Patent ID: 8361487

Claim:
A method for controlling a pest selected from the Isoptera and Hymenoptera orders which comprises applying to the pest or to a wooden part or to soil in the habitat of the pest an effective amount of a hydrazine compound of formula (I-1): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 represent hydrogen; X represents 1 to 5 same or different halo C 1 -C 6 alkyl substituents; Y represents 1 to 5 cyano substituents; Z represents halo C 1 -C 6 alkoxy; and W represents oxygen, wherein, in case of application to the wooden part, the hydrazine compound is applied in an amount of from 0.1 to 50 g/m 2 , and in case of application to the pest or the soil, the hydrazine compound is applied in an amount of from 1 to 500 g/m 2 , and wherein the control results in at least 50% mortality of the pest.