| abstract |
Pest-combating compositions containing pβst-control actives are formulated for sustained pest-combating efficacy, utilizing actives fatty acids, undecanone and/or soy methyl ester in varying combinations Pest-combating includes both repellency and killing of pests In specific formulations, the pest-combating composition includes anyone, two or three of the active agents soy methyl ester, fatty acids/esters and undecanone The composition may be constituted as a spray composition, lotion, paste, or other compositional form Pests that may be usefully combated with such composition include aphids, ants, bed bugs, bees, beetles centipedes, caterpillars chiggers, cockroaches, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, flies, fire ants, gnats, grasshoppers, hookworms, Japanese beetles, june bugs, lice, locust, maggots, mealworms, mealybugs, millipedes mites, mosquitoes, moths, pillbugs scorpions silverfish spiders, stinkbugs, termites, thrips, ticks, wasps, and white flies |