PESTICIDE CLASSIFICATIONS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

PESTICIDE CLASSIFICATIONS

1. Pesticide classification or grouping may be based on any of several criteria.  One of the most common means of classifying a pesticide is on the basis of similarities in chemical structure.  Based on this mode of classification there are five classes of pesticides commonly used in the structural pest control industry; inorganic, botanical, synthetic, organic insecticides, insect growth regulators, and microbial pesticides.
2. Inorganic pesticides are typically derived from minerals or chemicals compounds that occur as deposits in nature.  Some act as stomach poisons (boric acid).  Others are considered sorptive dusts (silica aerogel, diatomaceous earth) that absorb the waxy layer from the cuticle of insect pests.  Cryolite, copper, and sulfur are also in the class inorganic pesticides.
3. Botanical pesticides are extracted from various parts of different plant species.  Botanical insecticides usually have a short residual activity and do not accumulate in the environment or in fatty tissues of warm blooded animals.  Some botanical pesticides are pyrethrins, sabidilla, rotenone, nicotine, ryania, neem, and limonene.  Whitmire Pt 565, P.I, and BP 100 are all botanicals.
4. Synthetic organic insecticides do not naturally occur in the environment, but are synthesized by man.  Because all these compounds have carbon and hydrogen atoms as the basis of their molecule, as do living plants and animals, they are referred to as organic compounds.  The four types of synthetic organic insecticides are chlorinated hydrocarbons, organophosphates, Carbamates, and pyrethroids.  Whitmire Pt 250 is a carbamate.  Talstar, Conquer, Demand, Demon, Suspend, Whitmire Cykick and Wasp Freeze are pyrethroids.
5. Insect growth regulators are chemicals that affect the ability of insects to growth and mature normally.  They are based on and often mimic the growth hormones that occur naturally within the insect's body.  Because mammals do not molt like insects do, the most widely used growth regulators are not very toxic to man and domestic animals.  Some growth regulators are Methoprene (Precor), Hydroprene (Gentrol, Gencor), Fenoxycarb (Torus), and hexaflumuron (Sentricon).  We use PC 2000 for fleas with Methoprene in it and Gentrol for our roach treatments that is Hydroprene.
6. Microbial pesticides are formulated disease organisms of pests, many of which are grown in large quantities in manufacturing plants.  Some of the microorganisms available for pest control are bacteria, fungi, and nematodes.  We do not use any microbials

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