Patent ID: 7807721

Claim:
A composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target within a three dimensional environmental space having a land or base surface area, the composition comprising: (A) a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alkene-3-ols of the formula: and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula: wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, in (B) a base vehicle comprising a porous or waxy medium, wherein the non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound is sufficient to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in the three dimensional environmental space.