Authorized Uses
Imidacloprid is the most widely used insecticide in the world. Its major uses include:
- Agriculture - Control of aphids, thrips, stink bugs, locusts, and a variety of other insects that damage crops
- Arboriculture - Control of the emerald ash borer and other insects that attack trees (including hemlock, maple, oak, and birch)
- Home Protection - Control of termites, carpenter ants, cockroaches, and moisture-loving insects
- Domestic animals - Control of fleas (applied to the neck)
- Turf - Control of Japanese beetle larvae
- Gardening - Control of aphids and other pests
When used on plants, imidacloprid, which is systemic, is slowly taken up by plant roots and slowly translocated up the plant via xylem tissue.
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