Methods and compositions for pest control

A method of disrupting reproduction of ants, the method comprising administering to the ants an amount of a composition effective to disrupt reproduction, wherein the composition comprises one or more compounds of a formula selected from the group consisting of:

• wherein R and R′ can be a branched, unbranched, cyclic, polycyclic, or unsaturated carbon or cyclic ether moiety up to twenty carbons, or a salt thereof, and wherein the ants are members of a genus selected from Monomorium, Myrmicaria, Megalomyrmex, Trachymyrmex, and Cyphomyrmex.