Method and compositions for inhibiting the scent tracking ability of mosquitoes and biting midges

摘要

The ability of mosquitoes or biting midges to locate a target by olfactory emissions of the target is inhibited by dispensing into a spatial area an inhibiting effective amount of a linalool-containing composition containing at least about 50%, and generally from about 65% to about essentially 100%, particularly compositions that comprise from about 65% to about 85%, and most preferably compositions that comprise about 65%, (S)-(+)-linalool chiral isomer.