	US 12,171,226 B2
	Development of pheromone assisted techniques to improve efficacy of insecticide sprays targeting urban pest ant species
Dong-Hwan Choe, Riverside, CA (US); and Kathleen Campbell, Riverside, CA (US)
Assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US)
Appl. No. 14/426,899
Filed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2013, PCT No. PCT/US2013/058720 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2015, PCT Pub. No. WO2014/039950, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/700,088, filed on Sep. 12, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/698,053, filed on Sep. 7, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2015/0237853 A1, Aug. 27, 2015
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 25/12 (2006.01); A01N 25/16 (2006.01); A01N 35/02 (2006.01); A01N 47/02 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 35/02 (2013.01) [A01N 25/12 (2013.01); A01N 25/16 (2013.01); A01N 47/02 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method of improving efficacy of insecticide sprays, comprising:

mixing a concentration of (Z)-9-nexadecenal and a solvent with a non-repellant insecticide spray that includes fipronil, wherein an amount of the (Z)-9-hexadecenal comprises approximately 1 mg of the (Z)-9-hexadecenal per approximately 500 ml of a final mixture that includes the concentration of the (Z)-9-hexadecenal and the solvent with the non-repellant insecticide spray that includes fipronil; and

applying the final mixture of the concentration of the (Z)-9-hexadecenal and the solvent with the non-repellant insecticide spray that includes fipronil to attract foraging Argentine ants from nearby trails and nests to a treatment area.