Among the characteristics of spinosad that are worth noting is its environmentally favorable toxicity profile. It is a compound of biological origin, whose insecticide action is highly effective against a great number of insects. Laboratory larval bioassays of spinosad on Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus, and Anopheles gambiae (specimens that were either susceptible or resistant to pyrethroids, carbamates, and organ-ophosphates) showed that this product had a lethal action (mortality after 24 h of exposure) regardless of the original status, susceptible or resistant, of the mosquito larvae.
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1 December 2005
SPINOSAD: A NEW LARVICIDE AGAINST INSECTICIDE-RESISTANT MOSQUITO LARVAE
FRÉDÉRIC DARRIET,
STEPHANE DUCHON,
JEAN MARC HOUGARD
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Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Vol. 21 • No. 4
December 2005
Vol. 21 • No. 4
December 2005
Aedes aegypti
Anopheles gambiae
Culex quinquefasciatus
insecticide resistance
spinosad