Tempo 1% Dust Insecticide - Questions & Answers

If you are seeing hornets coming in and out through cracks in the retaining wall, then a great product to use would be Tempo 1% Dust. You should apply the Tempo 1% Dust with a duster such as the B&G Bulb Duster 1150 and direct the dust into the cracks in the wall where you are seeing the insects enter and exit. You may also want to have Wasp Freeze on hand for quick knockdown of flying insects in the area.

Tempo Dust is a great product to use in a wall void or other area if you know that is where the ants are nesting.  However, if you have ants inside and outside the house, but have no idea where the nest is, you should use a bait that the ants will take back to the colony for you.  Our best selling carpenter ant products are in a carpenter ant kit.  There is a bait for application outside and inside where you see activity.  It has a very high success rate; read the reviews. 

Absolutely!  You can apply Tempo Dust anywhere you see wasps, yellow jackets, and any other pest for that matter are entering either your home or another structure.  You can even use Tempo Dust for yellow jackets 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 next 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.

No, Tempo 1% Dust should be used only as directed on the product label as a dry insecticide formulation. You can use either Tempo SC Ultra, Tempo Ultra WP, or Tempo WSP Ultra if you would a concentrate to apply as a spray.

Tempo 1% Dust  will work great for wasp and will not harm Evergreen Shrubs.

Tempo dust will help in the elimination of spiders, including brown recluse spiders when used as recommended on the product label.

Tempo dust would be a good choice to help control the cicada killers. Tempo dust offers a pretty fast knockdown though you should note that it does not offer an instant knockdown. You may want to consider using a instant knockdown spray such as Eco PCO Jet-X. Eco PCO Jet-X provides instant knockdown and kill of stinging insects. The Jet Spray can be sprayed up to 15 ft. Cicada Killer wasps thrive in disturbed environments, such as landscaped yards and places where bare soil is exposed. You can discourage the wasps from nesting in your yard by cutting your grass on the highest setting and by adding a thick layer of mulch to flower beds during the Cicada Killer Wasp season. These wasps do not like over saturated lawns either, so over watering during their season will help prevent them. Unfortunately there is no fool proof way to prevent cicada killer wasps.

To get into those higher areas, you could use the Dustick Duster applicator.  Tempo 1% dust is the most effective dust to treat for hornets and yellow jackets. Be sure to treat in the times of the day when they are less active (earlier morning or later evening). You may also want to use a ready-to-use knockdown insecticide such as PT Wasp Freeze II. This spray will spray up to 15 away for safe and quick knockdown of flying, stinging insects.

We actually would recommend different products all together for bed bugs. Our Bed Bug kits are the most effective. Please also read our How to Get Rid of Bed bug article. It is safe for your children to enter the treated areas after the treated areas have dried. 

Depending on what stage the bee is in the life cycle it can take minutes to hours. The idea is that the adult bees carry the dust in the holes to the larvae.

We would recommend using Tempo 1% Dust for treating any type of nest in a soffet or wall. Puffing a couple of times into the entrance in the evening when they are less active will allow the dust to enter and they will carry it on their bodies through the nest. It can often take 2-3 weeks at least for all life cycles to be completely affected. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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.

Tempo dust would be a good choice to help control the cicada killers. Tempo dust offers a pretty fast knockdown though you should note that it does not offer an instant knockdown. You may want to consider using a instant knockdown spray such as Eco PCO Jet-X. Eco PCO Jet-X provides instant knockdown and kill of stinging insects. The Jet Spray can be sprayed up to 15 ft. Cicada Killer wasps thrive in disturbed environments, such as landscaped yards and places where bare soil is exposed. You can discourage the wasps from nesting in your yard by cutting your grass on the highest setting and by adding a thick layer of mulch to flower beds during the Cicada Killer Wasp season. These wasps do not like over saturated lawns either, so over watering during their season will help prevent them. Unfortunately there is no fool proof way to prevent cicada killer wasps.

Tempo 1% dust would be a great insecticide dust to use around and in the openings where the yellow jackets are entering and exiting the shingles. Tempo Dust formulation contains one of the most effective compounds available for quick knockdown and long-term residual control of stinging insects. We do recommend that the dust be applied with a hand duster to be sure the dust is getting into the crevice.

We are sorry to hear about your cat. However, we cannot be certain that the Tempo 1% Dust is the culprit. Although, we are certain that the Tempo 1% Dust is a very safe product as long as it is used according to the manufactures recommendations on the product label.

Both dusts would work very well for spiders. Delta dust does have an advantage if you need to treat in damp or moist areas though as it is waterproof and will work even if wet. You should note that dusts do not offer a quick knockdown.

If you know where the nest is you can use a dust such as Tempo dust puffed into the nest or holes using a hand duster and around the opening of the nest. This type of application usually will kill the nest of wasps over the course of a few days. 

Ground bees, also known as digger bees, can be very difficult to control no matter what product you use and they most likely will come back to your property year after year unless you do your part to alter your property to make it unfavorable to the bees. Ground bees prefer dry soils with thin grasses so irrigating the area frequently and correcting any issue that causes your grass to be thin will help deter the bees from nesting. In areas where you do not have grass, a layer of mulch will help deter the bees from nesting. Ground bees are solitary bees and are not very aggressive and are known to be a beneficial insect which is why you will not find any products specifically labeled for this type of bee. Talstar P can help provide some level of control but it will not get rid of all of the ground bees on your property. You should use Talstar P at a 1 oz of product to 1 gallon of water for a 1,000 sq ft area ratio. This will give you the fastest knockdown and the longest lasting residual. Talstar P does not offer an instant knockdown but will kill insects that come into contact with treated areas over a short period of time.

When treating for yellow jackets and using Tempo 1% Dust,  the yellow jacket colony will remain active for only one summer, after which the queens will move away to start up new colonies. The remaining yellow jackets will die at the end of the season, and the nest will not get reused. So during the meantime while they are active the Tempo 1% Dust that you have applied should kill the ones that are in the void that you have placed it in. That does not necessarily mean that there is a nest in that particular void. The nest could be elsewhere, and they could be foraging for food or these could just be the remaining yellow jackets that are left behind after the queens have left already. 

The purpose of termite applications of TEMPO 1% Dust is solely to kill workers or winged reproductive forms which may be present in treated channels at the time of treatment. Tempo will not transfer from termite to termite and you must drill into the wood to apply the dust directly to the galleries with a hand duster. When treating for drywood termites you must be able to either remove the infested pieces of wood or directly treat the wood with a product such as Boracare which will penetrate into the wood from the outside (still must access the wood but you do not have to drill into the wood. Boracare can only be used on wood that has never been painted, stained or sealed) or you must drill into the wood and apply a product such as Tempo dust or even better Termidor Foam which will expand and move through the galleries and the termites will even spread the product for you through social interaction.