Tackle Different Pest Situations with BASF’s top dilutable solutions
BASF offers a versatile lineup of dilutable insecticides tailored to diverse pest control needs. Among them, Ridesco® WG Insecticide, Alpine® WSG Water Soluble Granule Insecticide and Fendona® CS Controlled Release Insecticide stand out for their effectiveness and adaptability. Each is formulated for specific challenges, delivering strong results while supporting environmental responsibility. Let’s explore their key features, benefits, application scenarios, and recommendations, starting with the newest addition to the lineup.
Ridesco WG Insecticide – The rapid-response solution for active infestations
Launched in 2025, Ridesco WG is designed for broad-spectrum pest control. Its unique formulation makes it highly effective with quick release of the active ingredients, Apha-cypermethrin and Dinotefuran, allowing for a rapid reduction of pest populations. This product is best used when pests are most active or when the problem is evidently out of control. Although Ridesco WG can be used in various situations, it’s ideal for first-time service and cleanouts. Many of our customers like to use the product when a homeowner is preparing for big events, whether it’s a birthday party or a cookout with family and friends. Ridesco WG is ideal for ensuring that uninvited guests don’t ruin the event!
First-Time Services
Ridesco WG is an excellent choice for first-time pest control services because it quickly reduces pest populations, establishing a solid foundation for ongoing management. The quick knockdown effect ensures clients see immediate results, boosting confidence in the service you provide them. This is important when a PMP doesn’t know the treatment history and when homeowners are frustrated by unsolved pest problems: Impress them with a powerful product that may secure a long-term customer. After a first-time service is completed with Ridesco WG, follow-up maintenance services can be performed using Fendona CS or Alpine WSG for long-lasting protection.
Cleanouts
Ridesco WG is ideal for cleaning out accounts that have significant infestation or for locations where pest control has been neglected. Its potent formulation penetrates deeply into harborages to eliminate pests hidden in cracks and crevices. This thorough cleanout capability makes it invaluable for restoring heavily infested areas. Keep in mind Ridesco WG is a repellent insecticide and can’t be used with cockroach baits. Our team recommends Alpine WSG for German cockroach cleanouts as it isn’t a repellent and is proven to overwhelm German cockroaches in just a few minutes.
Peak Activity Periods
When pests are most active, such as during warmer months, Ridesco WG offers reliable results with fast population reduction. It sets the stage by lowering the pest pressure to a level that allows PMPs to continue into a maintenance program. This ensures that all high pest activity is managed fast and effectively, reducing callbacks that can lead to frustrated homeowners. It’s important to note that Ridesco WG can be used in both preventative and curative situations for labeled pests.
Recommendations for New Customers
Ridesco WG is highly recommended for active infestations, both indoor and outdoor applications. Its proven efficacy in controlling a wide range of pests such as American cockroaches, spiders, bed bugs and occasional invaders makes it a reliable solution for immediate and long-term pest management. PMPs who use Ridesco WG with new customers can demonstrate the superior performance of BASF products and build trust in the services you provide.
Powerful dilutables you should have on your truck – every day
Alpine WSG Water Soluble Granule Insecticide – better known by some PMPs as the “the silver bullet” for German cockroach infestations
Alpine WSG is an excellent choice for integrated pest management programs against German cockroaches both in commercial and residential areas. It works without repelling pests, allowing them to contact treated surfaces naturally and transfer the active ingredient throughout social pest populations to deliver more complete control where pests hide. This “silver bullet” for German cockroaches is also a great addition to any ant control program; it works as a complement to Termidor® SC Termiticide/Insecticide perimeter applications as it allows applications away from the structures where ants are found trailing, hiding or nesting. In addition, Alpine WSG is also ideal for flies, fleas, and bed bugs, and is engineered for reliable performance, helping maintain control between service visits and reducing the need for frequent retreatments.
Fendona CS Controlled Release Insecticide – The long-lasting solution for outdoor maintenance and mosquito treatments
Fendona CS is a microencapsulated insecticide with a controlled release formulation that provides quick knockdown and long-lasting residual control of a wide range of pests, including spiders, peridomestic cockroaches, and occasional invaders. It is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use and is often used for mosquito outdoor maintenance, thanks to its rain fastness properties that allow it to last longer even after rain events. A tip from our team: use it in combination with BASF aerosols like PT® Wasp-Freeze® II Wasp & Hornet Insecticide and PT Tri-Dri® Pressurized Dust Insecticide for enhanced pest management and long-lasting residual. During the summer season, Phantom® Termiticide/Insecticide also can be used to control ticks in landscape and turf areas.
Dilutable solutions tailored for specific applications
Termidor SC Termiticide/Insecticide
Termidor SC is known for its unparalleled effectiveness in termite control that also works very well outdoors for ant control, spiders, wasps, beetles, occasional invaders, and other perimeter pests. When treating for termites, it’s best used for pre-construction and post-construction applications to prevent and eliminate termite infestations. Its non-repellent formulation ensures termites unknowingly contact and spread the termiticide, leading to colony elimination.
Phantom termiticide/insecticide
Phantom is another versatile product suitable for both indoor and outdoor pest control. It is particularly effective against ants, bed bugs and cockroaches. Phantom's unique formulation allows it to be applied as a crack and crevice treatment, providing targeted control where pests hide.
This range of dilutable insecticides offers effective solutions for a wide variety of pest control situations. By combining these products, pest management professionals can achieve a multi-faceted approach to pest control, targeting pests at different stages of their life cycle and ensuring long-term management of infestations.
Whether addressing first-time treatments, cleanouts, seasonal surges, or onboarding new customers, the BASF lineup offers reliable, proven results you can count on. Learn more at www.pestcontrol.basf.us.
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