Cypermethrin (4 g/l, 5 g/l wettable powder and 7 ml/l, 10 ml/l emulsifiable concentrate) was tested, under laboratory conditions, against the adult Musca domestica. As a standard for comparison, a 6 ml/l concentrate suspension formulation of deltamethrin was used. One and twenty-four hours after application, mortality counts showed that the substances under test killed, respectively, more than 80% and 85% of the exposed insects. Under the conditions of the test, cypermethrin was considered effective in the control of the house fly.

A eficácia de termonebulização do inseticida propoxur no controle de Aedes aegypti foi avaliada através de testes realizados no Município de São José do Rio Preto, Estado de São Paulo (Brasil). Estudos comparativos monitorados por mosquitos - Culex quinquefasciatus - presos em gaiolas, indicaram que o horário de aplicação do inseticida teve forte influência na mortalidade dos mosquitos, que não ultrapassou 43% quando as aplicações foram feitas entre 17 h e 17:30 h, enquanto que para as aplicações feitas após às 19 h a mortalidade média foi de 73%. Nos testes realizados à noite foi constatada uma mortalidade média não inferior a 95% nas gaiolas posicionadas em dependências com as portas e janelas abertas e naquelas onde as portas e janelas estavam fechadas observou-se uma mortalidade média não superior a 13%. Mudando-se a concentração do inseticida de 1:12 para 1:9, a mortalidade dos mosquitos não diferiu de forma significativa.

The thermonebulization efficcacy of the insecticide propoxur used in Aedes aegypti control was evaluated by means of tests carried out in S. José do Rio Preto, S. Paulo, Brazil. Comparative studies monitored by caged mosquitoes - Culex quinquefasciatus - indicated that the applications of the insecticide influenced mosquito mortality greatly, this did not exceed 43% when application were performed between 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m., but for applications carried out after 7 p.m. the mortality mean was 73%. In tests performed at night it was observed that mean mortality was not inferior to 95% in the cages situated in presences with doors and windows open and in those in which the doors and windows were closed a mean mortality not higher than 13% was observed. Mosquito mortality did not differ significantly when the concentration of the insecticide was increased from 1:12 to 1:9.

A eficácia de termonebulização do inseticida propoxur no controle de Aedes aegypti foi avaliada através de testes realizados no Município de São José do Rio Preto, Estado de São Paulo (Brasil). Estudos comparativos monitorados por mosquitos - Culex quinquefasciatus - presos em gaiolas, indicaram que o horário de aplicação do inseticida teve forte influência na mortalidade dos mosquitos, que não ultrapassou 43% quando as aplicações foram feitas entre 17 h e 17:30 h, enquanto que para as aplicações feitas após às 19 h a mortalidade média foi de 73%. Nos testes realizados à noite foi constatada uma mortalidade média não inferior a 95% nas gaiolas posicionadas em dependências com as portas e janelas abertas e naquelas onde as portas e janelas estavam fechadas observou-se uma mortalidade média não superior a 13%. Mudando-se a concentração do inseticida de 1:12 para 1:9, a mortalidade dos mosquitos não diferiu de forma significativa.

The thermonebulization efficcacy of the insecticide propoxur used in Aedes aegypti control was evaluated by means of tests carried out in S. José do Rio Preto, S. Paulo, Brazil. Comparative studies monitored by caged mosquitoes - Culex quinquefasciatus - indicated that the applications of the insecticide influenced mosquito mortality greatly, this did not exceed 43% when application were performed between 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m., but for applications carried out after 7 p.m. the mortality mean was 73%. In tests performed at night it was observed that mean mortality was not inferior to 95% in the cages situated in presences with doors and windows open and in those in which the doors and windows were closed a mean mortality not higher than 13% was observed. Mosquito mortality did not differ significantly when the concentration of the insecticide was increased from 1:12 to 1:9.