Patent ID: 8021675

Claim:
A process to make a termite bait said process consisting essentially of the following steps: (a) mixing alpha-cellulose, water, and a pesticide to form a mixture; followed by (b) compacting said mixture to a density greater than 1 gram per cubic centimeter to form a compacted composition; followed by (c) drying said compacted composition to remove at least a portion of said water to produce voids in said compacted composition; wherein the composition after step (c) has from 60 to 99 weight percent alpha-cellulose and 40 to 1 weight percent water based on the weight of said alpha-cellulose and said water, and furthermore the composition after step (c) has from 0.0001 to 10 weight percent pesticide based on the weight of said alpha-cellulose, said water, and said pesticide and wherein said pesticide is selected from permethrin, cypemethrin, fenvalerate, esfenvalerate, deltamethrin, cyhalothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, gamma-cyhalothrin, bifenthrin, fenpropathrin, cyfluthrin, tefluthrin, ethofenprox, natural pyrethrin, tetramethrin, s-bioallethrin, fenfluthrin, prallethrin, 5-benzyl-3-furylmethyl-(E)-(1R,3 S)-2,2-dimethyl-3-(2-oxothiolan-3-ylidenemethyl) cyclopropane carboxylate, methidathion, chlorpyrifos-methyl, profenofos, sulprofos, acephate, methyl parathion, azinphos-methyl, demeton-s-methyl, heptenophos, thiometon, fenamiphos, monocrotophos, profenofos, triazophos, methamidophos, dimethoate, phosphamidon, malathion, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, phosalone, terbufos, fensulfothion, fonofos, phorate, phoxim, pirimiphos-methyl, pirimiphos-ethyl, fenitrothion, fosthiazate diazinon, fenoxycarb, alanycarb, pirimicarb, triazamate, cloethocarb, carbofuran, furathiocarb, ethiofencarb, aldicarb, thiofurox, carbosulfan, bendiocarb, fenobucarb, propoxur, methomyl, oxamyl, lufenuron, novaluron, noviflumuron, teflubenzuron, diflubenzuron, triflumuron, hexaflumuron, flufenoxuron, chlorfluazuron, cyhexatin, fenbutatin oxide, azocyclotin, tolfenpyrad, pyridaben, tebufenpyrad, fenpyroximate, abamectin, emamectin benzoate, ivermectin, milbemycin, spinosad, azadirachtin, endosulfan, benzene hexachloride, DDT, chlordane, dieldrin, chlordimeform, amitraz, diofenolan, clothianidin, thiacloprid, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, acetamiprid, nitenpyram, thiamethoxam, halofenozide, tebufenozide, chromafenozide, methoxyfenozide, diofenolan, pyriproxifen, indoxacarb, chlorfenapyr, pymetrozine, diafenthiuron, fipronil, vanilliprole, etiprole, acetoprole, pyridalyl, or hydramethylnon.