PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to easily surely control insects appeared in a fermentation treatment object by a simple method, thus being easily executable even in a household with less adverse effects on environment and human bodies.SOLUTION: A method is intended to control insects appeared from a fermentation treatment object 13, such as wet refuse and livestock manure that are being fermented in a container 10. A surface of the fermentation treatment object 13 is covered with a combustion ash layer 14 obtained by stacking combustion ash, and is left for a predetermined time.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡易な方法により発酵処理物に発生した虫を容易かつ確実に駆除することができ、環境や人体への悪影響が少なく、家庭内においても容易に実施を可能にする。【解決手段】容器10中において発酵中の生ごみや畜糞等の発酵処理物13から発生する虫を駆除する方法であって、発酵処理物13の表面を、焼灰を堆積させた焼灰層14により被覆して所定期間放置する。【選択図】図1