Fipronil for cockroaches: description of the active substance and reviews of the drugs

Cockroaches have been living side by side with humans for centuries. Until the 18th century, Europe was familiar only with black individuals called Prussians.

Thanks to transit from America, we also got red cockroaches, which significantly displaced their black counterparts.

Red cockroach

These insects don’t look too nice, but that’s far from the worst thing.

They are capable of carrying serious diseases:

• gastroenteritis;
• diarrhea;
• dysentery.

When molting, their chitinous cover is destroyed, its remains cause allergic reactions. It is not easy to remove these insects. You can't do without pesticides here. Many people successfully use Fipronil against cockroaches: a description of the active substance and reviews of drugs based on it will help you choose the right way to fight them.

You may be interested in our other article on the same topic: Where do cockroaches come from in an apartment: how insects choose a home

Chemical composition of Fipronil

The empirical formula of this substance is C12H4CL2F6N4OS, but it does not reflect its complex spatial structure.

Chemical formula of fipronil

The presence of toxic halogens such as chlorine and fluorine in the composition determines the insecticidal and acaricidal properties of Fipronil.

Its name is quite complex and sounds as follows: [5-amino-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(1R,S)-(trifluoromethyl)sulfanyl]-1H-pyrazol-3- carbonitrile]. This insecticide belongs to the class of phenylpyrazoles.

Preparations based on Fipronil have a very wide spectrum of action and are used for medical and household disinfection, in veterinary medicine and for pest control.

Insecticide "Brownie Proshka"

Gel "Proshka Domovoy" showed high efficiency

This product may seem unsightly, and it is not at all advertised. But it is worth noting that the drug is domestically produced, comes in a convenient gel form, and contains a high percentage of such an effective substance as fipronil against cockroaches. By purchasing this gel, you already receive a ready-made bait, which you only need to apply at home to the expected places of movement of pests.

“Domovoy Proshka” has many advantages: it contains the effective component fipronil, the product is convenient to distribute and apply, has a low cost, but is of good quality. But when working with any insecticides, do not forget about the rules of personal safety.

Fipronil is a toxic substance that is included in many effective drugs for killing various household pests. Due to its high toxicity, the drug cannot be used to treat rooms where children or pets live. Often, if you work carelessly with fipronil, a person experiences headaches, nausea, dizziness and skin irritation.

The effectiveness of cockroach repellents based on Fipronil

The main problem with most insecticides is that insects quickly become accustomed to them. When used against cockroaches, fipronil is the active ingredient in many pesticides, resistance, i.e. does not cause stability.

Therefore, the drug can be used repeatedly. Most other pests quickly become accustomed to fipronil-based insecticides.

These substances have both systemic and contact activity against cockroaches. Their peculiarity is that they do not alarm them with smell and taste.

This makes it possible to use Fipronil against cockroaches in traps as food bait.

Insecticides of this class have a nerve-paralytic effect, blocking nerve impulses and disrupting the function of the nervous system of insects.

Death of a cockroach

Paralysis usually occurs within 8 hours after application. The protective effect lasts approximately 2 weeks.

Not only the insecticides themselves pose a danger to insects, but also the corpses of cockroaches, as well as their feces. Therefore, the effect of the toxic substance becomes hurricane and takes on a cascading effect. Typically, up to 95% of cockroaches that have ingested poison die within 3 days. This is very high efficiency.

Instructions for use

Fipronil is included in a variety of drugs, each of which has its own purpose, so there are no universal instructions for it - in each specific case you must follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer. The only condition common to all drugs is compliance with standard safety measures:

1. While working with the substance, drinking, smoking and eating are prohibited. The face should be protected with a special mask, hands with gloves, and body with tight-fitting clothing to prevent the drug from coming into contact with exposed skin. Take precautions when treating with Fipronil to avoid poisoning
2. The dishes that were used to prepare the working solution should not subsequently be mixed with kitchen utensils.
3. Fipronil should not be used near ponds or aquariums. During treatment, there should be no small children or pregnant women nearby. If the drug is used as part of a food bait, the latter is positioned so that the child cannot reach it.
4. At the slightest symptoms of poisoning (dizziness, nausea, vomiting, general weakness, etc.), you should immediately consult a doctor.

