Ortho® Home Defense® Insect Killer for Indoor & Perimeter2 kills common household bugs such as ants, bees, beetles, centipedes, cockroaches, crickets, fleas, flies, millipedes, mosquitoes, moths, spiders, stink bugs, ticks, termites, periodical cicadas, and more (as listed). This insect killer creates a bug barrier of up to 12 months protection (against ants, roaches and spiders indoors on non-porous surfaces) to provide long-lasting results. In addition, the Invisi-Shield Technology formula gives off no fumes, dries clear, and dries fast. Use Ortho® Home Defense® Insect Killer for Indoor & Perimeter2 anytime as a preventative treatment or after you see evidence of insect activity for long lasting-control. Apply with confidence indoors (kitchens, bathrooms, doors and windows) and outdoors (perimeter of foundations, patios and decks, garages) wherever insects are a recurring problem. For indoor surfaces, hold sprayer 12 inches from surface being sprayed and apply a 4 inch wide band along the interior of the home in areas where insects are a recurring problem. Area should be sprayed until slightly wet without soaking. For perimeter treatment, also hold sprayer 12 inches from surface being sprayed and apply a 12 inch wide band along the exterior of the home.

How to Use

Prep the Comfort Wand®

• Take the wand from the holster and remove the pull strip to activate the batteries.
• Unfold the Comfort Wand® until it clicks into position.

Connect

• Unwrap the hose and insert the hose connector into the spout on the bottle cap.
• Twist knob to "ON."

Spray

• Shake well.
• Turn sprayer nozzle to desired spray pattern and then slide the trigger switch to "UNLOCK."
• Press trigger to spray.
• For indoor surfaces, hold sprayer 12-inches from surface being sprayed and apply a 4-inch wide band along the interior of the home in areas where insects are a recurring problem. Spray until slightly wet without soaking.
• For exterior perimeter treatment, also hold the sprayer 12-inches from surface being sprayed and apply a 12-inch wide band along the exterior of the home.
• For treating a pet's resting quarters, spot treat infested areas and localized areas of the floor/floor coverings (rugs, carpets, tile, vinyl, and wood) where pests may be present.

Finish

• Turn nozzle to "OFF."
• Slide switch on trigger to "LOCK."
• Fold the Comfort Wand® closed and place the sprayer back in holster.

Where Not to Use

• Do not spray:
• animals
• into the air
• into fish pools, ponds, streams, or lakes
• directly to sewers or storm drains, or to any area like a drain or gutter where drainage to sewers, storm drains, water bodies, or aquatic habitat can occur
• in or on electrical equipment due to the possibility of shock hazard

Where to Use

• Use indoors (kitchens, bathrooms, doors & windows) and outdoors (perimeter foundations, garages, patios and decks, doors & windows).

When to Apply

• Use anytime as a preventative treatment or after evidence of insect activity.

How Often to Apply

• Re-treatment is recommended at least once per season (3 months) outdoors.

Yes, Ortho Home Defense Insect Killer for Indoor & Perimeter2 can be used both indoors and outdoors! Just ensure that people and pets stay out of the treated area until the spray has completely dried.

Avoid applying during rain or when rain is expected before the product has at least 4 hours to dry. If it rains within 24 hours of application, it could lead to unintended runoff.

Adelgids: Eastern Sprucegall; Ants: Argentine, Carpenter, Foraging Fire Ants, Pavement, Pharaoh/Sugar, Pyramid, and Red/Western Harvester; Aphids: Apple, Black Cherry, Buckhorn, Greenbug, Pea, Pecan, Rose, Rosy Apple, and Walnut; Bees; Beetles: Billbugs, Black Turfgrass Ataenius, Carpet, Colorado Potato, Corn Rootworm (Adults), Curculio (Cow Pea, Plum), Elm Leaf, Flea, Japanese (Adults), Lady Beetles (including Asian Lady Beetle Eggs), Mexican Bean, Pine Chafer (grub), Pine Shoot, Sap, Spotted Cucumber/Southern Corn Rootworm (Adults), Striped Cucumber, and Weevils (Annual Bluegrass & Black Vine); Borers: American Plum, European Corn, Lesser Peachtree, Peachtree, Peach Twig, Southwestern Corn, Squash Vine, and Stalk; Boxelder Bugs; Bristletails; Caterpillars: Alfalfa, Armyworms (Beet, Fall, Biting, Southern, True, Yellow Striped, Beet Armyworm Eggs), Bagworms, Blueberry Spanworm, Budworms, Corn Earworm, Cutworms, Cranberry Fruitworm, Filbertworm, Green Cloverworm, Green Fruitworm, Filbertworm, Green Cloverworm, Green Fruitworm, Hickory Shuckworm, Hornworms (Tobacco & Tomato), Imported Cabbageworm, Loopers (Alfalfa, Cabbage, Celery), Navel Orangeworm, Painted Lady, Pecan Nut Casebearer, Pickleworm, Rindworm, Saltmarsh, Sod Webworms, Tent, and Velvetbean; Centipedes; Chinch Bug: Hairy, and Southern; Cockroaches: American/Palmetto Bug/Waterbug, Asian, German, and Oriental; Cricket; Earwigs; Firebrats; Fleas: Cat, and Dog; Flies: Apple Maggot, Biting Flies, Cherry Fruit, Cornsilk, European Crane (Adult), and House; Fungus Gnats; Grasshoppers; Hornets; Lace Bugs; Leaffooted Bugs: Squash Bug; Leafhoppers; Leafminers: Alder, Tentiform, and Vegetable; Leafrollers: Oblique Banded, Red-Banded, and Variegated; Mealybug; Midges; Millipedes; Mites: Broad, Carmine, Chigger, Clover, European Red, Pecan Scorch, Spruce, Two Spotted Spider (Adult), and Two Spotted Spider (Eggs); Mole Crickets; Mosquitoes; Moths: Artichoke Plume, Codling, Diamondback, and Gypsy; Periodical Cicada; Phylloxera: Pecan Leaf, and Pecan Stem; Pillbugs and Rollie Pollies; Plant Bugs: Lygus, and Tarnished; Psyllids: Pear; Sawflies: European Pine, and Redheaded Pine; Scales: Brown Soft, California Red, Euonymus, and San Jose; Scorpions; Silverfish; Sowbugs; Spiders: Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Hobo, and Wolf; Spittlebugs: Pecan; Springtails; Stink Bugs: Brown Marmorated, and Kudzu; Stored Product Pests; Thrips; Ticks; Termites; Wasps; Whiteflies; Yellowjackets

• People and pets may re-enter the treated area after the spray has dried.

This pesticide is extremely toxic to fish, aquatic invertebrates, oysters and shrimp. To protect the environment, do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters or surface waters. Applying this product in calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours will help to ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash pesticide off the treatment area. Drift and run off from treated areas may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in neighboring areas. Care should be used when spraying to avoid fish and reptile pets in/around ornamental ponds. This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment or residues on blooming plants. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming plants if bees are visiting the treatment area.