MERIT 0.5 G Insecticide can be used for the control of soil inhabiting pests of turfgrass.such as Northern & Southern masked chafers, Cyclocephalaborealis,C.immaculata, and /or C.lurida; Asiatic
garden beetle, Maladera castanea; European chafer, Rhizotroqus majalis; Green June beetle, Cotinis nitida; Mayor June beetles, Phyl/ophaga spp.; Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica; Oriental beetle, Anomala
orientalis; Billbugs, Spherophorus spp.; Annual bluegrass weevil, Hyperodes spp.; Black turfgrass ataenius, Ataenius spretulus; Aphodius spp; European Crane Fly Tipula paludosa; and Mole crickets,
Scapteriscus spp.
Can also be used for the suppression of cutworms and chinchbugs in turfgrass areas.
MERIT can be used as directed on turfgrass in sites such as home lawns, business and office complexes, shopping complexes, multi-family residential complexes, golf courses, airports,
cemeteries, parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields.
MERIT Insecticide cannot be used on commercial sod farms.
The active ingredient in Merit insecticide has sufficient residual activity so that applications can be made preceding the egg laying activity of the target pests.
High levels of control can be achieved when applications are made preceding or during the egg laying period.