Heterocyclic-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylate pesticides

A cyclopropane compound having the formula ##STR12## wherein Y' and Z' each independently is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom and X is chlorine, bromine or OR in which R represents a hydrogen atom, a salt-forming cation, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a group of the formulas I-IX ##STR13## wherein Y represents hydrogen or an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group or an aryl or furyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted in the ring by one or more alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy or halogeno groups, R.sup.7 and R.sup.8, which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen or an alkyl or alkenyl group, R.sup.9 represents hydrogen or a methyl group, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 represent hydrogen or an alkyl group, R.sup.12 represents an organic radical having carbon-carbon unsaturation in a position .alpha. to the CH.sub.2 group to which R.sup.12 is attached, A/S indicates an aromatic ring or a dihydro or tetrahydro analogue thereof, X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3 and X.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen, halogen or a methyl group, D represents H, --CN, --C.tbd.CH or ##STR14## in which R.sup.13 and R.sup.14 may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, Z represents --CH.sub.2 --, --O--, --CO-- or --S--, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represent halogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and n is 0, 1 or 2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom having an atomic number of from 9 to 35, inclusive, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a nitro group, R.sup.5 is ahydrogen atom or a halogen atom having an atomic number of from 9 to 35, inclusive, each R.sup.6 is independently a halogen atom having an atomic number of from 9 to 35, inclusive;

• and n' is an integer of from 1 to 5 with the proviso that when D is --CN, --C.tbd.CH or ##STR15## then the alcohol moiety is in the R,S-racemic or in the S-optical configuration.