METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ANT COLONIES KU Leuven
The present invention relates generally to an ant attractant, aggregant or arrestant formulation comprising the ant attractant bicyclic tertiary alcohol compound, geosmin (1,2,7,7-tetramethyl-2-norborneol) and ant repellent formulation comprising the ant repelling bicyclic tertiary alcohol compound, 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB). It furthermore relates to a system and method for attracting ants by geosmin (l,2,7,7-tetramethyl-2-norborneol) and/or repelling ants by 2-methylisoborneol (2-MIB).