Highlights•Behavioral resistance is one mechanism of insecticide resistance observed in
insect taxa that is often overlooked.•Bioassays for the detection of behavioral resistance are …

Background Pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance in the malaria vector Anopheles
gambiae has led to the search for not only alternative insecticides, but also repellent …

We assessed window screens and eave baffles (WSEBs), which enable mosquitoes to enter
but not exit houses, as an alternative to indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria vector …

Airborne spatial repellency (SR) is characterized and distinguished from other chemical
actions including contact locomotor excitation and toxicity. The use of volatile spatial …

Abstract Exotic ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), such as
Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky), Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford), and …

Background Aerial applications of insecticides that target adult mosquitoes are widely used
to reduce transmission of West Nile virus to humans during periods of epidemic risk …

Complementary approaches to tackle outdoor and early evening biting mosquitoes are
urgently required. Transfluthrin (TFT) is a volatile pyrethroid capable of altering mosquito …

BACKGROUND In urban environments, some of the most common control tools used
against the mosquito disease vector Aedes aegypti are pyrethroid insecticides applied as …

Abstract Escape responses, knockdown (KD), and toxicity of laboratory strains of Anopheles
minimus Theobald and Culex quinquefasciatus Say to three synthetic mosquito repellents …

The central role of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in malaria prevention in Africa is
threatened by insecticide resistance. Little is known about mosquito behaviour near, or of …