Patent ID: 7622498

Claim:
A method for controlling pests, the method comprising applying an effective amount of a pesticidal compound of formula (I) wherein represents a double bond; A— represents ═C(R 5 )—C(═O)—, wherein: R 5 represents hydrogen or halogen; R 1 and R 2 represent, independently, hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy or an acyloxy; or R 1 and R 2 , together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, represent an oxirane ring; or R 1 and R 2 , taken together, represent an alkylidenedioxy or substituted alkylidenedioxy group; and R 3 represents —CH 2 R 6 , wherein R 6 represents an acyloxy, oxiranyl, or a group of formula wherein R 7 represents hydrogen or alkyl, R 8 represents phenylsulfanyl, phenylselenyl, phenylsulfoxy or phenylselenoxy, and R 9 represents hydrogen, ethoxycarbonyl or carbamoyl to said pests or their locus.