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US 5,900,243 AGranted
Control of insect pests
AssigneePresident and Fellows of Harvard College
InventorsJay A. Yoder, Richard J. Pollack, Andrew Spielman
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Abstract
Compositions are described for repelling and killing insect pests, such as fire ants and mosquitoes. Methods for controlling insect pests are found useful when applied to surfaces. A method for controlling ants, preferably fire ants, uses compositions containing the secretion from the large wax glands of ticks.
Claims2
A composition comprising:
- a) an insecticidal amount of farnesol applied to a surface as a viscous fluid film having a concentration greater than 60% and less than 90%;
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- b) a fire ant bait.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.