The Contact/Fumigant Adulticidal Effect of Egyptian Oils against the House Fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Abstract

The common housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) is a cosmopolitan pest of a major medical and veterinary importance acting as a mechanical vector of pathogens. This study evaluated the toxicity of six essential oils against adult M. domestica through contact/fumigant toxicity bioassays. The most effective oil was radish, followed by camphor, mustard, thyme, garlic, and rosemary. The mortality (MO)% 60 min, post-treatment (PT) with 2% of camphor, garlic, mustard, radish, rosemary, and thyme oils were 90.00, 83.33, 86.66, 93.33, 83.33, and 86.66%, respectively. After treatment for one hour, the median lethal concentration, LC50 of camphor, garlic, mustard, radish, rosemary, and thyme were 0.305, 0.450, 0.366, 0.250, 0.475, and 0.405%, respectively. The corresponding LC99 values were 2.54, 3.19, 2.92, 2.30, 3.14, and 2.96%, respectively. Their toxicity indices were 81.97, 55.56, 68.31, 100.00, 52.63, and 61.73%, respectively. After treatment with 2%, their median lethal time (LT50) values were 16.52, 19.99, 18.29, 16.44, 18.73, and 17.92 min, respectively. The adulticidal effect of radish, mustard, camphor, and rosemary against house flies had a novelty record and the current investigation concluded that all applied oils were effective adulticides. Radish oil was the most potent oil followed by camphor, mustard, and thyme, whereas garlic and rosemary were less effective oils; therefore, the promising oils merit further investigations regarding their field application and ecotoxicological studies.

Contact and Gastric Effect of Peppermint Oil on Selected Pests and Aphid Predator Harmonia axyridis Pallas

“…Essential oils (EOs), used for pest control since ancient civilizations [ 1 ], can be an effective alternative to chemical insecticides, especially in areas such as public health insect control [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ], food storage [ 8 , 9 ], veterinary [ 10 , 11 ], and crop protection [ 12 ]. They may find wider applications, especially in the context of the emphasis placed on the sustainable use of plant protection products and the promotion of integrated pest management.…”

The Bioefficacy of Essential Oils against the False Stable Fly, Muscina stabulans (Harris) (Diptera: Muscidae)

“…A similar study showed that R. sativus oil has contact/fumigant adulticidal effect against the house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) (LC 50 and LC 90 = 0.25 and 1.38%, respectively) and its median lethal time PT with 2% was 16.44 min (Baz et al, 2023). Moreover, it was effective against 3 rd larval instars of L. sericata (LC 50 and LC 90 = 6.93 and 46.86%, respectively) and adversely affected both pupating and adult emergences .…”

“…Even though M. stabulans is a species of forensic value, it acts as a mechanical disease vector and intestinal myiasis producing fly (Patitucci et al, 2010;Shivekar et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2019). Botanical extracts, including essential oils, are effective against the developmental stages of arthropod pests of medical and veterinary importance (Khater, 2012b(Khater, , 2014Khater & Geden, 2018Baz et al, 2021;2022a,b;Eltaly et al, 2023;Hegazy et al, 2022;Khater et al, , 20112013;2014;, 2023Abdel-Ghany et al, 2023;Nabil et al, 2023).…”

Larvicidal Activities of Allium sativum L. and Zingiber officinale Rosc. Extracts against Filariasis Vectors in Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia

“…gambiae at 1000, 500, 100, 50, and 5 μ g/m concentrations [ 51 ], but Azadirachta indica , Cyperus alternifolius , Lupinus luteus , Lactuca sativa , M. alternifolia , and Persea americana show 95-100% mortalities against Cx. pipiens [ 52 , 53 ].…”