Chapter 6 Contact and Spatial Repellency from Catnip Essential Oil, Nepeta cataria, against Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, and Other Filth Flies

摘要

A newly discovered botanical repellent, catnip oil (Nepeta cataria, L.), which includes its efficacy on feeding repellency, ovipositional deterrency and spatial repellency against stable fly, is described. It also discusses its practical applications, with the developed oil- and water-based formulation of catnip essential oil, for repelling biting flies on cattle under the field conditions. Finally it touches on the topic of the safety of using this product with presented toxicity data, and comparisons with other blood-sucking insect repellents.