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Tempo Dust formulation contains one of the most effective compounds available for quick knockdown and long-term residual control of bees, wasps, hornets, ants and cockroaches, among numerous other pests. Tempo Dust is the dust we recommend for any type of bee, wasp or hornet control that requires the use of an insecticide dust.
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Product Documents
| Active Ingredient | Cyfluthrin 1% |
|---|---|
| Target pests |
Ants, Bees, Carpenter Bees, Hornets, Roaches, Wasps and others * See label for complete list |
| For use in | Buildings, Structures, Non-Food/Feed Areas of Food/Feed Handling Buildings and Transport, Houses, Hotels, Non-Food Areas of Stores, Warehouses, Hospitals, Food Processing Facilities |
| Application | * See label for complete application instructions |
| Formulation | Professional Product |
| NOT FOR SALE TO |
AK, CA, DC, HI, PR NY (Restricted to Licensed Applicators Only) |
| Coverage Area | 0.5 to 1 lb. per 1,000 sq. ft. |
| Shipping Weight | 1.38 lbs |
| Manufacturer | Envu (Formerly Bayer) (Mfg. Number: 4325140) |
| EPA Registration | 101563-93 |
Tempo Dust formulation contains one of the most effective compounds available for quick knockdown and long-term residual control of bees, wasps, hornets, ants and cockroaches, among numerous other pests. Tempo Dust is the dust we recommend for any type of bee, wasp or hornet control that requires the use of an insecticide dust.
Tempo 1% Dust is a ready-to-use pyrethroid dust that can be used for both indoor and outdoor applications. It can be applied using a hand duster or power duster directly into voids and cracks and crevices, in and around structures. Tempo 1% Dust has excellent penetration into wall voids, ensuring equal coverage, and is odorless and non-staining.
Tempo 1% Dust makes pest harborages uninhabitable, and is an ideal solution for penetrating cracks, crevices, and other hard to reach areas. Tempo 1% Dust is an "all around" dust that provides a long residual against a variety of perimeter pests, especially stinging insects like bees and wasps. Use a hand duster to make application easy in those hard to reach areas like cracks, crevices, base boards or wall voids.
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Tempo Dust Works Great
By Matt on 09/18/2009
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I also had yellow jackets up in my soffits. The local Pro service wanted $140 to get rid of them. I found this awesome website and ordered the Tempo 1% dust and the $14.95 bellow hand duster. I dressed up like a space alien for protection and gave them a few good shots of dust late last evening. I was a little worried at first because it did not kill them instantly on contact like a jet spray. They were swarming around the opening (and me) pretty well even after I dusted them. But today after work I looked and they are all gone! Plenty of dead ones on the ground and none flying around anywhere. I saved around $100, I now own the hand duster, and I have plenty of the Tempo dust left over. Glad I found this place!
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The ONLY thing that worked.
By Jeremy on 09/23/2010
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I saw this product online with these great reviews. I had to try it as it was my last hope. I had a huge yellow jacket problem. At first I tried to let them coexist. I then tried to control them by eliminating the nests as I spotted them with OTC sprays. I hung a OTC trap in an effort to control them. This year, they got especially aggressive and stung myself and my father in law. Their stings were very very painful. I now know why they are called the devil's insect. The final straw was them building a nest under my shed. This was a nest I could not physically get too. I knew it was getting bigger and bigger as more and more activity continued around an opening. In a matter of weeks I would see constant swarming yellow jackets going under the shed floor through a crack. I tried dousing with spray and spraying into the crack. This just made a few die and get the rest extremely angry. I tried sealing it with bricks and preventing entry. They still found a way through the tiniest of cracks and actually moved gravel. They were VERY motivated. I ordered the dust and crossed my fingers. After the first dusting I wasn't sure if it did anything. I waited 2 days and still saw activity. On the 3rd day, I waited until nightfall and planned my second dusting. I pulled back a brick to examine the hole and sure enough there were probably about 50+ dead yellow jackets all on the ground. They were still getting in but dying on the way in/out. I applied more dust. This time getting all of the perimeter of the shed. Next day, no yellow jacket activity. They got the hint. I even spotted a dead yellow jacket about 25-30 feet away from the opening! The devil's insect terrorized me for a good 3 months and kept me from even going into my shed. Thank you so much it is such a relief to finally be able to enjoy my own yard. Use Tips for Yellow Jackets: Apply at nightfall. I can't stress this enough. You are less likely to be stung at this time. Activity is way less. Still be VERY careful. Even at night, one of the worker friends didn't appreciate the forceful dusting and popped his lovely head out to say hello and chase me. Buy a duster. Only way to make it work. I used the cheapest bulb duster I could find here. It dispersed it pretty dang far. A little goes a long way and I probably went overkill a bit with 2 dustings. I wanted to be sure though as I can't see the nest and wanted to cover the perimeter for permanent treatment. Even then I didn't even use much compared to what they send you. Don't count on it killing on contact like the spray. Remember this is a permanent fix. Not just a "spray them they are dead." The sprays are good for visible nests. Spray and knockdown. If you are dusting and they come out to say hello, you should make a hasty exit and try back another time. Service here was great. If I ever need anymore, I will always by from domyownpestcontrol.com!
