Method of Combating Fruit Flies

摘要

The present invention pertains to a method of combating fruit flies by bringing into contact the male and the female species with fipronil characterized in that a) the male species are lured onto a material containing a pheromone or a parapheromone and fipronil b) the male species take up fipronil via contact with this material and c) transfer fipronil to the females via contact. The present invention also pertains to a method of combating fruit flies by bringing into contact the female species with fipronil according to the above-defined method. The present invention further provides a method of substantially eradicating from a land area fruit flies comprising the above method.