Suspend SC Insecticide - Questions & Answers

If you are applying an insecticide such as Suspend SC to the point of dripping or runoff, then you are likely using too much product. This could cause you to go over the labeled rates for legal and safe application. If you are treating on ornamental plants, then you want to get thorough coverage without runoff; runoff would mean that the product is falling off the leaf surface rather than staying on it and drying there to protect from your target insects.

Yes. Suspend SC is labeled for Tent Caterpillars. Directly spray the plant foliage and nest. The larvae are usually easy to contact if spraying is done in late morning when the larvae congregate on the tent surface to warm in the sun. Mechanical control is also helpful with this pest. The egg masses are easy to spot after the leaves have dropped in the fall. Simply clip off and crush or drop into a bucket of soapy water.

The Suspend SC can be used 0.25 - 1.50 oz. per gallon of water. 1 Gallon of finished solution will generally cover 1,000 square feet when using a hand pump sprayer for spot or perimeter treatments. The pint of the Suspend SC can treat approximately 16,000 squeare feet. 

It really depends on if you have a specific issue? For general pest control in FL, Cy kick works wonders. Cy-kick CS liquid concentrate insecticide provides 90 days of full-throttle killing power, controlling insects indoors and outdoors. With a broad spectrum label including spiders, ants, mosquitoes, bees, cockroaches, crickets, fleas, flies, bed bugs, silverfish, ticks, wasps, wood infesting borers and more, you don’t have to pick and choose between different insecticides for different pests.

The best way to dispose of leftover mixed Suspend SC is to pour along the foundation of the home outside.

No. Suspend SC can only be applied using a hand pump sprayer. We do not currently carry any insecticides that can be added to paint.

Suspend SC is actually labeled for use in trucks but the label most likely intends it to be used in commercial trucks and only in the cargo areas of these trucks. We recommend that you use a product such as D-Force Aerosol. D-Force is actually labeled for use on the interior of buses and recreational vehicles and it is labeled for spiders. Be sure to keep treatments to cracks and crevices only and vent the vehicle for about an hour before re-entry.

Suspend SC can be applied as a crack and crevice application in a food handling area. All food must be packaged/covered or removed during treatment. If you are treating for a pantry pest, we recommend that locate all the infested items and get rid of them. Insecticides only will only kill the adults that are running around but usually the damaging larva remain in the food containers and are protected from insecticides.

The rate for Suspend SC when treating for bed bugs is .75 to 1.5 fl oz per gallon of water per the product label.  Use the higher rate for initial application and heavy infestations.