Garden Tech - Sevin Insect Killer Dust - 1 lb (Pack of 2)

Great for insect control!

The product I have from 2023 is labeled on the can as "0.1% bifenthrin." This is different from the picture on amazon, but it still works for yellowjackets. I have seen a few reviews saying this product doesn't work for yellowjackets. It will work, but it is not a simple one-and-done. I have done the following to remove 3 underground yellowjacket nests in the past year: * At night, when the nest is sleeping, I put a few spoonfuls right in the entrance to dust them when they leave in the morning. * The next day, the wasps fly out and get dusted. Typically, a nest has thousands of wasps in it, so before long, wasps leaving will have cleared the dust from the entrance, and later wasps flying out will not get dusted. However, I have noticed a sharp decrease in activity by this stage. * I put another spoonful right in the entrance. The idea is to ensure wasps entering and leaving get dusted. It may be safe to do this in daytime, but be careful. * A few hours later, check to see if you need to dust the entrance again. * You may need to continue the next day. Yellowjacket larvae hatch after a few days, so even if all the fliers are dead, new wasps can still emerge a couple days after you apply. * After a few days, there should be no wasps flying out. Cover the opening with dirt so it doesn't poison other things. * It is fine if you see dusted wasps going back into the nest. They will die before long, and they will bring the dust into the nest to poison wasps that never left.

I had a giant underground yellowjacket nest that was no more than five feet from my house. Bought the Sevin 5%, waited until it got dark and good and cool and went out to the nest area. I put on a bee suit and heavy sweatshirt and sweatpants but there were no yellowjackets up at 10pm, as it turned out. I had no problem finding the entrance to the nest, which looked like the mouth of the Holland Tunnel. I tipped about 1/4 of the canister into the hole (more than I had intended, but I don't think the excess amount was any real issue: it still was a fairly small pile). This nest had had two to three insects flying STRAIGHT UP, EVERY SECOND. More than a hundred yellowjackets flying around every minute. I nuked them on Sunday night and by Monday morning, there was already a big change. There was a little pile of Sevin dust outside the nest: they had had to excavate it to get through, sealing their doom. Instead of hundreds of insects flying around, I saw a FEW and, instead of taking off like fighter jets, they were buzzing around in sad, drunken circles. By Wednesday, this was down to a single yellowjacket in about five minutes. Today, Thursday, the nest was quiet. This stuff is the White Death for yellowjackets. Armageddon. 3Some patience is required, but we're not talking a long-term process.

Not Carbaryl 5% Dust as the website image shows. The product has apparently been reformulated to .1% Bifenthrin. I returned the first 2-pack, which I ordered, explaining the difference in formulation. I WAS SENT THE SAME THING AGAIN! I have returned it also. I will probably go to Walmart where I have seen the reformulated product if I want to try it out. At least I don't have to buy 2 canisters there in case I don't like it. Guess I didn't think I had to read reviews before I ordered something so simple.

Every year, we get a lot of ants around and in the house. Every year, we buy 7 Dust to get rid of them. Just don't do it, if the ground is wet, or if it will be raining in the next few days. That tends to ruin the killing power. The ants pick up and take the little pellets back to the nest, and eat it there and die. We don't see a mess of dead ants around. !!!

I was stung by 11 yellow jack bees while lawn mowing, i had no idea about them until experienced it. It was so painful for initial 4h and then full night but after 28-24h i felt ok by taking some pain killers and immediate shower. I identified spots on ground they were smaller than an inch, hard to find but followed yellow jack bee with binocular. Initially i covered myself heavily and poured gas about 1-2 gallons and that did work great but it was messy. Then for other 2 spots i used this powder, it was effortless, easy and i just quietly walked and put it in the hole but on the safe aide some around it and in next 24 (without rain) i didn’t see any sign of yellowjacket bees here- Great proudct

I had a hornet colony take up residence in my wall. I sprayed them with wasp and hornet spray, but that only worked for the ones that I could hit with the spray. This Seven powder I heaped it around their entrance, so they had to walk through it. They took it into the hidden nest and hopefully eliminated the hornets in their home. I haven't seen any new bodies for a few days now and I have my fingers crossed that they are kaput.

I was truly amazed how quick and thorough this product worked. I had ground wasps that built a nest under my concrete patio and house foundation. The wasps accessed the nest through the seam between the house and patio. All I did was take a measuring spoon full of Sevin and dumped it in front of where the wasps were entering their entrance. Seriously, the next day they were gone! I am so glad I found this product. I highly recommend it.