Southern Ag mole Cricket Bait 5 Percent Carbaryl 3.6 Pound Bag

Worked great on the mole crickets. (Now I need to get rid of the moles that were eating them.) Also works great on Palmetto bugs. Outside only, of course. Read the label.

As described

I was very skeptical about using this since mole crickets aren’t my problem, but research said thus would work on the dreaded Florida Lubbers. Lubbers always hatch here in March, usually around the full moon and there are hundreds, it seemed like thousands, of these little nymphs covering my plants. They’re cute when they first hatch and it’s the only time insecticide works on them but as soon as you hit them with spray they scatter and regroup somewhere else. I used the Mole Cricket Bait as directed and the little suckers are gone. I’m sure a few will appear full grown by June but there won’t be the destruction of everything that grows like previous years. Once they’re full grown they’re psychedelic colored armored eating machines that can only be killed by catching by hand and either drowning them in a bucket or smashing them with a brick. If you rip the heads off, the heads walk away in one direction and the bodies in another. I’m telling my friends who have Lubber problems about this stuff. My yard is all natural Florida plant life, no lawn, and these things are massively destructive. Oh yeah, when you get near an adult they hiss and spit at you. They’re toxic and the birds and lizards won’t even eat the little nymphs.

I use pesticides rarely and as last resort but this year I had a brain fade and mowed down the swathes of grasshopper catch vegetation so ended up with massive numbers of them moving into and begin wiping out the garden. The only grasshopper biological control manufacturer I can find had a fire some years ago and now seems to be out of business and next best ecological choice is an attractant based pesticide I.e. bait like this one. Its focus seems to be a cricket pest we don’t have but this is labeled for grasshoppers too. Now a week after applying there is no sign of any grasshopper kill. I found one dead hopper but no idea what killed it. I suspect the bait is not palatable to the hoppers. Couple problems with the labeling.1) it is illegal to use pesticides in manner inconsistent with the label but the label application instructions are impossible for quantity this small and probably only possible on a lawn in any quantity.2) label mentions application should be on damp ground but it really should emphasize this as the product seems to be useless until activated by moisture. I assume because the carrier pellets aren’t tasty to target insects while dry but I don’t really know. Where we are rainfall is rare so activating this product requires definite action/planning.3) label has typos and seems like the minimum possible effort rather than actually providing useful information.This has been a total waste of money. I’m having far better success by using an insect net to “sweep” through the garden a few times per day. I collect about a pint worth in 5-10 minutes and is really making a difference. You can kind of herd them (try a leaf blower) out of tall plants like raspberries and cucumbers then sweep the net through as they hop away. Buy a sturdy net though as the weight of collected hoppers causes it to drag on the ground.

This stuff is so great…just sprinkled around my plants that were devoured by grasshoppers last year and problem solved! (I did reapply after lots of rain…)

Arrived on time as expected, followed the directions, but still have a mole cricket problem, however I wouldn't blame the product, because I have tried two other products and they didn't get them either. Apparently mole crickets are hard to get rid of.

Only thing I've found that truly gets rid of German cockroaches! We put little dishes hidden around the house & poof! Gone. Worked twice in 2 different homes over the years after using a few other products that failed us. Only caveat: the amount. I only need like a cup not an entire bag. Probably hideously poisonous (duh) but that vs roaches... I'll take the chemicals. Made hubs use gloves & wash his hands putting it out.

There were much fewer little black young lubbers in my yard after spreading. Hope the number of voracious beasts is also smaller.