Patent ID: RE39543

Claim:
A method for controlling an insect or an arachnid population, killing a population of pests selected from the group consisting of termites, ants, mites, and fleas, said method comprising: contacting said insect or arachnid population of pests with an effective pest growth modulating amount of a an aqueous formulation comprising 0.01 g/l to 25 g/l of one or more compounds having a formula wherein R 1 represents —CHO, R 2 represents —OH, H or an organic substituent containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R 3 represents a methoxy group, H or an organic substituent containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; 10 g/l of one or more of compounds selected from the group consisting or cinnamic aldehyde and coniferyl aldehyde, and wherein said formulation does not contain an antioxidant other than an antioxidant according to said formula. compounds.