Composition and method for controlling pests

A composition for controlling pests comprising, as active ingredients, ethaboxam and a neonicotinoid compound represented by formula (1);

• wherein A represents a 6-chloro-3-pyridyl group, a 2-chloro-5-thiazolyl group, a tetrahydrofuran-2-yl group or a tetrahydrofuran-3-yl group;
• Z represents a methyl group, an NHR2 group, an N(CH3)R2 group or an SR2 group;
• R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group;
• R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
• or R1 and R2 together may form a CH2CH2 group or a CH2OCH2 group;
• X represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group;
• and Y represents a cyano group or a nitro group;
• wherein the neonicotinoid compound represented by formula (1) is selected from the group consisting of clothianidin, thiamethoxam, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, dinotefuran, acetamiprid and thiacloprid.