Claims
- 1. A method of attracting Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) to an insect trap comprising the step of exposing the environment surrounding said trap to an insect attractant-containing polymer which consists of a mixture of a polymer and from about 1% up to about 45% by weight of said polymer of a composition of matter selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide;
- (ii) the mixture of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and the ethyl ester of 2-methyl-3-pentenoic acid;
- (iii) a mixture of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and dimethyl disulfide; and
- (iv) a mixture of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, the ethyl ester of 2-methyl-3-pentenoic acid and dimethyl disulfide
- said polymer being compatible with said composition of matter.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the composition of matter is N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the composition of matter is a mixture of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and the ethyl ester of 2-methyl-3-pentenoic acid.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the composition of matter is a mixture of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide and dimethyl disulfide.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the composition of matter is a mixture of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, the ethyl ester of 2-methyl-3-pentenoic acid and dimethyl disulfide.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 213,683, filed 6/30/88, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,880,625, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 026,979, filed on Mar. 17, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,808,403, issued Feb. 28, 1989.
Non-Patent Literature Citations (3)
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Agriculture Handbook No. 239 Published by the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. of America Dept. of Agriculture, Issued Jun. 1963, entitled: "Materials Tested as Insect Attractants", M. Beroza and N. Green, Cover Page, and pp. 1-8 and p. 31; p. 85 and 99 Showing the Attractancy of Item 4082. |
Neumark, Jacobson and Teich, Environmental Letters 7(1), 21-30 (1974) title: "Field Evaluation of Propylure, Hexalure and Their Formulations with Deet, Dodecyl Acetate, and an Antioxidant as Attractants for Male Pink Bollworm Moths", (and Abstr., at Chem. Abstrs., vol. 81, 1974, Abstract No. 146849c). |
Jones and Jacobson, Science, vol. 159, Jan. 5, 1968, pp. 99 and 100, title: "Isolation of N,N-Diethyl-m-Toluamide (Deet) from Female Pink Bollworm Moths". |
Continuations (2)
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213683 |
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26979 |
Mar 1987 |
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