Monterey Garden Insect Spray contains Spinosad, which is derived through fermentation of a naturally-occurring soil bacterium. Spinosad controls caterpillars, thrips, codling moth, leafminers, borers, fruit flies, fire ants, and more! Spinosad works on the insect's nervous system, causing paralysis and then death in 1-2 days. Since the insects are paralyzed, they may stay on the plants and be mistaken for live insects; always check for Spinosad's effect 2-3 days after spraying to evaluate control in the insect population.

OMRI listed Monterey Garden Insect Spray is safe to use with the following beneficial insects: minute pirate bug, ladybird beetles (lady bugs), green lacewing, and mite predators. However, it is toxic to bees; for this reason, applications should be made in the late evening and on plants that are not blooming, pollen-shedding, or nectar-producing.

Monterey Garden Insect Spray Concentrate is also available.

This Product Controls These Pests or Diseases:

This product works as a knockdown control for the following: Mites (Tetranychus sp)

This product works as a biological control for the following: Ants ( Mult), Armyworm ( Pseudaletia unipuncta), Asparagus Beetles ( Crioceris asparagi (common); Crioceris duodecimpunctata (spotted)), Bean Leaf Beetle ( Cerotoma trifurcata), Bean Thrips ( Caliothrips fasciatus), Beet Armyworm ( Spodoptera exigua (Hubner)), Black Cutworm ( Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel)), Bollworm ( Helicoverpa zea), Broccoli Worms; Imported Cabbage Worm ( Pieris rapae), Cabbage Butterfly ( Pieris rapae), Cabbage Looper ( Trichoplusia ni), Cabbage Moth, Cabbage Army Moth ( Mamestra brassicae), Cabbage Worm ( Pieris rapae), Celery Worm (aka Parsley Worm, Parsnip Butterfly, Eastern Black Swallowtail, American Swallowtail) ( Papilio polyxenes), Cherry Fruit Fly (aka Western Cherry Fruit Fly) ( Rhagoletis indifferens Curran), Cherry Fruit Worm ( Grapholita pacakardi), Codling Moth ( Cydia pomonella), Colorado Potato Beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata), Corn Borer (aka European Corn Borer) ( Ostrinia nubilalis), Corn Borer (aka Southwestern Corn Borer) ( Diatraea grandiosella), Corn Earworm ( Helicoverpa zea), Cutworm ( Agrotis, Amathes, Peridroma, Prodenia spp), Diamondback Moth ( Plutella xylostella), European Apple Sawfly ( Hoplocampa testudinea), European Corn Borer (aka Corn Borer) ( Ostrinia nubilalis), Fall Armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda), Fall Canker Worms, Inchworms ( Alsophila pometaria), Fall Webworm ( hyphantria cunea), Fire Ant ( Solenopsis invicta), Flea Beetle ( Chaetocnema confines), Fruit Flys ( Drasophylla), Fruit Worm ( mult), Grape Leaf Folder ( Desmia funeralis), Grape Leafroller ( Erythroneura variabilis), Grasshopper ( Gryllus), Gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar), Hornworm ( Manduca sp), Inch worm ( Mult), Indian Meal Moth ( Plodia interpunctella), Leafminer ( Phyllocnistis sp), Leafroller ( Archips argyrospila), Leafroller ( Platynota stultana), Leafroller ( Choristoneura rosaceana), Leafroller ( Pandemis pyrusana), Leafroller ( Argyrotaenia franciscana), Leafroller ( Epiphyas postvittana), Lesser Peach Tree Borer ( Synanthedon pictipes), Lucerne Moth ( Nomophila noctuella), Midges ( Dicrotendipes modestus), Midges ( Chironomus decorus), Midges ( Chironomus plumosus), Midges ( Orthocladius mallochi), Omnivorous leafroller ( Platynota stultana), Orange tortrix ( Argyrotaenia (=citrana) franciscana), Orangeworm ( Amyelois transitella), Oriental Fruit Moth ( Grapholitha molesta), Parsleyworm ( Papilio polyxenes asterius), Peach Twig Borer ( Anarsia lineatella Zeller), Pink Bollworm ( Pectinophora gossypiella), Red-banded Leafroller ( Argyrotaenia velutinana), Sod Webworm ( Mult), Sperry's Lawn Moth ( Crambus sperryellus), Spider Mite ( Mult), Spinach Leafminer ( Pegomya hyoscyami), Spring Canker Worms, Inchworms ( Paleacrita vernata), Squash Vine Borer ( Melitta curcurbitae), Tent Caterpillar ( Malacosoma americanum), Thrips ( Franklinothrips sp), Tobacco budworm ( Heliothis virescens), Tomato Fruitworm ( Helicoverpa (Heliothis) zea), Tomato Hornworm ( Manduca quinquemaculata), Tomato Pinworm ( Keiferia lycopersicella), True Armyworm ( Pseudaletia unipuncta), Two-Spotted Spider Mite ( Tetranychus urticae), Walnut Caterpillar ( Datana integerrima), Walnut Husk Fly ( Rhagoletis completa), Webworm ( Hyphantria cunea), Western Lawn Moth ( Tehama bonifatella)