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A microscope slide test for the evaluation of insect repellents as used with Culicoides impunctatus
Author(s) -
Stuart A.E.,
Stuart Caroline L.E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00409.x
Subject(s) - biology , culicoides , insect , deet , zoology , toxicology , ecology
An account is given of a field test suitable for evaluating insect repellents. Our test insect was Culicoides impunctatus . The test is based on the avoidance of a test substance placed within a circular chamber. It appears to be reliable and reproducible. The different components of oil of Myrica gale have been investigated and a hierarchy of activity is revealed, limonene and terpenine‐4‐ol being at the extremes of the range of activity.