Insecticides that won't harm grass

Hi,
I am having a problem with ants crawling on my sidewalk adjacent to my lawn. is there any type of commercial insect spray that I can use without
killling my grass.


Thanks

 

Talstar or Merit for long term control. If the ants are the only insect you are after try a simple bait. But with out knowing what ant you have I can not say which product will better serve you.

 

I do not know of any insecticide that hurts grass.

 

I think he is refering to Phytotoxicity

 

Merit is not going to control ants unless they are eating the grass. Talstar, Astro, Deltaguard, Sevin, etc. should all do the job.....

 

Last time I checked Imidacloprid Is also a termiticide, which bonds to soil. With that said if it is put down with the right volume of water, you will create a barrier that ants will not pass through.

 

You are partially correct, however, Merit does not control ants via a soil barrier. It controls aphids and other sucking-insects that ants tend in order to have a supply of honeydew that is supplied from the secretions of these plant-sucking insects. That being said, if you remove the food source of a particular pest you will aid in controlling of that particular pest.

 

Are any Imidacloprid products labelled for ants?

 

Premise for carpenter ants.