Seeking help from entomologists (pesticide-related)
Hi all! I like to consider myself a friend to insects, but I may have screwed up fairly big last week.
Every year, we get a termite inspection at our house, and every year they ask us if we would like to get a complimentary "barrier spray", which I always politely decline. For the record, we've never actually HAD termites, although we've had some carpenter ant intrusions in recent years. Last week, however, when the guy offered the spray, I was under-the-weather and heavily medicated and feeling like crap. Instead of taking the time to explain that we didn't want it, I just agreed to it.
Then a couple hours later, I snapped out of my stupor, realized what I had done, and have felt like a monster ever since. We have all sorts of insects outside of our house, and I feel like I just gave them the death sentence.
So, my questions are (and perhaps these are better directed toward the pest-control company):
1.) Are there ways to neutralize or dilute the pesticide so that the treated area is less harmful? 2.) How long do the effects of the pesticide remain in the treated area?
The specific brand of pesticide they used was Onslaught Fastcap Spider and Scorpion Insecticide, whose active ingredients are Esfenvalerate, prallethrin, and pieronyl butoxide.
Thanks in advance for any expert advice on this.