PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an effective method for exterminating vermin and an artificial feed for extermination.SOLUTION: The artificial feed is shaped in appearance as vegetables or fruits, which vermin like to eat, such as potatoes, corn, apples or the like. The artificial feed is prepared either by making a small hole a of an appropriate size at a part of the outer layer A of the feed, then digging out the inside content through the small hole a, and filling the inside of the dug hole with expansive material B, or by splitting the shaped material into two, then scooping out the inside leaving the outer layer A to form a space C, filling the space C with expansive material B, and after that joining the split parts together to form one body.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】効果的な害動物の駆除方法とその駆除用の疑似食物を提供する。【解決手段】害動物の好む芋.トウモロコシ、林檎等の野菜、果物類の外観形状に形成してなるもので外層体Aの一部に適宜径の小孔aを開口し小孔aを介して内部の肉をえぐり取り、かかるえぐり穴内に膨張材Bをを充填するか、または上記素材を二分割し、該内部を一定の厚さの外層体Aを残してえぐり取り、空間Cを形成すると共に空間C内に膨張材Bをを充填し、しかる後に上記分割両者を一体的に接合形成する。【選択図】図2