Patent ID: 8753656

Claim:
A method comprising presenting an effective attracting amount of a preconidial preparation of an entomopathogenic fungus to attract and control arthropods that carry zoonotic diseases, wherein the preconidial preparation is selected from the group consisting of preconidial mycelium, extract of preconidial mycelium and both preconidial mycelium and extract of preconidial mycelium, wherein non-sporulating sectors are selectively cultured to produce the preconidial mycelium, wherein the preconidial mycelium contains less than 100 conidia per gram of myceliated substrate, wherein the preconidial preparation of an entomopathogenic fungus is blended with mushroom preparations selected from the group consisting of mycelium of Fomitopsis officinalis, Fomitopsis pinicola, Fomitporia robustus, Piptoporus betulinus, Trametes versicolor, Trametes elegans, Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma applanatum, Ganoderma annularis, Ganoderma oregonense, Ganoderma resinaceum, Ganoderma tsugae, Heterobasidion annosum, Inonotus obliquus, Antrodia camphorate, Rigidoporus ulmarius, Perenniporia fraxinophila, Psilocybe cyanescens, Psilocybe azurescens and Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, extracts of the mycelium of said mushroom and combinations thereof, and wherein the arthropods are selected from the group consisting of insects, arachnids and myriapods.