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Background  Bluetongue virus (BTV) is transmitted by  Culicoides  biting midges and causes bluetongue (BT), a clinical disease observed primarily in sheep. BT has a detrimental effect on subsistence farmers in India, where hyperendemic outbreaks impact on smallholdings in the southern states of the country. In this study, we establish a reliable method for testing the toxic effects of deltamethrin on  Culicoides  and then compare deltamethrin with traditional control methods used by farmers in India.    Results  Effects of deltamethrin were initially tested using a colonised strain of  Culicoides nubeculosus  Meigen and a modified World Health Organisation exposure assay. This method was then applied to field populations of  Culicoides  spp. in India. The field population of  C. oxystoma  in India had a greater LC 50  (0.012 ± 0.009%) for deltamethrin than laboratory-reared  C.nubeculosus  (0.0013 ± 0.0002%). Exposure of  C. nubeculosus  to deltamethrin at higher ambient temperatures resulted in greater rates of knockdown but a lower mortality rate at 24 h post-exposure. Behavioural assays with  C. nubeculosus  in WHO tubes provided evidence for contact irritancy and spatial repellence caused by deltamethrin. The field experiments in India, however, provided no evidence for repellent or toxic effects of deltamethrin. Traditional methods such as the application of neem oil and burning of neem leaves also provided no protection.    Conclusions  Our study demonstrates that field-collected  Culicoides  in India are less susceptible to deltamethrin exposure than laboratory-bred  C. nubeculosus  and traditional methods of insect control do not provide protection to sheep. These low levels of susceptibility to deltamethrin have not been recorded before in field populations of  Culicoides  and suggest resistance to synthetic pyrethrioids. Alternative insect control methods, in addition to vaccination, may be needed to protect Indian livestock from BTV transmission.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-017-1992-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

parasites and vectors

Insecticidal effects of deltamethrin in laboratory and field populations of Culicoides species: how effective are host-contact reduction methods in India?