Anti-flea products with Fipronil are contraindicated for puppies and kittens under two months of age, as well as adult animals with weakened immune systems.

The substance has the first and third classes of danger for pollinating insects (depending on the purpose of the drug, which includes Fipronil). Hazard classes for humans - second and third.

Popular remedies for cockroaches with Fipronil

Despite the fact that Fipronil was invented in France, at the moment the largest German concern BASF is the holder of full patent rights to manufacture and sell products in Russia and many other countries.

In different countries, Fipronil-based insecticides can be found under the following names:

1. Gel against cockroaches "Hector";
2. Regent;
3. Goliath;
4. Termidor;
5. Combat Ant-Rid;
6. Baron.

Quite a few products are available in the form of gels: Domovoy Proshka, Kapkan; Combat Super gel, Eslanadez.

Let's talk about some of them in more detail.

Gel bait against cockroaches "Hector"

Gel bait (syringe) "Gektor" has a fipronil concentration of 0.05% in its composition! This gel can quickly exterminate pests such as cockroaches. Self-treatment of a room with gel is a big blow for all cockroaches and does not create inconvenience in the form of an unpleasant odor or wet surfaces as after the work of exterminators. The long-term effect of the gel makes it impossible for newborn insects to survive.

The gel is considered effective until it dries completely! In rooms with high humidity, the gel retains its properties much longer!

Hector gel can attract cockroaches within a radius of up to 1 meter. No matter what the insect ate before, it will definitely eat this toxic gel.

After the cockroach is poisoned, it will be able to penetrate the nest of its fellow tribesmen and infect them there. When contacting infected cockroaches, their healthy “relatives” can also become infected.

You can simply lightly touch the cockroach with Hector gel to infect it. Infected insects cannot expand their species. As a result, the entire group of cockroaches will die out.

Gel against cockroaches "Hector"

The Hector gel treatment method for cockroaches is as follows:

• First, remove the cap from the syringe tip;
• Then press the tip of the syringe onto the surface to be treated;
• Gently squeeze a small amount of gel, no more than 1 ml, onto the surface. (the size of a small “drop”);
• The consumption should be 4 drops per square meter;
• After use, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water.

When processing, pay attention to the following areas:

• Along and inside the baseboards;
• Behind the door panels;
• The back surface of cabinets, refrigerators, stoves;
• Gaps between shelves and walls;
• In ventilation;
• Behind the sink;
• Under the bath;
• Areas behind and under furniture;
• Near the trash container;
• Behind the peeled wallpaper.

Spray Baron

This product is available in the form of bottles with a volume of 100 ml.

Spray Baron against cockroaches

Active ingredient - Fipronil has a concentration of 0.3%. This is quite a bit, but quite enough to effectively kill insects.

After treatment, even a large colony of cockroaches will die within a week.

Places where cockroaches can hide in the kitchen

The can is convenient to use. Spraying is carried out from a distance of 20-25 cm from the surface to be treated.

The areas where cockroaches most often accumulate are sprayed most thoroughly:

• under and behind the kitchen stove;
• along the perimeter at the bottom of the refrigerator;
• under the sink;
• where the trash can is located;
• next to the microwave;
• under the bathtub and sink;
• next to the ventilation holes and inspection hatch;
• baseboards in the hallway;
• in the area of ​​the entrance door along its entire perimeter, including platbands.

Sometimes a single treatment is enough, but to get the result for sure, it is better to repeat the procedure after one or two weeks, this will kill the young individuals that hatched during this time.

To kill cockroaches in an apartment of 50 square meters, just one can of Baron is enough.

You may also be interested in our other article: Where do cockroaches hide, what places in the apartment should you pay close attention to?

Regent

This insecticide is produced by French.

One package contains 0.5 g of water-dispersible, i.e. water-soluble granules.

Packaging of the drug Regent

One bottle contains 100 g of the drug. The concentration of Fipronil is 800 g per kilogram of the drug.

Initially, the product was intended to destroy Colorado potato beetles. As it turned out, it also copes well with cockroaches.

If there is a large concentration of insects, prepare a concentrated solution, for which one sachet of the product is diluted in 250 ml of water. For preventive treatments, it is enough to dilute the bag in 2 liters of water.

This substance has a second class of hazard to humans, so precautions when working with it must be very strict.

