US 12,446,584 B2
Termiticide composition and methods for treating termites
Larry Mearns Nouvel, Plano, TX (US); and Mark Allen Boyd, Seabrook, TX (US)
Assigned to ADAMA MAKHTESHIM LTD., Beer Sheva (IL)
Filed by ADAMA MAKHTESHIM LTD., Beer Sheva (IL)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,082.
Application 17/716,082 is a continuation of application No. 14/774,341, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2014/025635, filed on Mar. 13, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/788,396, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304306 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 51/00 (2006.01); A01N 25/02 (2006.01); A01N 47/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 51/00 (2013.01) [A01N 25/02 (2013.01); A01N 47/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
 
1. A method for increasing mortality effect of fipronil on a population of termites, cockroaches, or ants, comprising applying to a locus requiring termite, cockroach, or ant control, a termiticide concentrate, comprising (1) a termiticide composition having (a) 3% to 10% by weight of fipronil, and (b) 15% to 30% by weight of imidacloprid, and (2) an aqueous medium; wherein the termiticide composition is dispersed in the aqueous medium to form the termiticide concentrate comprising from 0.038%±20% to 0.38%±20% by weight of imidacloprid and from 0.012%±20% to 0.12%±20% by weight of fipronil; wherein the ratio of fipronil to imidacloprid in the termiticide composition is between 1:1.5 and 1:10;
wherein the population comprises donors and recipients; and
wherein the locus is a perimeter or a portion of a perimeter about a structure, an area substantially defined by a footprint of a structure, an area within the footprint of a structure, one or more portion of a perimeter of the structure, one or more portion of the footprint of the structure, one or more portion of an area associated with the structure but outside the perimeter of the structure, a spot inside the structure, the ground where a structure will be or is being built, or an open area containing crop products.