Method of controlling acarid pests by means of cyclopropane carboxylate esters, the use of such esters as an acaricide, and one of said esters as a novel compound.

摘要

A method of controlling acarids characterized in that an ester represented by the following general formula is applied to the acarids or their habitat:- <CHEM> wherein the asterisks indicate asymmetric carbon atoms, the acid portion of the ester molecule is in the [1R, cis]-condiguration, and the alcohol portion of the molecule is in the [S]-configuration or the [RS]-configuration.