Side Effects Data

 

The tables and ratings below are a guideline only

** Check crop registrations and permits before spraying **

Key to toxicity ratings

Applied = toxicity of chemicals when sprayed on the beneficials in the field. The rating is a general overall toxicity allowing for the impact on the population of the beneficial.

Residual = suggested waiting time (in weeks) after application of the product before introducing beneficials. In protected crops this period may be much longer.

L = Low toxicity = nil or low impact on beneficials.

M = Moderate toxicity = beneficial activity significantly reduced but can recover in a week or so.

H = High toxicity = a high proportion of the beneficial population is killed and re-establishment will not be possible for several weeks.

( ) = estimated toxicity, based on anecdotal information and known impact on similar organisms.

- = unknown toxicity

Predatory Mites 

		Hyper Mite		Mite A		Mite E
Chemical name	Trade names	Applied	Residual	Applied	Residual	Applied	Residual
Insecticides
Azadirachtin	Azamax	(L)	0	(L)	1	L	1
Azinphos methyl	Gusathion	M	1	(H)	2	M	2
B. thuringiensis	various	L	0	L	0	L	0
Buprofezin	Applaud	L	0	L	0	L	0
Carbaryl	Various	M	1	H	3	L	0
Chlorfenapyr	Secure	-	-	-	-	(M-H)	-2
Chlorpyrifos	Lorsban	M	1	H	3	M	1
Diazinon	Gesapon	M	1	H	2	M	2
Dimethoate	Rogor	L	0	(H)	3	H	3
Endosulfan	Various	M	1	H	3	M	2
Fenoxycarb (IGR)	Insegar	L	0	(L)	0	L	0
Fenthion	Lebaycid	M	1	(H)	-3	H	3
Fipronil	Regent	(H)	-1	(H)	-1	H	1
Imidacloprid	Confidor-spray	L	0	(M)	1	M	1
Imidacloprid	Confidor-drench	H	3	L	0	L	0
Indoxacarb	Avatar	(L)	0	L	0	(L)	0
Maldison	Malathion	L	0	(H)	3	M	1
Methamidophos	Nitofol, Monitor	M	0	(H)	-3	H	3
Methidathion	Supracide	(M)	1	H	3	H	3
Methomyl	Various	M	1	(H)	-3	H	2
Methoxyfenozide	Prodigy	L	0	L	0	L	0
Parathion	Parathion	(M)	1	(H)	-3	L–M	1
Petroleum oils	Various	L	1	(M)	0	L–M	0
Pirimicarb	Pirimor	L	0	L	1	L–M	1
Pymetrozine	Chess	L	0	L	0	L	0
Pyrethrins-natural	Various	(L)	0	(H)	-3	H	3
Pyrethroids	Various	M-H	4	H	>4	H	>4
Soap sprays	Various	L	1	M	0	M	0
Spinosad	Success	(L)	1	(M)	1	M	1
Sulprofos	Helothion	(M)	1	(M)	1	(M)	1
Tebufenozide	Mimic	(L)	0	L	0	L	0
Thiacloprid	Calypso	(M)	0	(L)	0	(L)	0
Thiodicarb	Larvin	(M)	1	(H)	1	H	1
Wettable sulphur	Various	L	0	(M)	1	L	0
Miticides
Abamectin	Vertimec, Avid	M	1	(M)	1	M	1
Dicofol	Kelthane	L-M	1	H	(2-3)	H	2
Fenbutatin oxide	Torque	L	0	L	0	L	0
Propargite	Omite	(M)	0	(H)	1	L–M	1
Pyridaben	SanMite	(L)	0	(H)	-1	(H)	-1
Tebufenpyrad	Pyranica	L	0	(H)	-2	H	2
Fungicides
Benomyl	Benlate	L	0	(H)	4	H	4
Carbendazim	Spin	L	0	(M)	2	M	2
Mancozeb	Dithane	L	0	(L)	0	L–M	1
Metaxyl	Ridomil	(L)	0	(L-M)	-1	(L-M)	-1
Oxythioquinox	Morestan	(L)	1	(H)	4	H	4
Pyrazophos	Afugan	(L)	1	(H)	1	M–H	1
Triforine	Saprol	L	0	L-M	1	L-M	1

