PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling a harmful arthropod using a composition aiming at various kinds of arthropods as control targets, which is a method harmful for controlling a harmful arthropod capable of performing control processing effectively without carrying out any heating process (e.g., smoking process) for spraying the composition or any pressure process (e.g., gas-pressure process or mechanical pressure process) for spraying the compositions.SOLUTION: The composition containing an ester compound represented by formula (1) is sprayed effective amount to control a harmful arthropod, to the harmful arthropod or to a habitat of the harmful arthropod.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】広範な種類の有害節足動物を防除対象とする組成物を用いた有害節足動物の防除方法であり、組成物の散布のために加熱(例えば、くん煙)、加圧(例えば、ガス圧もしくは機械圧)を必要とせず、効果的に防除処理を行うことができる有害節足動物の防除方法を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】式(1)で示されるエステル化合物を含有する組成物を、有害節足動物又は有害節足動物の生息場所に、有害節足動物の防除に有効な量を噴霧することを特徴とする。[化1]【選択図】なし