Insect repellent and insect repelling method

Abstract

Provided are: an insect repellent that has high repelling effect on harmful insects and excellent durability but yet shows lower toxicity to humans, animals, agricultural crops, etc., causes no soil contamination and can be easily used; and an insect repelling method. As active ingredients, at least one compound selected from among cyclic monoterpene alcohols and/or at least one compound selected from among cyclic monoterpene ketones are combined with at least one compound selected from among cyclic sesquiterpenes. To these active ingredients that are either used as such or impregnated into or mixed with an appropriate carrier, additive(s) are optionally added. The thus obtained mixture is formulated into a repellent in the form of a solid preparation, oil solution (liquid preparation), emulsion, wettable powder, paste, gel, aerosol, microcapsules, etc. and used by any means selected from among spraying, scattering, application, volatilization and fumigation.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a repellent and a repelling method for harmful insects such as cockroaches, flies (houseflies, fruit flies, moth flies, etc.), mosquitoes, gnats, and horseflies. [0002] More specifically, the present invention relates to an insect repellent and a method for repelling insects using the same, characterized in that it contains a compound selected from cyclic monoterpene alcohols and / or a compound selected from cyclic monoterpene ketones A combination of at least one compound in and a compound selected from cyclic sesquiterpenoids as active ingredients. Background technique [0003] Harmful insects such as cockroaches, flies (houseflies, fruit flies, moth flies, etc.), mosquitoes, gnats, and horseflies not only bite people and make people feel uncomfortable, but also have problems such as vectors of pathogenic bacteria, and it is expected to be eliminated. [0004] Various insecticides have been proposed for these harmful insect...

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Problems solved by technology

Known are, for example: a cockroach repellent containing a monoterpenoid having a specific group such as isopropyl in the molecule (Patent Document 2); a fly and mosquito repellent containing limonene as an active ingredient (Patent Document 3), etc. , but its repelling effect is not sufficient, and the persistence of the effect is not satisfactory

Furthermore, in order to improve the repelling effect, it has also been proposed to use a modified product of a spec

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