Onslaught Insecticide - Questions & Answers

It is important to be absolutely sure you are actually dealing with mites. Have the suspected bird mite identified by a reputable source, such as your local cooperative extension office or a reputable pest control operator. Treatments will vary for different pests. Treatment for say bedbugs is much different than the treatment for bird mites.  Removal of the infested nest or bird and a thorough cleanup is necessary. For treatment in the home, we recommend you frequently vacuum all carpet and upholstery and dispose of the bag or vacuum contents in a sealed bag outdoors. Spray Sterifab on couches, chairs and other upholstered furniture where you may spend time resting. Use MotherEarth Dust in all cracks and crevices around the perimeter of the room. Apply a thin coat of MotherEarth dust to rugs and carpets. Rake (not sweep) nap back and forth, causing dust to enter rug or carpet. Let product sit overnight. Repeat application as necessary and vacuum every 3 - 4 days for effective control. MotherEarth Dust does not have a fast knockdown, it can take several days for insects to die after they contact the dust. Onslaught can be used for a faster knockdown. Thoroughly apply as a fine particle broadcast spray using a hand pump sprayer to infested rugs and carpets and other cracks and crevices around the perimeter of each room. Put all clothes through the dryer on high heat to help kill mites and their eggs.We have had many customers use the above recommendations with great success. Most customers report that it can take several months to get rid of all of the mites. Finding and removing the source of the infestation is very important and is the key to getting rid of the mites for good.

Onslaught is a great product for chigger control. Treatments for chiggers should begin in April/May and could need to continue through the summer as new chiggers move into the area. Treating the entire lawn is of little benefit because chiggers avoid direct sunlight and normally will not infest areas that are mowed or otherwise well maintained. Focus treatment on the unkempt areas of the lawn and lawn edge. You can also use Onslaught to do a barrier treatment around the outside of your home and in your crawl space to stop pests from moving indoors.

The Onslaught is not a contact kill product and you can not mix it at a dose any higher than the label states. Spraying a bed bug with it directly is not going to kill it as that is not how the product is designed to work. For bed bugs you need residual products, ones that after they have dried, are still on the surface so that any bug that crosses a treated area will be effected. Also you have to do retreatments for bed bugs every 10 days until you can go at least 30 days with no bites or signs of bed bugs. It is not a one and done process, and you have to use more than just a liquid residual to get in every area that bed bugs hide. Please review our guide on How to Get Rid of Bedbugs to make sure you are doing all the necessary steps to eliminate the infestation properly and in the fastest method.

It is important to be absolutely sure you are actually dealing with mites and the type of mite. Have the suspected mite identified by a reputable source, such as your local cooperative extension office or a reputable pest control operator.  Onslaught is labeled for "mites" in general but different pests will require different treatments. Sterifab would be a great supplemental contact kill insecticide that can be applied to a wide variety of areas including furniture, mattresses, etc.

The nutritional needs of yellow jackets change periodically. During the early part of the season, yellow jackets are mainly looking for proteins such as fish or chicken. They will usually forage for proteins first, while they are feeding their developing yellow jackets back at the nest, and this is the best time to bait for them. Using protein baits will also help deter honey bees from entering the bait stations (honey bees are on the decline and it is best to avoid harming them whenever possible). During other parts of the season, yellow jackets are looking for carbohydrate or sugary foods like soda, beer, or fruit juice to help maintain energy levels. We recommend that you put out a couple of different protein baits (fish, chicken) and a couple of different carbohydrate baits (cola, fruit juice) without adding the Onslaught. Leave the bait out for a day or two and see which bait the yellow jackets are attracted to. Once you see which bait they like, then you can add the Onslaught to the mix and put out the bait stations. Be sure to use the recommended usage rate of 1/4 teaspoon of Onslaught per 12 oz. of bait to avoid making the bait repellent to the yellow jackets.

Night crawlers are a type of earthworm and earthworms are highly beneficial creatures and you will not find a product on the market that is labeled to eliminate them.

No, Onslaught cannot be used on any edible vegetation. We do carry Acephate 75SP, Cyonara Lawn and Garden and Malathion 57%, each of which can be used on different fruits and vegetables. Malathion has the broadest label and is our most popular product for customers that need to treat fruit and vegetable plants. Always read the product label to be sure the plants you need to treat are listed. We also recommend contacting your local cooperative extension office to seek advice on the best products for plants and insects in your region.

