Fipronil shine maganin kwari na phenylpyrazole. Yana da tasirin guba na ciki akan kwari, tare da kashe lamba biyu da wasu tasirin tsarin. Yana da babban aikin kwari akan aphids, leafhoppers, planthoppers, lepidopteran larvae, kwari, coleoptera da sauran kwari. Ba shi da illa ga amfanin gona, amma yana da guba ga kifi, jatan lande, zuma, da siliki.