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US 9,756,857 B2Granted
Pesticidal compositions and methods of use thereof
AssigneeHoms, LLC
InventorAllen Jones
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InventorAllen Jones
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A pest-combating composition including sodium lauryl sulfate and one or more of C6-12 fatty acids, preferably lauric and/or capric and/or caprylic acid, soy methyl ester, and 2-undecanone, and methods of combating pests utilizing same, are disclosed. The compositions can include a carrier oil such as silicon oil, soy methyl ester, or a vegetable oil, and can be in the form of an emulsion. The composition may be constituted as a spray composition, an aerosol, a lotion, a paste, or another compositional form. Pests that may be usefully combated with such composition include flying insects, including flies, mosquitoes, and wasps, ants, including arthropods such as fire ants, ticks, fleas, cockroaches, silver fish, thrips, gnats, aphids, Japanese beetles, and agricultural and horticultural arthropods and insects including beetles (potato and bean), flea beetles, fleahoppers, squash bugs, slugs, leaf hoppers, harlequin bugs, milk weed bugs, spiders, mites, lice, rodents, and deer.
A method of combating one or more undesired species in a location susceptible to presence or incursion thereof, said method comprising administering to the location, in a spray, mist, or aerosol form, an aqueous formulation comprising (i) sodium lauryl sulfate, (ii) an enzyme that is combatingly active against at least one of said one or more undesired species, (iii) one or more fatty acids, and (iv) soy methyl ester and/or 2-undecanone, wherein the one or more undesired species comprise (A) one or more pests selected from the group consisting of insects, arthropods, lice, mites, rodents, and deer, and/or (B) pest-produced allergens.
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