Field Evaluation of Deet and a Piperidine Repellent Against Aedes communis (Diptera: Culicidae) and Simulium venustum (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Adirondack Mountains of New York

摘要

Repellent efficacy of N,N-diethyl-3-methyl-benzamide (deet), the piperidine, 1- 3-cyclohexen-1-ylcarbonyl- 2-methlypiperidine (AI3-37220),and a1:1 ratio of deet + AI3-37220 were evaluated topically (0.25 mg/cm2applied in ethanol solution) on human volunteers against the mosquito Aedes communis (DeGreer) and the black fly Simulium venustum Say. The average repellency of all three formulations was >95% at 4 h. For both mosquitoes and black flies, deet along provided.