Patent ID: 8287919

Claim:
A method of killing a soft-bodied animal with an acidic pesticide composition, the method comprising the steps of: Step 1: locating the soft-bodied animal or locating an area where the soft-bodied animal resides; Step 2: contacting the soft-bodied animal with the acidic aqueous pesticide composition; wherein, the acidic pesticide composition comprises: an acidic calcium sulfate (ACS) solution having sparingly-soluble Group IIA complexes prepared by mixing a mineral acid and a Group IIA hydroxide, a Group IIA salt of a dibasic acid, or a mixture of the Group IIA hydroxide and Group IIA salt followed by removing the solid formed; and diluting the ACS solution concentration to a pH in the range of pH 0.8 to pH 2.5 forming the acidic pesticide composition; wherein, and the soft-bodied animal is selected from: a Coqui frog; a Coqui frog ego; a tree frog, a cane toad, a slug, a nettle, a caterpillar, a nematode, an aphid, a spider mite, fruit fly larva, a varro mite, or a combination thereof.