This initial study is aimed to measure the performance of incorporating pyriproxyfen in natural materials with low environmental impact to obtain slow release formulations that can be used as larvicidal or autocidal ovitraps avoiding hatched Aedes aegypt. (L.) eggs to emerge as adults. Hollow candles made of beeswax or paraffin:stearin 1:1 mixture containing pyriproxyfen 0.01 and 0.05% were prepared and used as holding water containers for larval bioassay. Pyriproxyfen was released quickly into the larvae-breeding water. Ae. aegypt. larvae were introduced immediately after the addition of tap water to the hollow candles (. = 1 min) or after 1, 4, and 8 h. More than 40% of the larvae did not emerge as adults for . = 1 min, reaching 80–100% when the larvae were added after 1 or 4 h, respectively. The hollow candles were kept at room temperature, and water was replaced every 15d. Bioassays performed every 30 d showed that the residual activity obtained for both matrices and both concentrations of pyriproxyfen was higher than 360 d, with 100% inhibition of adult emergence.
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1 July 2013
A New Ovitrap Made of Slow Release Natural Materials Containing Pyriproxyfen for Aedes aegypt. (Diptera:Culicidae) Control
Laura Juan,
Emilia Seccacini,
Eduardo Zerba,
Susana Licastro
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 50 • No. 4
July 2013
Vol. 50 • No. 4
July 2013
Aedes aegypt. control
dengue
larvicide ovitrap
pyriproxyfen