Sumari^® Insecticide - Animal Health

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See examples of equipment that may be used to apply Sumari^® Insecticide to poultry facilities: Sumari Insecticide Application Equipment for Poultry Facilities

Sumari^® Insecticide is the latest in ant control innovation. See features and benefits in our product overview video:

Sumari^® is a non-repellent product that works great on social and communal insects like ants and cockroaches.

Sumari^® works on both the nervous system and endocrine system (hormones) of target insects.

Sumari^® provides a 90-day residual for listed pests.

Even outdoors! MGK conducted third party trials testing the longevity of Sumari^® on tile and concrete under real-world conditions.

Sumari^® can be applied outdoors as a broadcast, perimeter, spot, or crack & crevice treatment. Indoors, Sumari^® can be applied as a spot or crack and crevice treatment.

Applicators are only required to wear long-sleeved shirts, pants, socks and shoes. No gloves, goggles, or respirator required!

Each individual account is different but Sumari^® users report control within 24–72 hours in most cases. This includes Argentine and red imported fire ants.

Sumari^® is labeled for many pests including fleas, German cockroaches, mosquitoes, Kudzu bugs, stink bugs, centipedes, springtails, crickets, earwigs, chinch bugs, aphids, and others.

Sumari^® Insecticide has been proven to be an effective tool for house flies in both indoor and outdoor locations. Additionally, the use of Sumari^® Insecticide on both porous substrates, like soil, and non-porous surfaces, like metal, yields equally successful results. It is recommended that Sumari^® Insecticide be applied anywhere that house flies are resting and breeding, such as barn walls, manure stacking pads, flush pits and other areas inside and outside animal production facilities.

Granular ant baits have long been relied upon for fire ant control due to their ease of application over large areas. However, rain events and incidental irrigation can limit their ability to work. Sumari^® Insecticide is stable in the environment, allowing ants to forage among the active ingredients without fear of weather restrictions. Applications of liquid insecticides are great choices when a concentrated formulation is desired, while granular applications may be a better choice for large-scale pasture applications.

Ants are social insects and unlike other pests common to animal production, the success of an ant control program relies on the ant’s ability to share the insecticide with the colony. Sumari^® Insecticide is comprised of clothianidin, a non-repellant insecticide and pyriproxyfen, an insect growth regulator (IGR). Repellant insecticides, such as pyrethroids, can act too quickly for the insecticide to be shared by foraging ants with the rest of the colony or drive ants away from the treatment area before having time to work. Sumari^® Insecticide gradually works on ants, allowing them to share with the colony before perishing.

Pyrethroid products are often used for premise applications and control of a broad spectrum of pests. Sumari^® Insecticide is an ideal rotational product for those facilities that have previously limited their applications to a single insecticide class. Sumari^®Insecticide is a neonicotinoid plus an insect growth regulator. Together, they provide residual control of listed insects even in pyrethroid-resistant populations.

Insect growth regulators (IGRs) provide another level of insect control by working to break the reproduction cycle and prevent insects from reaching adulthood. By including an IGR in Sumari^®, the need to tank mix an additional product is eliminated. Many products on the market provide a quick kill, but Sumari^® makes applications quicker and easier by including the IGR in solution.

Applying Sumari^® when the weather is calm and there is no rain forecasted for 24 hours will ensure the best residual control similar to all insecticides. However, the active ingredients in Sumari^® are known to resist flushing once applied and provide results, even in adverse conditions.