Experimental indoxacarb powder and gel baits were evaluated in the laboratory, and a gel bait was evaluated in subsequent field studies against the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.). In continuous exposure tests, LT50 values were 1.90 and 1.10 d for 0.25 and 1% indoxacarb powder baits, respectively. However, 0.25% indoxacarb gel bait had an LT50 value of 0.68 d, similar to a 0.05% abamectin gel bait formulated with the same bait base. There was no difference in toxicity between fresh and 7-d-old gel bait deposits. A pyrethroid-resistant strain of German cockroaches was significantly resistant to both abamectin and indoxacarb gel baits. Gel bait contained ≈40% water, desiccated rapidly at 25–28°C and 30–45% RH, but did not rehydrate when held at 56.7% RH for 3 d. Powder indoxacarb baits contained <1% water and did not desiccate or gain water. Indoxacarb gel bait (0.25%) was relatively nonrepellent (≈30%) and had positive maximum performance index values (≈100) in Ebeling choice box experiments. In field experiments in cockroach-infested kitchens, the 0.25% indoxacarb gel bait significantly reduced visual counts of German cockroaches ≈74% at 3 d and >95% at 14 d. Indoxacarb baits are toxic, relatively nonrepellent, and can significantly reduce German cockroach populations.
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1 June 2003
Laboratory and Field Performance of an Indoxacarb Bait Against German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
Arthur G. Appel
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 96 • No. 3
June 2003
Vol. 96 • No. 3
June 2003
Blattella germanica
Ebeling choice box
field performance
indoxacarb
insecticidal bait
toxicity