Patent ID: 8591928

Claim:
A pesticide granule comprising: a carrier particle having a diameter of between 500 and 3000 micrometers; a liquid coating of bifenthrin, a solvent, and a binder component, said binder component selected from the group consisting of bentonite clay, carbohydrate, protein, lipid, synthetic polymer, glycolipid, glycoprotein, lignin, a lignin derivative, and a carbohydrate-based composition, wherein said coating has sufficient tack to adhere it to the carrier particle; and imidacloprid or clothianidin in powder form and sized to a mean diameter of less than 10% of the carrier diameter, wherein said imidacloprid or said clothianidin is adhered to said liquid coating; wherein the pesticide granule contains no other binding, tackifying or sticking agent to further adhere said liquid coating to the carrier particle or said imidacloprid or said clothianidin to said liquid coating.