Predatory Insects

		Cryptolaemus		Tasman Lacewing
Chemical name	Trade names	Applied	Residual	Applied	Residual
Insecticides
Azadirachtin	Azamax	–	–	–	1
Azinphos methyl	Gusathion	(H)	2–3	(H)	2
B. thuringiensis	various	L	0	L	0
Buprofezin	Applaud	(M)	2-3	(L)	0
Carbaryl	Various	(H)	4	(M-H)	2
Chlorfenapyr	Secure	-	-	-	-
Chlorpyrifos	Lorsban	(H)	2–3	(H)	2
Diazinon	Gesapon	M	1	H	1
Dimethoate	Rogor	(H)	4	(H)	3
Endosulfan	Various	(M)	1	(M)	1
Fenoxycarb (IGR)	Insegar	M	2	(L)	1
Fenthion	Lebaycid	H	4	(H)	-2
Fipronil	Regent	(H)	-1	(H)	-1
Imidacloprid	Confidor-spray	(H)	-3	(H)	4
Imidacloprid	Confidor-drench	(L)	0	(L)	0
Indoxacarb	Avatar	-	-	-	-
Maldison	Malathion	H	4	(H)	1
Methamidophos	Nitofol, Monitor	H	4	(H)	3
Methidathion	Supracide	H	4	(H)	3
Methomyl	Various	(H)	1	(H)	1
Methoxyfenozide	Prodigy	L	0	L	0
Parathion	Parathion	H	4	(H)	3
Petroleum oils	Various	(L)	0	(L)	0
Pirimicarb	Pirimor	L	1	L	1
Pymetrozine	Chess	(L)	1	(L)	1
Pyrethrins-natural	Various	(H)	1	(H)	1
Pyrethroids	Various	H	4	(H)	3-4
Soap sprays	Various	L	0	(L)	0
Spinosad	Success	-	1	-	1
Sulprofos	Helothion	H	2–3	(H)	2
Tebufenozide	Mimic	L	0	L	0
Thiacloprid	Calypso	-	-	-	-
Thiodicarb	Larvin	H	4	(H)	2
Wettable sulphur	Various	M	2–3	(M)	2
Miticides
Abamectin	Vertimec, Avid	(L)	-1	(H)	-2
Dicofol	Kelthane	L	1	(L)	1
Fenbutatin oxide	Torque	L	1	(L)	0
Propargite	Omite	L	1	(L)	1
Pyridaben	SanMite	(H)	1	(H)	1
Tebufanpyrad	Pyranica	–	–	–	–
Fungicides
Benomyl	Benlate	L	1	(L)	1
Carbendazim	Spin	(L)	1	(L)	1
Mancozeb	Dithane	L	1	(L)	1
Metaxyl	Ridomil	-	-	-	-
Oxythioquinox	Morestan	(L)	–	–	–
Pyrazophos	Afugan	–	1	M-H	2
Triforine	Saprol	–	–	L	0

Parasitoids

		Aphidius		Tamarixia		Enforce
Chemical name	Trade names	Applied	Residual	Applied	Residual	Applied	Residual
Insecticides
Azadirachtin	Azamax	-	1	M	1	M	1
Azinphos methyl	Gusathion	H	4	H	4	H	4
B. thuringiensis	various	L	0	L	0	L	0
Buprofezin	Applaud	-	0	L	0	L	0
Carbaryl	Various	H	-2	H	4	H	4
Chlorfenapyr	Secure	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chlorpyrifos	Lorsban	H	-2	H	4	H	4
Diazinon	Gesapon	H	-2	H	4	H	4
Dimethoate	Rogor	H	3	H	4	H	4
Endosulfan	Various	(H)	2	M	1	M	1
Fenoxycarb (IGR)	Insegar	(L)	0	(L)	1	(L)	1
Fenthion	Lebaycid	(H)	-2	H	4	H	4
Fipronil	Regent	(H)	-2	(H)	-2	(H)	-2
Imidacloprid	Confidor-spray	H	-2	H	2	H	2
Imidacloprid	Confidor-drench	(L)	0	-	-	L	0
Indoxacarb	Avatar/Steward	(L)	0	-	-	(L)	0
Maldison	Malathion	H	-4	H	2–3	H	2–3
Methamidophos	Nitofol, Monitor	H	-4	H	4	H	4
Methidathion	Supracide	H	-4	H	4	H	4
Methomyl	Various	H	-4	H	1	H	4
Methoxyfenozide	Prodigy	L	0	L	0	(L)	0
Parathion	Parathion	(H)	-2	H	4	H	4
Petroleum oils	Various	(L)	0	M	1	M	1
Pirimicarb	Pirimor	L	1	L	1	M	1
Pymetrozine	Chess	(M)	-1	L	0	L	0
Pyrethrins-natural	Various	(H)	-2	(H)	2	H	1
Pyrethroids	Various	H	-4	H	4	H	4
Pyriproxifen	Admiral	L	0	L	0	L	0
Soap sprays	Various	(L)	1	(L)	1	H	1
Spinosad	Success/Tracer	(M)	-1	(M)	-1	(M)	-1
Sulprofos	Helothion	(H)	3	H	4	H	4
Tebufenozide	Mimic	L	0	(L)	0	L	0
Thiacloprid	Calypso	(M)	(1-2)	(L)	0	(M)	(1-2)
Thiodicarb	Larvin	H	-2	H	4	H	4
Wettable sulphur	Various	(L-M)	1	H	4	M	1
Miticides
Abamectin	Vertimec, Avid	(H)	-1	(H)	-2	H	-2
Dicofol	Kelthane	M	-1	L	1	L–M	1
Fenbutatin oxide	Torque	(L)	0	L	1	L	1
Propargite	Omite	L	0	(L)	1	(L)	1
Pyridaben	SanMite	(H)	1	(H)	1	(H)	1
Tebufanpyrad	Pyranica	M	2	–	–	L	0
Fungicides
Benomyl	Benlate	(L)	1	(L)	1	L	0
Carbendazim	Spin	(L)	1	–	1	(L)	1
Mancozeb	Dithane	L	0	L	1	L	0
Metaxyl	Ridomil	-	-	-	-	(L-M)	1
Oxythioquinox	Morestan	-	-	(L)	1	(L)	1
Pyrazophos	Afugan	(H)	-2	(H)	-2	(H)	-2
Triforine	Saprol			(L)	1	(L)	1