Pesticidal compositions for insects and arthropods
AssigneeStratacor, Inc.
InventorWilliam Reifenrath
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Abstract
The present invention provides an insect or arthropod pesticidal composition. The composition includes active ingredients having a mixture of fatty acids, each of the fatty acids having a straight carbon chain from 6 to 12 carbon atoms long. The fatty acid mixture includes a first fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 6 to 8 carbon atoms long, and a carboxylic acid group. The fatty acid mixture also includes a second fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 8 to 12 carbon atoms long, and a carboxylic acid group. The composition also includes a carrier that promotes adherence or absorption or transport across the surface of insects or arthropods to effect their incapacitation or death.
Claims16
An insect or arthropod pesticidal composition comprising:
- (a) an active ingredient consisting of a mixture of fatty acids, wherein the mixture of fatty acids is at least two of:
- (i) a first fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 6 to 8 carbon atoms long,
- (ii) a second fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 8 to 9 carbon atoms long, and
- (iii) a third fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 9 to 12 carbon atoms long, wherein the first fatty acid molecule, the second fatty acid molecule and the third fatty acid molecule are all different,
- wherein the active ingredient is about 0.015% to 0.075% by weight of the composition;
- and
- wherein the amount of the composition is effective at incapacitating or killing the insect or arthropod;
- and
- wherein the mixture of fatty acids is the only active ingredient in the composition;
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- (b) a carrier comprising pulverized kaolin clay that promotes absorption of the active ingredient by the insect or arthropod.
A method for incapacitating or killing an insect or arthropod, the method comprising contacting the insect or arthropod with an effective amount of a pesticidal composition comprising:
- an active ingredient consisting of at least two of octanoic acid, nonanoic acid and decanoic acid;
- and
- a carrier selected from the group consisting of an emulsifiable concentrate and a wettable powder,
- thereby incapacitating or killing the insect or arthropod,
- wherein the active ingredient is about 0.015% to 0.075% by weight of the composition and the dose of active ingredient is less than the minimum amount required to repel the insect or arthropod, and wherein the active ingredient consisting of at least two of octanoic acid, nonanoic acid and decanoic acid is the only active ingredient in the method or composition.
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