Bifen IT Insecticide

Bifen IT, manufactured by Control Solutions Inc., is a multi-purpose suspended concentrate insecticide designed for broad-spectrum control of 75 types of insects like termites, earwigs, cockroaches, and more.

This professional strength formula contains the active ingredient bifenthrin 7.9%, which interferes with the target insect's nervous system and leads to eventual death. As a flowable multi-use product, it can be applied in numerous ways, such as a foam injected into concrete slabs or a suspended concentrate sprayed into cracks and crevices. Once applied, it will dry clear, leaving no stains or odor behind.

Bifen IT Insecticide does not provide a quick knockdown, but it does provide a long-lasting residual of 3 months to keep pests from making their way indoors.

Tools Needed

To use Bifen IT, you will need a hose-end sprayer, handheld pump sprayer, backpack sprayer, or skid sprayer.

We recommend a handheld 1 gallon pump sprayer for small household jobs or a 4-gallon backpack sprayer. If Bifen IT is used for termite control by trenching, a shovel or dirt removal tool, and a wheelbarrow will be needed.

How To Use

For General Treatments

• Step 1: Determine how much Bifen IT you will need by measuring the square footage of the treatment area. To do this, measure the length and width of the treatment area in feet, then multiply them together (length x width = square footage). Depending on the pest on the lawn, use 0.18 to 1.0 fl. oz. of Bifen IT per gallon of water per 1,000 sq. ft. of turfgrass. For perimeter applications, use 0.33 to 1.0 fl. oz. of Bifen IT per 1 gallon of water per 1,000 square feet.
• Step 2: In a handpump sprayer, fill the spray tank halfway with water and add Bifen IT at the appropriate rate based on your calculations. Fill your spray tank the rest of the way with water and mix well. Shaking or mixing a pump sprayer periodically is suggested to ensure an even application and prevent the sprayer from clogging.
• Step 3: Make crack and crevice treatments indoors and broadcast sprays or cracks and crevice treatments outdoors. Keep all people and pets off-treated areas until dry.
• Step 4: When used as an insecticide spray on lawns, spray the top and bottom of leaves until wet, but not to the point of runoff. Postpone irrigation or mowing for 24 hours after application to obtain the best possible control.

For Termite Trench Treatments

• Step 1: To create a trench around your home foundation's perimeter, remove soil with a shovel or other appropriate tool and place the dirt in a wheelbarrow. Dig the trench 6 inches wide and 6 inches deep.
• Step 2: For pre-construction horizontal barrier treatments, mix Bifen IT at the rate of 1 oz. per gallon of water. Apply it along the concrete slab at a rate of 1 finished gallon of solution per 10 square feet. When trench treating your entire home perimeter, add 4 gallons of 0.06% diluted solution per 10 linear feet. Mix the Bifen IT solution well and pour it into the dug trench every 10 linear feet. Pour the solution slowly to spread evenly throughout the entire trench.
• Step 3: Once the entire perimeter trench is treated with the solution, the soil should be returned to the trench.
• Step 4: Then, use a handpump sprayer to create a 1 gallon solution of Bifen IT and treat the soil you used to fill the trench back up.

Where To Use

Bifen IT can be used in and around homes, commercial and industrial buildings, recreational areas, athletic fields, lawns, and ornamentals. It may also be used in livestock and poultry houses.

This product can be applied to flowers, foliage plants, non-bearing fruit and nut trees, shrubs, and ornamental trees, in interior and exterior plantscapes, such as those in hotels, office buildings, shopping malls, and around athletic fields, homes, institutional buildings, parks, and recreational areas.

Not for use on sod farm turf, golf course turf, or grass grown for seed.

When To Use

Bifen IT can be used as a preventative treatment by creating an insecticidal barrier as a spray to keep insects and various bugs from getting indoors. It can also be used as a treatment once targeted insects have been spotted.

Apply Bifen IT on warm, calm days when wind speeds are low to minimize drift and rain is not in the immediate forecast. When applying Bifen IT indoors, we recommend timing your application so that people or pets will not occupy the treated areas for at least a couple of hours so the solution has time to dry.

Safety Information

Bifen IT is safe to use around children and pets when applied according to the product label instructions. Always wear the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) when mixing or making applications.

Keep children and pets out of the treated area until the spray completely dries.

Special Considerations

Target insects may develop resistance to Bifen IT's active ingredient, Bifenthrin. If, over time, your applications seem less effective, switch out your insecticide treatment with a product with a different active ingredient and mode of action.