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Is Methyl eugenol an insecticide?

Oct 11，2024

Methyl eugenol (ME) is not an insecticide. ME has no insecticidal activity of its own, but it is a good insect bait in order to attract certain fruit flies, such as the oriental fruit fly, Hawaiian fruit fly. It is often used in combination with other insecticides or in insect traps and lure products. ME will be incorporated into traps for control of fruit flies. In a "lure-and-kill" study using Methyl eugenol (ME) and neonicotinoid insecticides on Drosophila orientalis (Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)), it was found that the attractiveness of ME alone and ME with nalidixa or neonicotinoids added were similar in a field experiment , suggesting that the addition of these insecticides to ME in traps does not produce repellent effects on multicidal rodent males.

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[1] ROGER I VARGAS. Evaluation of methyl eugenol and cue-lure traps with solid lure and insecticide dispensers for fruit fly monitoring and male annihilation in the Hawaii Areawide Pest Management Program.[J]. Journal of Economic Entomology, 2010. DOI:10.1603/ec09299.

[2] YI-YUAN CHUANG; Roger F H. Effectiveness of attract-and-kill systems using methyl eugenol incorporated with neonicotinoid insecticides against the oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).[J]. Journal of Economic Entomology, 2008. DOI:10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[352:eoasum]2.0.co;2.

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