Patent ID: 8017632

Claim:
A method of controlling insects or acarids, comprising applying to said insects, acarids and/or their habitat an effective amount of as component (a), at least one phthalic acid diamide of the formula (II) according to the table below: (II) X B R 1B R 2B R 3B L 1B L 2B L 3B I H H —C(CH 3 ) 2 CH 2 SCH 3 CH 3 iso-C 3 F 7 H I H H —C(CH 3 ) 2 CH 2 SOCH 3 CH 3 iso-C 3 F 7 H I H H —C(CH 3 ) 2 CH 2 SO 2 CH 3 CH 3 iso-C 3 F 7 H I H H —CH(CH 3 )CH 2 SCH 3 CH 3 iso-C 3 F 7 H I H H —CH(CH 3 )CH 2 SOCH 3 CH 3 iso-C 3 F 7 H I H H —CH(CH 3 )CH 2 SO 2 CH 3 CH 3 iso-C 3 F 7 H and, as component (b), at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound selected from the group consisting of cloquintocet-mexyl, fenchlorazole-ethyl, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, furilazole, fenclorim, and one of the compounds of the table below: (IV-e) R 16D R 19D R 20D X 4D t X 5D v H H 2-OCH 3 — H H 2-OCH 3 , 5-CH 3 —.