Malathion 5EC
Malathion 5EC
Malathion 5EC
ACTIVE INGREDIENT:
Malathion: 0, 0-dimethyl phosphorodithioate of
diethyl mercaptosuccinate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.00%
INERT INGREDIENTS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.00%
TOTAL 100.00%
Contains Petroleum Distillates.
(Contains 5 pounds of Malathion per gallon)
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
OUTDOOR USE ON NONAQUATIC SITES: This pesticide is toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and aquatic life stages of amphibians. Do not apply directly to water,
or to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark. Drift and runoff may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in areas
near the application site. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwaters. This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment on
blooming crops or weeds. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming crops or weeds if bees are visiting the treatment area.
ON AQUATIC SITES: This pesticide is toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates, and aquatic life stages of amphibians. Do not apply directly to water except as specified
on this label. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwaters. Broadcast use only over intermittently flooded areas. Application may not be made
around bodies of water where fish or shellfish are grown and/or harvested commercially.
INDOOR USE: Use only with adequate ventilation. After using this product indoors, ventilate thoroughly before occupying enclosed spaces. Do not allow contact
with treated surface until sprays have dried.
CHEMIGATION PROHIBITION
Do not apply this product through any type of irrigation system.
RESIDUAL SPRAY
BEFORE STORING GRAINS (CORN, BARLEY, OATS, RYE, WHEAT): Before applying spray, clean elevators, box cars, etc. thoroughly. Remove and burn all sweep-
ings and debris. For a residual wall, floor and machinery spray in grain elevators in treating truck beds, box cars and ships holds, before loading grain make a thor-
ough application. 1 pint in 2 to 5 gallons of water per 1,000 bushels.
WAREHOUSE (CORN, BARLEY, OATS, RYE, WHEAT): Khapra beetle - 8 pints per 20 gallons of water. Apply spray at the rate of 2 gallons per 1,000 sq. ft. of sur-
face or to runoff. Thoroughly spray with sufficient pressure, interior of empty warehouse including cracks and protected places.
OUTDOOR ORNAMENTALS
FLOWERS, SHADE TREES, SHRUBS: Injury may occur on Ferns, Hickory, Viburnum, Lantana, Crassula and Canareti Juniper following the use of Malathion 5 EC,
slight injury has also been reported on Boston, Pteris, and Maidenhair Ferns, Petunias, Small-Leaf Spirea, White Pine and Maples, under extreme heat, drought and
disease conditions the emulsifiable concentrates may cause slight damage to Elms.
Aphids, Spider mites: 1 1/2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Bagworms, Birch leaf miner, Boxwood leaf miner: 2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
European pine shoot moth, Four-lined leaf bug, Japanese beetle adult, Potato leafhopper, Rose leafhopper, Tarnished plant bug, Thrips: 1 1/2 pints per 100
gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Lace bug: 1 pint per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Mealybugs, Whiteflies: 1 1/2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Oak kemes: 2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon. Apply when scale crawlers have settled on foliage.
Tent caterpillar: 2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Oyster shell scale: 1 pint per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon. Apply when scale crawlers have settled on foliage.
Euonymus scale, Scurfy scale: 1 1/2 pint per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Azalea scale, Magnolia scale, Pine leaf scale: 2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Fletcher scale: 2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon. Apply when scale crawlers have settled on foliage.
Florida red scale, Juniper scale: 2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon. Apply when scale crawlers have settled on foliage.
Black scale crawlers, Soft brown scale: 2 1/4 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Monterey pine scale: 2 1/2 pints per 100 gallons or 2 teaspoons per gallon.
Pine needle scale: 4 pints per 100 gallons or 4 teaspoons per gallon.
Wax scale: 4 pints per 100 gallons or 4 teaspoons per gallon. Apply in spring when crawlers are active. Repeat 1 or 2 full-coverage applications at 10 day intervals.
IN AND AROUND GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS:
(BEANS, CUCUMBERS, EGGPLANT, ENDIVE, HEAD LETTUCE, LEAF LETTUCE, ONIONS, PEPPERS, TOMATO, ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING PLANTS, ORNA-
MENTAL NURSERY STOCK, ORNAMENTAL WOODY PLANTS)
Millipedes, Sawbugs, Springtails - 1 teaspoon/gallon. Apply to 150 square feet of soil surface or where insects congregate. Repeat at 7 to 10 day intervals as needed.
LAWNS:
Ant mounts - 1 1/2 pints/100 gallons. Spray ant hills thoroughly so that they are well soaked. For other small ants in flower beds, lawns, around trees, spray lightly
in the infested areas. Repeat in 10 to 15 days if ants return.
Ground pearls - 3 to 4 quarts/100 gallons. Make full coverage to soil surface when ground pearl nymphs are in the pink, “crawler” or active stage and immediately
wash into soil with additional water.
ON AND AROUND CULL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DUMPS
Drosophila flies, Dried fruit beetles: 1 1/2 gallons per 100 gallons water. Apply as a drench using 8 to 10 gallons of spray per 100 sq. ft. For best results, dumps
should not be over 18 inches deep.
DO NOT FEED TREATED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
All statements concerning the use of this product apply only when used as directed.
THE MANUFACTURER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, CONCERNING THIS PRODUCT OR ITS USE, WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE
DESCRIPTION ON THE LABEL.
Read all directions carefully.