The present invention relates to methods and uses of compounds of formulae I or II and the salts and N-oxides thereof, wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted 5-membered heterocyclic radical; X1 is S, O or NR1a, wherein R1a is selected from H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d; X2 is OR2a, NR2bR2c, S(O)mR2d, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, R2a is C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like, R2b, R2c are H, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and the like; X3 is a lone pair or oxygen; R1, R2 and R3 are, inter alia, hydrogen, and R1 is H, C1-C10-alkyl and the like. The present invention further relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests, to a method for protecting plant propagation material and/or the plants which grow therefrom, to plant propagation material, comprising at least one compound according to the present invention, to a method for treating or protecting an animal from infestation or infection by parasites and to an agricultural composition containing at least one compound according to the present invention.