To provide a compound exhibiting excellent controlling effects against noxious arthropods.

The imidate compound represented by formula (I) [wherein Z is an optionally substituted carbocyclic group having 3-14 ring-constituting atoms, or the like; G is a group -A1-R1, or the like; X is a group -A2-R4, or the like; X0 is a group -A3-R6, or the like; M1 is a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or the like; A1, A2 and A3 are each a sulfur atom or the like; R1 is an optionally substituted 1-20C chain hydrocarbon group or the like; R4 and R6 are each an optionally substituted 1-6C chain hydrocarbon group, a group-Q, a group -T1-Q or the like; Q is an optionally substituted carbocyclic group having 3-14 ring-constituting atoms, or the like; and T1 is a 1-6C alkanediyl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, or the like] exhibits excellent controlling effects against noxious arthropods.