DDVP Insecticides Pesticides

Biochemistry cholinesterase inhibitor. Mode of action insecticide and acaricide with respiratory, contact, and stomach action. Gives rapid knockdown. Uses control of household and public health insect pests, e.g. Flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, bedbugs, ants, etc.; stored-product pests in warehouses, storerooms, etc.; flies and midges in animal houses; sciarid and phorid flies in mushrooms; sucking and chewing insects, and spider mites in a wide range of crops, including fruit, vines, vegetables, ornamentals, tea, rice, cotton, hops, glasshouse crops, etc. Also used as a veterinary anthelmintic. Phytotoxicity non-phytotoxic when used as directed, except to some varieties of chrysanthemum.