It is a kind of broad-spectrum insecticide which is not imbibible and has some acaricidal and nematicidal activities. It is widely used in rice, corn, sugarcane, tobacco, fruit trees, vegetables, grass, flowers, forests and greenhouses to control a variety of irritant sucking and leaf eating pests. It can also be used in soil to control underground pests and nematodes. It can also be used to control ectoparasites of livestock and domestic pests such as flies and cockroaches.