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UNBELIEVABLE!
By Dennis on 09/19/2010
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I had (key word is HAD) a yellowjacket problem under the aluminum siding of my house. I could see where they were entering, but couldn't get to the nest, so I drilled a hole through the siding into the space just under the window and tried using a straw to inject liquid and foam insecticides. It proved ineffective, so I mixed up a batch of seven (the hardware store assured me it would kill the bees), stuck my sprayer wand into the hole and drenched it with about a half gallon of the mix. I'm sure I must have killed a few of them (perhaps they drowned), but I was unimpressed and still had a bee problem. Then I found this website and what they said made sense to me. I bought Tempo 1% dust and a duster and went after the wasps. I dusted the openings and dusted in the hole I had drilled in the siding. It took a day or two for the yellowjackets to track the dust back into their nest, but it did an excellent job of eradication! There was a marked reduction in wasp activity within 24 hours and a complete kill in 48. Best product I have ever used. Make sure to use a breathing mask and gloves as the dust is so fine you will undoubtably breath in some of it and it's a bit rough on the lungs. I had a 10 minute coughing fit after using it, but I'll be smarter next time. After all it really is harder on the bees than on me! LOL! I only used a few ounces of the dust so there is alot left over for future needs. Thanks guys, I appreciate you site and products.
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Best Product for Cockroaches and BED BUGS
By Jesus on 06/18/2014
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This product has saved my life from bedbugs. When the product arrive, I couldn't wait to use it. I ordered this product and the bellow duster. Before using it on bedbugs, I went on using it on cockroaches in my kitchen. I live in a apartment where the manager doesn't really do much. She has only fumigated the kitchen for cockroaches maybe 3 times in my 20 years of living. The exterminator didn't do a good job. Cockroaches aren't my big concern since they aren't the ones biting me at night but once I puffed around the kitchen, cockroaches started to appear out of their hiding areas. This product is amazing! I puffed under the stove, under the refrigerator, under the cabinets and in the crevices where I would see them flee. The cockroaches kept coming out and coming out. They would climb up the ceiling and then fall right straight down on the floor. It has gotten rid of a lot of cockroaches. And the plus side to this product is that it stays active up to a year. I do recommend buying IGR since cockroaches make eggs and this can't kill the eggs. Once I started seeing the cockroaches crawling up to the ceiling and then dying, I didn't want to be near the kitchen. So I started my bed bug extermination. I began my room. I puffed in the crevices of the wall. I opened up the outlets and puffed in the walls too. I put the pipe of the duster between the wall and the carpet. I puffed the whole room against the carpet and the baseboard in order to get any bedbugs underneath the carpet or in the baseboard. I did the same thing to the rest of the apartment. Later on in the evening, I found a bedbug crawling up the wall with some white dust on it. It was wobbling. I have left the dust around for 2 months now and I have been able to sleep. Haven't seen any bedbugs or bedbug feces. I gave this thing a week to say if it worked or not because having bedbugs has been traumatizing. I even bought tempo sc ultra and IGR just incase it didn't work. IT WORKS!!!! Thank GOD!! I have been living with them for 2 years and now I thank GOD and Domyownpestcontrol for this product!!!. I'm planning on using this product for a year since the building is having bedbug problems. Forgot to mention that before using this product, the building sent an exterminator a total of 8 times in 2 years. I noticed that the exterminator was just not doing his job, he cared more about making a bigger profit than having the customer happy. That's when I decided to do research on doing my own extermination and I found this website.
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Tempo 1% Dust Did It!
By Jon on 08/21/2009
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I just wanted to let you all know how well the Tempo Dust got rid of the hornet and yellow jacket problem in my soffits. I had tried so many things to get rid of them – OTC jet sprays, Delta Dust, foggers, and even paint thinner! The problem was I did not know exactly where the nest was in my soffit. I just puffed Tempo Dust around all the crevices to my soffits where they were getting in last night and now there is no insect activity this morning! Thanks again for your products and prompt delivery.
