Talstar AEROSOL - Questions & Answers

You can use Talstar as a residual. However, We have a carpenter bee kit that is our most popular product(s) for carpenter bee control.  The kit comes with a dust and a hand duster to apply in the existing holes.  The dust will kill any carpenter bees that are in the holes and will kill the larvae when they hatch.  After a few days all of the adult carpenter bees that are in the holes will die.  You can patch the holes at this point.  The kit also comes with a liquid concentrate that you mix with water and apply using a one gallon hand pump sprayer.  You should treat all of the fascia boards or any surfaces that the carpenter bees seem to be going after.  This will prevent any new holes.  When a carpenter bee lands on the wood surface to make a new hole, it will pick up the product you sprayed on its body and die when it grooms itself.  Carpenter bees are only around for a short time in the spring, and then again in the fall.  You will have to apply both times of the year and then after 2 seasons there will not be any more larvae in the wood and the woodpecker activity should subside.

Talstar aerosol will kill stinkbugs. Be sure to apply the product in places where the stinkbugs will actually make direct contact.

Talstar Aerosol is a crack and crevice product and if applied according to the product label, directly into cracks, crevices and voids, the product should not really be exposed to anything your children might put in their mouths. Be sure the children are out of the area while you are applying Talstar Aerosol and they can come back into the area after all surfaces have dried. Talstar Aerosol is probably not the best option for flea control because it cannot be applied to all of the surfaces where fleas like to harbor. Instead we recommend you use Ultracide. Ultracide is a very safe and effective flea control product that is used widely by professional companies in homes with children and pets all the time.  Ultracide is a better choice because it can be broadcast sprayed over infested areas and it contains insecticide and an insect growth regulator to stop the breeding cycle of the fleas while you are trying to get rid of the infestation. You should only apply this product to carpeted areas and upholstered areas.  Do not apply on top of couches and chairs where people rest their arms, fleas do not breed in these areas.  You would want to spray around the foot of the furniture, and underneath couch cushions.  You should have children and pets in another room while you are treating.  After treatment allow 30 minutes to dry and then it is perfectly safe for children and pets to re-enter the room.  It is important to vacuum immediately before the treatment and everyday for the following 14 days to help get rid of the fleas. A second application should be done after 14 days.

Cy-Kick and Talstar are both synthetic pyrethroids and will provide very similar results. Talstar is our most popular booklice product. The presence of booklice usually indicates a moisture problem that must be resolved to gain complete control of the infestation.

Talstar AEROSOL cannot be applied to furniture. You want to use a product like Bedlam Plus to seams and folds.