic tab back and turning knob to ON position until water slows to a drip. Then, turn knob back to OFF position.

4. Disconnect sprayer from hose.

When to Apply

For use outside the home to control Home Invading Pests such as Ants (including Lasius, red harvester, pavement, odorous, pyramid and Argentine), cockroaches (including American, Asian, German), crickets, earwigs, fleas, house flies, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, sowbugs, spiders (except black widow and brown recluse), and ticks (including American, deer tick, brown dog tick).

How often to apply

Repeat application is necessary only if there are signs of renewed insect activity. Repeat application should be limited to no more than once per seven days.

Where to Use

Use outside the home including around the perimeter foundation, window frames and doorways, on porches and patios, along eaves and exterior siding.

Where Not to Use

Do not apply this product to humans or animals. Do not treat firewood.

Coverage Area

Treats the average 2,000 sq ft home.

Benefits

One application keeps listed insects out up to 1 month*! Guaranteed*! No mixing, no measuring-just spray! Non-staining, odor-free.

*Up to 1 month control on mosquitoes, fleas, cockroaches, and flies

Container Type

Ready-Spray®

Active Ingredients

0.3% Bifenthrin

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