PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new hanging container for a volatile agent which is easily attached to a fixing member.SOLUTION: The hanging container for an insecticide which has two arms 6 approaching each other toward the leading end, hangs and holds a container body 2 for housing an insecticide S1 on a fixing member M inserted into a smallest clearance S pushed and opened between the arms 6. A narrowed portion 6e for forming the clearance S is disposed between roots 6c and leading ends 6d of the arms 6 and a leading end portion 6f from the narrowed portion 6e to the leading end 6d is extended outwardly.