Recruit HD Termite Bait Receives EPA Registration

INDIANAPOLIS  — Dow AgroSciences has received federal registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Recruit HD termite bait, a new durable bait for the Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System.

Recruit HD contains noviflumuron, the same proven active ingredient currently used in Recruit IV termite bait for the Sentricon System, but is contained in a special bait matrix that extends durability. Each station for the Sentricon System featuring Recruit HD is baited during installation and remains baited as long as a service contract is maintained.

“What makes Recruit HD so durable is that it is 30 percent comprised of a cellulose-based polymer,” says Don Williams, research engineer for Dow AgroSciences. “But because it’s cellulose-based, there is no compromise in its palatability to subterranean termites.”

Each Recruit HD bait device contains 150 g of a noviflumuron-based bait — enough bait to eliminate an average size colony. According to Dow AgroSciences, extensive lab and field trials have demonstrated the bait’s palatability and ability to eliminate termite colonies.1

“Not only have we seen successful single colony elimination with Recruit HD, but we’ve documented instances in which multiple colonies have been eliminated around a structure in less than a year,” says Ronda Hamm, a senior biologist with Dow AgroSciences.

Dow AgroSciences is working with Authorized Operators of the Sentricon System this fall to begin introducing property owners to the Sentricon System featuring Recruit HD. 

¹Dow AgroSciences proprietary research