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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Jian Chen, Greenville, MS (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 37/42 (2006.01); A01N 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 25/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are compositions for attracting fire ants wherein the compositions contain at least one fire ant food source, and at least one of 10-oxo-dodecanoic acid, 11-oxo-dodecanoic acid, or a mixture thereof, and optionally a carrier. Disclosed are also methods for attracting fire ants, the methods involving treating an object or area with a fire ant-attracting effective amount of a composition of the invention.