Multipurpose Ant Bait
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsClaude Taranta, Thomas Bork, Gerhard Schnabel, Helmut Müller, Sarah Thompson, Clark D. Klein, Nigel Armes, Tiffany Hennessey
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Abstract
Subject of the present invention is a solid ant bait comprising an insecticide and a bait composition. Another subject is a process for the preparation of said ant bait, comprising extruding a mixture, which contains the insecticide and the bait composition. Yet another subject is a method for controlling ants, comprising offering to said ants the ant bait according to the invention. Finally, a subject is a use of the ant bait according to the invention for controlling ants.
Claims22
1-15. (canceled)
A solid ant bait comprising an insecticide and a bait composition, wherein the bait composition comprises:
- a) from 5 to 95 wt % vegetable flour,
- b) from 1 to 60 wt % protein source,
- c) from 5 to 60 wt % sugar, and
- d) from 0.1 to 10 wt % polymeric binder,
- each wt % referring to the bait composition,
- wherein the bait is a solid granule, and
- wherein the polymeric binder is selected from polyvinylpyrrolidone and polysaccharides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.