Delta Dust Insecticide is not meant for human or animal ingestion. Per the product label, if ingested you should seek medical attention immediately.
Delta Dust is labeled to treat both bedbugs and carpet beetles. However, it would not be applied in areas where walking on it would be an issue. It is labeled for application in cracks and crevices only. For bed bug control, Delta Dust will not eradicate an infestation and is meant to be used along with other products. It would be a good idea to take a look at our Bed Bug Control Guide for more information on how to do a complete treatment for bed bugs.
Many products that will treat bed bugs will also treat for carpet beetles, but with different application instructions. Please see the below for tips on treating for carpet beetles, and always follow the product label instructions.
How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
Carpet beetle infestations can be very difficult to control. The best weapon for getting rid of them is to combine cleaning and insecticides.
• Vacuuming: Carpet beetle larvae like to feed in dark, undisturbed locations like closets, attics, basements, and storage areas. The wide availability of food sources for the larvae (including dust and lint, and pet hair) makes vacuuming the best way to ensure there is minimal food for the larvae to feed on. Vacuuming can also help to remove the larvae and adult beetles already in the home. Regular vacuuming and laundering of rugs, furniture, and linens can help to ensure the beetles are removed and have no food source. If you find a contaminated item, bag and remove this item from your home, if possible.
• Proper storage: Before storing silks, woolens, or furs, dry clean as the beetles are attracted to stains and soiled garments. Store in a well-sealed container, using mothballs. Mothballs can limit the beetle’s attraction to the wool or silk. Store pet food, dried meat, and other dried animal products in a well-sealed container.
• Insecticides: For things that cannot be washed or dry cleaned, insecticides are the best bet for prevention and eradication. Temprid SC is an excellent products to use.
Insecticides can be used for spot-treatments, as a boundary at the edges of rugs, under rugs, under furniture, walls and floors of closets, shelving, cracks, and lint or dust accumulating areas. Be careful around oriental rugs or other fabrics, as some insecticides can stain. Never spray clothing or bedding with insecticide, and always read instructions.
• Outdoor maintenance: Adult carpet beetles are most commonly found outside. They feed on pollen and nectar, but lay eggs in bird, rodent, bee, or wasp nests or old spider webs to give the larvae an abundant food source. Clearing these away from your home, along with checking near highly pollinating plants near your house and checking cut flowers for the beetles before bringing them inside.
While we cannot comment specifically on another person's application, it's not illegal to apply Delta Dust Insecticide in the rain. Delta Dust Insecticide is waterproof. Our concern is that if the rain storm was bad enough, it could potentially wash the product away.
We generally would not recommend creating new ways for bed bugs or other insects to access voids or hide by drilling holes into the walls. A remote wall void would be the last place for bed bugs to go, and they are usually only present there in cases of severe infestations that have been present and untreated for years; you would be able to see bed bugs easily in other areas of the structure. We suggest using Delta Dust or another dust such as CimeXa Dust where you fairly easily treat using a hand duster such as the Long Shot Puffer Duster. (CimeXa Dust is very successful as part of bed bug treatments and cannot break down over time.) Keep in mind that bed bugs, like other insects, wants to stay close to their food source. I recommend taking a few moments to review our Bed Bug Inspection Guide and performing a thorough inspection of the area if you believe there are still bed bugs but are having trouble locating harborage areas. You can also use monitoring tools such as ClimbUp Insect Interceptors or Trappit BB Detectors to help monitor areas where you suspect there may be insect activity.
Delta Dust Insecticide should not be broadcast over the entire attic. Instead you should concentrate on dusting the cracks, crevices, voids and other areas where these insects harbor. This would be done using a hand duster like the Bellow Hand Duster. To learn more about carpet beetle elimination, please take a few minutes to read our article on Carpet Beetle Pest Control
Yes, we recommend wearing Personal Protection Equipment as Delta Dust Insecticide is a professional grade product.
Yes, Delta Dust can be applied to the base of the rock wall to protect against scorpions. This product is water-resistant and will not wash away in the rain if applied into the cracks and crevices. Be sure to re-apply every seven months.
Delta Dust Insecticide cannot be used on or around anything edible. A better option would be the Sevin Dust or Bonide Eight.
You must keep out of reach of children and pets. Delta Dust is very safe to use indoors around pets when used as directed on the product label. You should keep children and pets out of the room while you are applying the product, and then it is ok to allow them to come back in once you are done. It is used in cracks and crevices where they do not have access. For a successful program, please take a few moments to review our article on How to Get Rid of Roaches for additional information. We suggest applying the products in our Roach Control Kit along with non-chemical methods.
