SPECIMEN LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR USE IT IS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW TO USE THIS PRODUCT IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH ITS LABELING. Advance™ Granular Carpenter Ant Bait is a ready to use product for use in controlling carpenter ants both indoors and outdoors. This bait formulation combines a mixture of foods and the delayed action insecticide, abamectin. This insecticide acts to reduce the population of worker ants and can cause an immediate halt in egg production resulting in colony elimination. Avoid use of other insecticides or sprays on or near Advance™ Granular Carpenter Ant Bait. OUTDOORS BROADCAST APPLICATION: Use this product at a rate of 1 lb. per acre. Apply the product as uniformly as possible. Repeat application as necessary. AROUND STRUCTURES: Lightly sprinkle the product evenly in a band approximately 1 - 2 feet wide around the foundation of the building. Treat visible trails with approximately 1 ounce of product. Repeat application as necessary. INDIVIDUAL COLONY TREATMENT: Use 1.5 to 3 ounces of product per colony. Repeat application as necessary. INDOORS LOCATE ANT ACTIVITY: Follow ants back to voids. Apply product to cracks and crevices or voids where ants are active. In heavily traveled sites, use up to 1.5 ounces of product. Use a large Centrobulb* puffer or other appropriate application device to place the product into crevices or voids. Repeat application as necessary. Do not use in the food/feed areas of food/feed handling establishments, restaurants or other areas where food is commercially prepared or processed. Do not use in serving areas while food is exposed or facility is in operation. Serving areas are defined as those areas where prepared foods are served such as dining rooms but excluding areas where foods may be prepared or held. Nonfood areas are defined as areas such as garbage rooms, lavatories, floor drains (to sewers), entries and vestibules, offices, locker rooms, machine rooms, boiler rooms, garages, mop closets and storage (after canning or bottling). When applying this product In the home, all food processing surfaces and utensils should be covered during treatment or thoroughly washed before use. Exposed food should be covered or removed. STORAGE AND DISPOSAL Do not contaminate water, food or feed by storage or disposal. Consult Federal, State or local disposal authorities for approved alternative procedures. STORAGE: Store in a cool, secure, dry space. CONTAINER DISPOSAL: Rinse thoroughly before discarding in trash. Securely wrap original container in several layers of newspaper and discard in trash. Do not re-use container. PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS STATEMENT OF PRACTICAL TREATMENT IF SWALLOWED: Call a physician or Poison Control Center. Give 1 or 2 glasses of water and immediately induce vomiting by gently touching back of throat with finger or administer syrup of Ipecac. Do not give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. Get medical attention. IF ON SKIN: Remove contaminated clothing and wash affected areas with soap and water. IF IN EYES: Flush with plenty of water. Call physician if irritation persists. HAZARDS TO HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAUTION: Harmful if swallowed or absorbed through the skin. Avoid breathing dust. Avoid contact with eyes, skin or clothing. Wash thoroughly with soap and water after handling. Do not contaminate kitchen utensils with this product. Pets may be attracted to this product. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS This pesticide is toxic to fish and wildlife. Do not apply directly to water, to areas where surface water is present, or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwaters. * Centrobulb - Reg. TM of the Centro Co. KILLS: Carpenter Ants and many common varieties of ants such as Argentine, Bigheaded, Crazy, Field, Fire, Little Black, Pavement, Pharaoh, Odorous House and Thief Ants. FOR USE IN AND AROUND: Homes, Residential Areas, Commercial and Other Structures, Non Food/Feed Areas of Commercial Buildings, Warehouses, Hotels, Food Storage Areas, Inedible Product Areas of Meat Packing Plants, Motels, Schools, Supermarkets, and Non-Occupied Patient Areas of Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Golf Courses, Parks, Lawns, and Turf. Not for use in USDA meat and poultry plants. ACTIVE INGREDIENT: Abamectin* B1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.011% INERT INGREDIENTS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.989% *U.S. Pat. 4,310,519 EPA Reg. No. 499-370 EPA Est. No. 499-MO-1 KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN CAUTION See side panel for additional precautionary statements. ADVANCE Prescription Treatment Granular Carpenter Ant Bait brand ® TM A Prescription Treatment® brand insecticide from: Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. 3568 Tree Court Industrial Blvd. St. Louis MO 63122-6682 www.wmmg.com © 1998 Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. Revised: 5/99Revision Summary Prescription Treatment® brand Advance™ Granular Carpenter Ant Bait Formula 1 EPA Reg. No. 499-370 Specimen Label Revision Date: 5/99 • Additional ants added to the “Kills” section. • Chemical name for Abamectin removed. • Alternate EPA Establishment No. removed. • Copyright date updated.