1. Animals and children are removed from the apartment.
2. Use a respirator and safety glasses.
3. Wear thick clothing and gloves on your hands.

After treating the apartment, you cannot stay in it for 3 hours. All this time the windows must be open.

A mandatory stage of processing is final wet cleaning using a salt solution.

This effective drug has several undeniable advantages:

• economical consumption;
• no odor;
• safety for the interior - it does not damage wallpaper or upholstery.

Gel Eslanadez

This domestic product in the form of a gel is very convenient to use.

It successfully combines 2 effective insecticides:

1. Fipronil at a concentration of 0.03%;
2. Imidacloprid at a concentration of 0.5%.

In addition to them, the composition includes gelling agents, a preservative and stabilizer, and sugar. The bitter substance Bitrix, specially included in the composition, will not be to the taste of pets, this will protect them from poisoning.

The gel has an intestinal-contact effect, guaranteeing effective destruction of insects.

Eslandez gel

The protection period is very long - up to 2 months. It is gratifying to note that the gel has only a 4th class of hazard for humans and is considered a low-hazard substance.

The product is available in the form of a syringe containing from 20 to 50 ml of gel. Tubes with a convenient tip contain from 30 to 75 g of the substance.

The gel is a colorless and sometimes white substance, which may have a yellowish tint. Due to its sugar content, the gel is very attractive to cockroaches.

Imidacloprid and Fipronil against cockroaches in the form of a gel are used as follows.

• They clean thoroughly, leaving not a crumb of food behind.
• Squeeze out a thin layer of gel 2 cm long in the form of a dotted line in places where insects accumulate.
• If there are few of them, the distance between the gel strips can be 4 cm. If there are a large number of cockroaches, this can be reduced.
• It is allowed to apply the product to the substrate.

It is especially convenient for use in places that are not accessible to other processing methods.

You can reapply the gel after 2 weeks. This is usually not necessary, since the mortality rate of insects from Eslanadez gel is very high - up to 95%.

Review: Eslanadez anti-cockroach gel, how to use and how effective the drug is

Conclusion

The fight against cockroaches is quite difficult, especially if there is a constant source of their possible appearance - living in a neighboring apartment or the presence of a catering establishment in the house.

In this case, not only immediate actions to destroy insects are important, but also constant prevention of their appearance. Correctly selected and effective Fipronil-based products will help you cope with the problem.

Fipronil - hazard class for humans

It is difficult to imagine modern household chemicals without pesticides, or more precisely, insecticides , that is, products designed to kill insects.

The most common products in central Russia are anti-fly and mosquito repellents.

However, unlike these “seasonal” drugs, some residents also encounter much more unpleasant and annoying insects.

First of all, we are talking about cockroaches, which have enormous fertility and resistance to certain poisons, making them very difficult to destroy in residential areas.

There are not many effective and effective remedies for cockroaches, and one of them is fipronil. Fipronil (phenylprazole), a white powder with an unpleasant odor, is one of the most effective pesticides for a wide range of applications.

According to experts, this drug, included in baits against cockroaches, acts quickly and effectively. In particular, the first insects begin to die within 10-12 hours after its use.

The duration of action of one “dressing” is not too long (up to two to three weeks), but if you use it again within a month, you can completely get rid of annoying “household” insects (of course, provided that they do not constantly crawl into the house from neighbors or from other places outside the apartment).

In addition to household issues, fipronil was also actively used in agriculture - for the treatment of crops and trees.

Fipronil is especially successful in killing locusts , since even a small dose of the drug remaining after spraying on the grass and leaves can reliably destroy the pest.

Also, one of the ways to use the drug is to kill ticks and fleas in pets by treating their fur with it.

However, many residents, both apartments and farms, are interested in the potential danger of fipronil for people and pets. In this regard, first of all, it is necessary to explain what pesticides are and how they work.

Substances such as fipronil are a substance that, in a living body, blocks the transmission of nerve signals and disrupts the functioning of the nervous system. Due to this, small pests (ants, bedbugs, fleas, cockroaches), poisoned by the drug, quickly die.

However, by their nature, almost all living beings are the same, so this drug has a negative effect not only on insects, but also on larger organisms.

