Features and Specifications
| Active Ingredient(s) | Fipronil 0.05% |
|---|---|
| Pest Control | Small cockroaches such as German or Brown-Banded roaches; exposed, adult stages of beetles: cadelle, cigarette beetle, confused flour beetle, dermestid, drugstore beetle, flat grain beetle, granary weevil, lesser grain borer, lesser mealworm, merchant grain beetle, red flour beetle, rice weevil, rusty grain beetle, saw-toothed grain beetle, spider beetle, or warehouse beetle |
| Sale Prohibited | N/A |
| Shipping Rate | Free |
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| EPA Registration | 432-1257 |
Maxforce is labeled for use on roaches but may also provide effective results for treating ant infestations indoors in residential and commercial spaces. The ingredient starts to work within eight hours of contact or ingestion and moves through the colony in a domino effect, providing fast-acting secondary kills. With Maxforce FC, it's possible to see as much as a 75 percent cockroach reduction in two days thanks to its deadly and irresistible bait formulation.
How Maxforce FC Roach Bait Works
Maxforce FC roach bait stations contain an effective ingredient known as fipronil. In fact, this ingredient is used in many different pesticides for roach control. Getting rid of roaches comes down to using a bait that lures the pests to feed and affects other colony members through residual activity. Most roaches avoid baits and can even survive after ingesting some poisons. Maxforce has an enticing formula that gets bait-averse cockroaches to feed on and to ingest the active ingredient.
Fipronil launches a slow but lethal attack on the roach's central nervous system. Within a few hours, its muscles enter a state of hyperexcitation, making the pest unable to perform basic functions. The roach becomes paralyzed and dies shortly afterward. The benefit of fipronil is its slow mode of action, giving the roach time to infect other members through contact or bait sharing. They may also become poisoned by consuming the infected roach's carcass or feces.
This process of killing pests through contact by a poisoned insect is called the domino effect, whereby the active ingredient provides secondary and even tertiary kills. Fipronil offers this process and helps to control numerous pests such as ants and termites in other insecticides. Though Maxforce FC may also affect these common pests, it's labeled for use against roach infestations.
Where to Use Maxforce FC Bait Stations
Use Maxforce FC cockroach bait stations indoors and outdoors to control roach infestations. Place the stations in areas where the roaches have been seen or could be nesting and hiding. They can be placed on the floor and other flat surfaces or flush-mounted to walls and the sides of appliances, furniture and other items. Some of the best places to use these bait stations are near cracks and crevices and inside cabinets and other enclosed spaces.
Although the roach bait stations can be placed outdoors, they should only be used adjacent to structures. The stations will work best when they're protected from the elements like rain, snow and direct sunlight.
When using the cockroach bait stations indoors, it's a good idea to place them in areas where the roaches are likely to be.
Living Areas
- Placed behind and beneath furniture
- Set along baseboards
- Mounted to bookshelves
Kitchens
- Placed beneath and mounted to appliances
- Put inside cabinets and pantries
- Mounted on plumbing pipes
Bedrooms
- Under beds and dressers
- Attached to nightstands
- Placed behind headboards
Bathrooms
- Placed behind toilets
- Set beneath sinks
- Mounted to vanities
Maxforce FC can be used most anywhere to eliminate roach infestations. Place them in warehouses, hospitals, schools, offices and other interior and exterior areas to keep roach populations to a minimum in residential and commercial settings.
Target Pests
Maxforce FC roach bait stations are made specifically to target cockroaches in residential and commercial interiors and exteriors. Its active ingredient is a powerful force against smaller cockroaches such as the brown-banded species. It's also effective against resistant German cockroaches, killing them within eight hours and reducing the population in two or three days. Each Maxforce package contains 72 bait stations, providing enough baits to eliminate a heavy infestation.
Maxforce FC bait stations may also attract other pests that have invaded interior spaces, such as ants and other small insects. Fipronil, the active ingredient in Maxforce FC, will have the same paralyzing effect on nontarget pest insects. Though the stations can reduce nuisance ants indoors, they're made for cockroach control. Consider using Maxforce FC ant bait stations alongside the roach stations for maximum control against various indoor pests. The ant stations contain the same active ingredient; however, it's a smaller percentage than what is found in Maxforce roach stations.
Reasons to Use Maxforce FC Roach Bait
- Contains fipronil for maximum roach control and prevention
- Comes with 72 bait stations in a package
- For use indoors and outdoors to control roaches and smaller pests
- Reduces roach populations by 75 percent in a couple days
- Starts to work within eight hours of contact or ingestion
- Eliminates roach infestations through the domino effect
Use Maxforce FC to Kill Stubborn Roaches
When roaches infest homes and businesses, eliminate the entire colony with Maxforce FC roach bait stations. They contain an active ingredient with delayed action to kill roaches through direct contact with the stations or an infected roach. They provide results within a day or two and help to control roach populations both indoors and outdoors. Whether a single roach has been seen or a heavy infestation exists in the structure, use Maxforce FC to get rid of the pests on the spot.