	US 12,225,901 B2
	Aerosol sprayer for insect pest mating disruption
Naoki Ishibashi, Joetsu (JP); Yuki Miyake, Joetsu (JP); and Takeshi Kinsho, Joetsu (JP)
Assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/243,113.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,368, filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329911 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A01N 49/00 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01N 25/06 (2006.01); A01N 35/02 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 25/06 (2013.01) [A01M 7/0014 (2013.01); A01N 35/02 (2013.01); A01N 49/00 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. An aerosol sprayer for insect pest mating disruption, the sprayer comprising:

a composition for forming an aerosol, the composition comprising:

an aerosol stock solution containing an aliphatic linear aldehyde having 10 to 20 carbon atoms and a non-alcoholic diluent; and

dimethyl ether as a propellant;

wherein a weight ratio of the aerosol stock solution to the propellant is from 45:55 to 65:35; and

a pressure-resistant container for enclosing the composition therein;

wherein sprayed particles at a spray travel distance of 15 cm have a median particle size (Dv50) at 25° C. of from 38 to 65 μm in a volume-based cumulative particle size distribution.