Yes, Delta Dust Insecticide is labeled to be used along and behind baseboards, to window and door frames, corners, pipes, storage locations, attics, crawl spaces, garbage rooms, lavatories, floor drains (to sewers), entries and vestibules, offices, locker rooms, machine rooms, boiler rooms, mop closets and other areas which these pests may enter or crawl.
The manufacturer recommends wearing safety goggles, chemical-resistant gloves along with long sleeves and long pants when applying Delta Dust.
Delta Dust Insecticide is a great option for use in holes where wasps are boring. This dust is waterproof and will last for up to 7 months in an undisturbed area.
Delta Dust Insecticide should be applied using a dust applicator into cracks, crevices and voids only. Once the dust has been applied correctly and settled, you can open windows, turn on fans and properly ventilate the space and then it will be safe for folks to come to those areas.
CimeXa Insecticide Dust is the newest product available in the battle against bed bugs. CimeXa Dust is 100% Silica dust (pyrethroid free), is very safe, odorless, and will not stain. CimeXa Dust will last up to 10 years when applied to undisturbed areas like wall voids, or frames of some furniture such as couches. It is very effective on bed bugs, especially pyrethroid resistant bed bugs. It is also labeled for Ants Crazy Ants, Cockroaches, Firebrats, Silverfish, Spiders, Mites, Bed Bugs, Lice, Fleas, Ticks, and Drywood Termites. When pests come into contact with CimeXa, the product clings to their exoskeleton Delta Dust is 100% waterproof and is a synthetic pyrethroid. Delta Dust would work great for Ants, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, Fleas, Silverfish, Scorpions, Sowbugs, Millipedes, and others listed on the label.
The Delta Dust will work on any type of bee, but they may be further up in the void than the dust is reaching. Or they may have another exit point you can't see at the moment, or just a large colony in general. You can give it a few more weeks or potentially try a transfer spray like Phantom Aerosol which is a very slow kill but gets carried through the nest through touch a little better, in this case.
Yes, Delta Dust Insecticide is labeled to kill millipedes.
Delta Dust Insecticide can last up to 8 weeks in undisturbed areas and does not have to be applied every time sprays are done. You can apply every other month.
Delta Dust Insecticide can be applied to listed areas for controlling many pests which geckos eat. If treating theses pests with insecticides such as Delta Dust, it should reduce the gecko/lizard population. They are driven to seek food elsewhere. There are no toxic products labeled for geckos, lizards or any reptiles or amphibians, and given the highly beneficial nature of these creatures there is not likely to be any product for them any time soon. The reason they are on your property are because they can find food and proper habitat. Take away their food and they will forage somewhere else. Take away the conditions they need for hiding and they will seek refuge someplace else.
You really have two options here:
1.Exclusion. Total exclusion can be hard to achieve particularly around the roof-line where there are going to be gaps that would be very hard to close off, but there also could be some obvious flaws such as broken vent screens, holes around cables, pipes or wires, or gaps under doors. All of these can easily be closed with brush strips, caulking, copper mesh (Stuf-Fit), or some other suitable material. Exclusion is the best choice, because it is permanent, and eliminates or reduces the problem in the future too.
2.Outdoor habitat modification. In short, get rid of the reasons geckos are there in the first place. They are there because they are finding the food they need to survive (insects) and a place to harbor. If you can eliminate either of these essentials, you can get rid of the geckos. Spray a good residual insecticide such as Cyzmic CS around the outside of your home to help cut down on the number of insects the geckos are eating. If geckos cannot find enough food they will either move on or starve. Eliminate as much clutter and debris around the outside of your home as possible to eliminate the places geckos like to hide. Rake back mulch or rocks at least 6 inches from the structure. If you need to get rid of the geckos that are already indoors the only options are catching them by hand or using glue boards placed in areas where the geckos travel.
Delta Dust is not considered a repellent. It will kill insects that come into contact with treated areas.
Unfortunately, no, Delta Dust Insecticide cannot be used inside of any appliances or in their motors to treat for German Cockroaches. Not only would that most likely damage the appliance, but it would also be an off label use for this product. You can use Delta Dust behind or under appliances, but you should not use it in any way that could potentially contact food or food-handling surfaces. Please refer to our Roach Control Guide for tips on how to treat for a roach infestation.
