Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods using boron compounds to control arthropods. Preferred target pests are insects of the orders Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets), Lepidoptera (moths and larvae), and Hymenoptera (preferably Solenopsis invicta, fire ants).

Abstract: The subject invention provides materials and methods for the effective control of fruit flies. Specifically, the subject invention pertains to the use of imidacloprid compounds to control fruit flies. These compounds achieve a high level of control without mammalian toxicity.

Abstract: The subject invention provides materials and methods for the effective control of fruit flies. Specifically, the subject invention pertains to the use of imidacloprid compounds to control fruit flies. These compounds achieve a high level of control without mammalian toxicity.

Abstract: Methods and compositions, which rely upon borax toxicants, to control Tephritidae fruit fly populations below economic thresholds are disclosed. More particularly, methods and compositions which utilize borax toxicants are disclosed which cause the Tephritidae fruit flies to die prematurely or which interfere with the female Tephritidae fruit flies to produce eggs for a period of about seven days. A preferred borax toxicant is borax wherein an effective amount in the compositions to accomplish the above is between at least about 0.01M and about 0.12M or more. A lethal amount of borax that should be consumed by the fruit flies in about a 24 hour period is believed to be between at least about 5 mM and about 10 mM or more, whereas the amount of borax that should be consumed by the female fruit flies within about a 24 hour period to prevent the female fruit flies from producing eggs for about seven days or longer is believed to be at least about 2.5 mM and 5 mM or more.