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US 2013/0259846 A1Published application
Method for Mosquito Control
OwnerStephen Dobsoninventor
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Abstract
A formulation and method for insect control is provided in the form of insecticide carrying insects which can be introduced in a population to thereby control the insect population. The formulation may include artificially generated adult insect carriers of a larvicide in which the larvicide has minimal impact on the adult insect and which larvicide affects juvenile survival or interferes with metamorphosis of juvenile insects to adulthood. The insects may be either male or female and may include mosquitoes.
Claims24
A method for insect control, comprising:
- introducing insects which carry one or more insecticides comprising at least a larvicide, to an insect population, to thereby control the insect population.
A formulation for insect control, said formulation comprising:
- an artificially generated adult insect carrier of a larvicide, wherein said larvicide has minimal impact on the adult insect and which larvicide affects juvenile survival or interferes with metamorphosis of juvenile insects to adulthood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.