Inventors:
Robert K. Vander Meer - Gainesville FL
William A. Banks - Gainesville FL
Clifford S. Lofgren - Gainesville FL
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Agriculture - Washington DC
International Classification:
A01N 3702, A01N 3706, A01N 2500
Abstract:
A method has been discovered for repelling ants by treating objects or areas with effective amounts of compositions that include (a) one or more C. sub. 6 to C. sub. 8 carboxylic acids; (b) one or more C. sub. 6 to C. sub. 14 alcohols; (c) one or more esters which are reaction products of (a) and (b) or an ester which is a reaction product of the repellents and other carboxylic acids or alcohols; (d) one or more C. sub. 6 to C. sub. 11 carboxylic acid esters; (e) one or more C. sub. 6 to C. sub. 14 ketones; or (f) mixtures thereof.