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Yes, Tempo Dust is safe for use on baseboards around hard floors.
Tempo 1% Dust is safe to use in places where pets and children will be as long as you follow the product label and only apply the dust in allowed places. They should be out of the area during treatment and for about an hour after.I have used it previously but did not do it this past spring - I want to make sure I do so before it becomes a problem next year.
It will depend on which bugs you are treating for, as to when the best time for application of Tempo 1% Dust would be.
We recommend treating in the evening with Tempo 1% Dust Insecticide when wasps and hornets are less active. We also recommend following our guide on how to get rid & kill wasps and yellow jackets
https://www.domyown.com/how-to-get-rid-of-wasps-a-505.html
Tempo 1% Dust will eliminate carpenter bees. Be sure to wait at least 14 days or until there is no longer any activity to plug the holes up.
Also, please check out our Carpenter Bee Guide for tips on how to treat and prevent carpenter bees.
Tempo 1% Dust should not be applied to chickens or areas where chickens can access. It is only to be used in listed areas on the label only with a dust applicator.
Tempo 1% Dust can be used to treat ants in cracks and crevices indoors, if used as directed on the manufacturer's product label.
You could also consider our Indoor Ant Kit, which includes a residual insecticide aerosol, both types of ant bait (gel bait and granular bait) as well as resusable bait plate stations. These are all the products you need for professional treatment of most ants commonly found indoors.
Please view our Ant Treatment Guide for more information.
Tempo 1% Dust Insecticide should not be used in any areas that could contaminate the water by contact or where run off could occur into the pool.
Bees/wasp are attracting to water, because they are looking for water. You may consider keeping a can of Wasp Freeze on hand to spray stinging insects on contact when you see them (do not use over the water).Please contact the manufacturer Bayer for specifics on this matter 1-800-331-2867.
I had a nest between my gutter and house.a exterminator sprayed powder inside.I don't see any activity where the nest is but now they are getting in my basement through the wall or where there is a electrical conduit. I find them crawling or half dead,I find up to 5 a day.any advice?
Tempo 1% Dust would be what you would use in a wall void or entry point of the yellow jackets so they can pick it up on their feet and take it back further in the nest.
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While it is possible for trace amounts of an insecticide dust to be carried out of a nest that you have treated, usually insects like yellow jackets or other wasps will transfer the dust to other insects in that nest rather than to insects outside their nest. Of course, we do not recommend applying Tempo 1% Dust or similar products directly to pollinators or to flowering plants. We also recommend treating in the evening when these insects are less active and more likely to contact the insecticide you have applied directly to the nesting area.
Our mid mid home has vertical wood slats on the exterior and up almost every single crack between slats we have found paper nests. Now as we are doing a remodel in one area of the house, we have found many nests inside up in the ceilings - both paper and mud nests. Will this work in both places? And how large of an area does one bottle cover? How early in the season can I get started?
Absolutely! You can apply Tempo 1% Dust anywhere you see wasps, yellow jackets, and any other labeled pests are entering either your home or another structure. You can even use Tempo Dust for wasps nesting in the ground or in a nest hanging from a tree. Tempo Dust is by far our best selling dust for flying insects. It will typically wipe out a nuisance nest within 24 hours. It is best to apply the dust in the late evening when they are not actively flying around anymore. 1 to 2 puffs from a hand duster is all that you need. This product is used at a rate of 0.5 to 1 lb. per 1,000 sq. ft. Please take a moment to review our Wasp Control Guide for more information and helpful tips on eradicating these pests.
It is currently winter in the midwest and I'd like to know the best time to apply this to the eaves of the house to help prevent wasps from nesting there come spring/summer.
If applied into voids for wasp control, the best time to apply Tempo 1% Dust is when these pests start to become active. It will work best for wasps when it's fresh. If you believe the area you will treat may have moisture build up, it would be best to use Delta Dust. Delta Dust is water-resistant and can easily be applied with any of our hand dusters.
Tempo 1% Dust would be a great choice to dust in a wall void for carpenter ants. Dusts do tend to kill the ants a bit faster than foaming but you may need to drill more holes or open the wall a bit more to make sure you are getting even coverage. Please take a look at our Carpenter Ant Control Guide for some great information about dusting and other products you can use in a wall void.
Tempo 1% Dust is not mixed with water at all. It is applied as a dry dust to cracks and crevices as directed on the product label.
To remove Tempo 1% Dust, you can simply vaccum the area and then rinse with soap and water. You should launder any fabrics that you think may have gotten the dust on them. Be sure to wear gloves while cleaning.
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