CONCENTRATED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND OR HIS SALT CONTAINING AGRICULTURAL AND GARDEN INSECTICIDE CONTAINING THIS COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR USING THIS INSECT
An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a novel agricultural and horticultural insecticide in view of the still immense damage caused by insect pests etc. and the emergence of insect pests resistant to existing insecticides in crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like. Provided are an oxime group-containing condensed heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof, preferably a condensed heterocyclic compound represented by general formula (1): (wherein R 1 represents, for example, an alkyl group, R 2 represents, for example, a hydrogen atom, R 3 and R 4 each represent, for example, a haloalkyl group, A, A 2 and A 3 each represent, for example, a nitrogen atom, A 1 represents, for example, a N-methyl group, m represents, for example, 2, and n represents, for example, 1), or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide.