Patent ID: 7018643

Claim:
A pesticide delivery system, comprising: a continuous film having a thickness from about 1 μm to about 1,000 μm and noncontinuous areas having sizes less than about 100 μm, the continuous film comprising a particulate material wherein at least 90% by weight of the particulate material has a particle size of about 10 microns or less, the particulate material comprising from about 25% to about 100% of a heat treated particulate material selected from the group consisting of calcined calcium carbonate, calcined talc, calcined kaolin, metakaolin, calcined bentonites, calcined clays, calcined pyrophyllite, calcined feldspar, calcined chalk, calcined limestone, calcined precipitated calcium carbonate, calcined diatomaceous earth, calcined barytes, calcined aluminum trihydrate, and calcined titanium dioxide, the heat treated particulate material heated to a temperature from about 300° C. to about 1,200° C., the heat treated particulate material being highly reflective, and an effective amount of a pest control agent at least partially coating the particulate material to effect mortality of a pest, pest control agent comprising at least one elected from the group consisting of an insecticide, an acaracide, a fungicide, a bactericide, an antibiotic, an antimicrobial, a nemacide, a rodenticide, and an entomopathogen.