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Method of controlling insects Abstract The invention relates to a method of controlling insects, in which compounds of the formula (I), in which R is ethyl or propyl, are used, characterised in that insects from the order Homoptera or from the order Lepidoptera are controlled, to the use of these compounds for this purpose, to insecticidal compositions for this purpose whose active ingredient is selected from these compounds, and to a process for the preparation and the use of these compositions, with the proviso that (2R,4S)-2-ethyl-4(4-phenoxy)phenoxymethyl-1,3-dioxolane in fully enantiomerically pure form and in predominantly enantiomerically pure form is excepted from the scope of all subject matters of the invention. |