First of all, the use of fipronil is dangerous for honey bees, because these insects actively move from one flowering plant to another, after which they carry pollen and nectar into their “home”. If nectar and pollen are poisoned by fipronil, not only the bee that collected it will die, but also its “neighbors” in the hive.

In addition, this drug can cause certain harm to the health of both pets and humans. When using such a drug at home, you need to understand that its smell can attract not only insects, but also, for example, a cat or dog, which can eat the scattered bait and get poisoned.

Due to the fact that the body of a dog or cat is much larger than small insects, the lethal dosage of the drug is much higher (thousands of times). At the same time, the possibility of severe poisoning is also possible.

For this reason, in apartments where there are pets, any pesticides and insecticides should be used very carefully , ideally only during the period when the animal is not in the house. The same applies to small children, who are very inquisitive and can pick up even completely inedible objects from the floor and taste them.

Therefore, it is necessary to place the cockroach poison in such a way as to completely exclude the possibility of a small child coming into contact with it.

As for adults, contact of the drug with the skin can cause irritation, redness and itching, which, however, goes away quite quickly.

But if accidentally ingested, the drug can cause nausea, vomiting, headaches, weakness and fever. Most often, such symptoms pass quickly and do not require treatment, but in some cases, upon contact with fipronil, an allergic reaction (individual intolerance) may occur.

In this regard, when treating premises, crops or pet fur with fipronil, safety precautions must be observed. It is advisable to use special gloves and a respirator, and avoid contact of the drug with clothing, utensils, and food.

When using a drug to kill parasites on pets, you need to wash it off very quickly, not allowing the animal to lick the remaining drug from the fur. In addition, it is advisable not to use fipronil in apartments, houses or courtyards where pregnant women or small children are located.

Reviews from owners and veterinarians

Ekaterina, 45 years old, Murmansk: “A cat and a dog live in my apartment. Bobik and I often walk in the forest belt and go into nature, so we need a strong anti-tick remedy. Marusya stays at home, but she can become infected with insects from the dog.

Instead of drops, I decided to try Fipronil spray. It is not only effective, but also economical. For 2 adult animals, a 250 ml bottle is enough for 4 treatments.”

Vladimir, 32 years old, Moscow region: “I live in my own house. That's why my 2 cats roam freely around the yard. Last year it was a hot summer and the fleas were overwhelming. I had to look for a good, reliable product with a prolonged effect.

At first I bought Fipronil drops, but the seller recommended a spray. There is much more of it and you can treat your pets during the entire period of flea and tick activity. I bought a 100 ml container. There’s even left for next year.”

Olga, 23 years old, Nikolaev: “3 kittens were dropped off at my place of work. We took them home. The babies were heavily infested with fleas. I washed them with special shampoos, tar soap, and combed them. But after a while they appeared again.

On the advice of the veterinarian, I dropped a few drops of Fipronil onto the withers. The kitten was approximately 2-3 months old. I watched the reaction for 24 hours, but everything turned out okay. But I didn’t see any more fleas.”

Kaleria, veterinarian, Tambov: “I use insecticides with fipronil myself to treat pets and recommend them to my clients. If you follow the rules of use, the product is safe, effective and relatively inexpensive.”

Sergey, veterinarian, Vladimir: “For fleas and ticks, I recommend Fipronil spray. It is capable of killing adult parasites and their larvae. The spray is convenient to use for treating cat beds, but after that they need to be thoroughly ventilated and fried in the sun. I recommend testing for an allergic reaction before use so that you don’t have to treat your pet later.”

Side effects

Fipronil has low (grade 2) dermal toxicity and moderate (grade 3) oral and inhalation toxicity. When applying the drug to the dermis, short-term skin reactions may occur: redness, itching, rashes, loss of fur at the site of application.

If the drug enters the intestines, symptoms of neurotoxic damage may occur:

• tremor of the limbs;
• vomit;
• increased salivation;
• convulsions;
• abnormal gait;
• depression;
• increased nervousness;
• hunched over.

The same signs may appear when Fipronil is inhaled if the spray is handled carelessly. In case of severe poisoning, lethargy, convulsions and death of the animal may occur. It has been found that dogs are more sensitive to the substance than cats.

An overdose can also provoke an allergic reaction, breathing problems, and heart palpitations. Symptoms of poisoning can be eliminated by administering barbiturates.

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