Yes, Onslaught Insecticide and Nyguard IGR can be mixed in the same gallon of water.

You should allow the areas that were treated with Onslaught to dry for 24 hours before turning on the sprinklers. This will allow the product to bond to the surface so it will not be washed away.

Yes Onslaught Insecticide is labeled to kill wasps that come in contact with the treated area. When treating for wasps if you know where the nest is located you can dust nests or you can spray the nest with a quick knockdown aerosol like Wasp-X Wasp and Hornet Spray. You would want to follow up with a long lasting residual product, like Onslaught, to insure that all members of the colony are eliminated. Onslaught has a 30 day residual outdoors and a 90 day residual indoors. 

Rodent mites may feed on humans if unable to find a rodent host, but they will evenually die off as they cannot reproduce without that host.  That is why finding and eliminating the source is the first step in treatment.

Mold mites only develop where there is moisture or high humidity.  The first step should be to eliminate humidity or moisture that is producing favorable conditions for molds and mites.  The term mold mites commonly includes the cheese mite, flour mite, and grain mite which can infest stored food and grain, so finding them in your bedroom could mean that you are dealing with a different type of pest.

It is important to be absolutely sure you are actually dealing with mites and the type of mite. Have the suspected mite identified by a reputable source, such as your local cooperative extension office or a reputable pest control operator.  Onslaught is labeled for "mites" in general but different pests will require different treatments. Sterifab would be a great supplemental contact kill insecticide that can be applied to a wide variety of areas including furniture, mattresses, clothes, etc.

The time in which Onslaught and most other residual insecticides kills a bedbug or any other pest is a large variable. It depends on how recently the product was sprayed, the dosage rate used on the label, how healthy or mature the bedbug was, and how long it spent on the treated surface to pick up product on its body. All of these factors play into the time of death of an insect which could be anywhere from minutes after getting the product on them, to a day or so for complete death of the individual insect. Bed bug treatments in total normally take a mininum of 4-5 treatments about every 7-10 days or until you can go 30 days consecutively with no bites or signs of live bed bugs. 

It can take several weeks for the entire colony to be completely eliminated from the baiting. Give it at least a week before you put more bait out, and make sure you are placing the bait in a place where other animals are not getting access to it and making it seem like it's going faster than it should be even with a heavy yellow jacket population. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

We recommend Onslaught. Onslaught Insecticide will treat for over 200 pests and can be applied indoors and out safely.

Onslaught Insecticide is a great general pest control product as it is labeled for over 200 insects. It can be applied to indoor cracks and crevices once every 90 days and outside monthly for control. It is safe when dry. Keep pets off the treated area during application and while wet. It should not be applied to anything edible in your garden. Please let us know if you need anything else.

Yes, you will mix one ounce of Onslaught and one ounce of Precor to one gallon of water for indoor applications.

It is important to be absolutely sure you are actually dealing with  mites. Have the suspected mite identified by a reputable source, such as your local cooperative extension office or a reputable pest control operator. Treatments will vary for different pests. Treatment for say bedbugs is much different than the treatment for bird mites.  Removal of the infested nest or bird and a thorough cleanup is necessary. For treatment in the home, we recommend you frequently vacuum all carpet and upholstery and dispose of the bag or vacuum contents in a sealed bag outdoors. Spray Sterifab on couches, chairs and other upholstered furniture where you may spend time resting.  Onslaught can be used for a faster knockdown. Thoroughly apply as a fine particle broadcast spray using a hand pump sprayer to infested rugs and carpets and other cracks and crevices around the perimeter of each room. Put all clothes through the dryer on high heat to help kill mites and their eggs.We have had many customers use the above recommendations with great success. Most customers report that it can take several months to get rid of all of the mites. Finding and removing the source of the infestation is very important and is the key to getting rid of the mites.

Yes, Onslaught is the same one that is in the Alpine Yellow Jacket Bait Kit. 

Onslaught Insecticide and NyGuard IGR will not be disturbed by vacuuming once the product has had time to completely dry.