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United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

A Randall Alford

Joseph C Dickens

A method has been discovered for attracting Colorado potato beetles to an area of object or area, which method involves treating the object or area with a Colorado potato beetle attracting composition (with or without an insecticide) containing a carrier material and a Colorado potato beetle attracting effective amount of (a) (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (&plusmn;)-linalool, nonanal, and methyl salicylate, (b) (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (&plusmn;)-linalool, and methyl salicylate, (c) (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, and (&plusmn;)-linalool, (d) (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate and methyl salicylate, or (e) (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate and (&plusmn;)-linalool. Furthermore, a method has been discovered for repelling Colorado potato beetles from an object or area, comprising treating the object or area with a Colorado potato beetle repelling composition (with or without an insecticide) containing a carrier material and a Colorado potato beetle repelling effective amount of (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, (&plusmn;)-linalool, nonanal, methyl salicylate, and &bgr;-caryophyllene.

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Orono, ME, United States of America

A Randall Alford