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On the other hand, the lethal efficacy for adult house flies (Musca domestica) is about the same as D-allethrin and approximately 0.5 that of prallethrin. In addition, the efficacy for female adult German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) is approximately twice that of D-allethrin and approximately 0.5 that of prallethrin. From the results mentioned above, we can see that Metofluthrin has an extremely high lethal efficacy for mosquitoes in particular. 

Compounds Culex pipiens pallens Aedes albopictus Musca domestica Blattella germanica... 

Tanaka K, Matsumura F. Altered picrotoxinin receptor as a cause for cyclodiene resistance in Musca domestica, Aedes aegypti and Blattella germanica. In Clark JM, ed. Membrane Receptor Enzyme Targets Insecicide Action, New York, NY, USA, 1986. New York, NY Plenum, 33-49. 

Relatively high concentrations of boron componnds are used to control fruitflies, cockroaches, gypsy moth larvae, houseflies, and woodboring insects (Sprague 1972 USEPA 1975 Table 29.6). Boric acid is an effective stomach poison for several insect species, including German cockroaches (Blattella germanica), that are unable to detect the presence of boric acid (USEPA 1975). Insect infestation of wood and other substrates can be prevented by pretreatment with boric acid or borax at... 

GERMAN COCKROACH, Blattella germanica Baits containing 25% boric acid plus honey Population reduction of 50% in about 5 days, 80% in 4 weeks,... 

Gupta, A.P. and M.D. Parrish. 1984. Effectiveness of a new boric acid bait (roach killer cream) on German cockroach (Blattella germanica) populations in urban dwellings. Uttar Pradesh Jour. Zool. 4 51-56. 

The aggregation pheromones of insects can be classified into two groups those emitted by males or females to attract both sexes simultaneously for resource exploitation and/or mating (e.g., bark beetles Byers, 1989) and those emitted to attract and arrest individuals of specific developmental stages, as found in the German cockroach Blattella germanica (Ishii and Kuwahara, 1967,1968 Sakuma and Fukami, 1990, 1993). 

Ishii, S. and Kuwahara, Y. (1967). An aggregation pheromone of the German cockroach Blattella germanica L. (Orthoptera Blattellidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 2 203-217. 

Sakuma, M. and Fukami, H. (1990). The attraction of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera Blattellidae) to their aggregation pheromone. Applied Entomology and Zoology 25 355-368. 

Fig. 6.1. Pheromone-mediated courtship sequences in Blattella germanica (Blat-tellidae) and Nauphoeta cinerea (Blaberidae). In B. germanica, as in most blat-tellids and blattids, the female calls and releases a long-range attractant (a) and after contact (b) the male raises his wings and emits volatiles from his tergites...

Dusham, E. H. (1918). The dorsal pygidial glands of the female cockroach, Blattella germanica. Canadian Entomologist 50 278-280. 

Fan, Y., Chase, J., Sevala, V. and Schal, C. (2002). Lipophorin-facilitated hydrocarbon uptake by oocytes in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.). Journal of Experimental Biology 205 781-790. 

Fan, Y Zurek, L., Dykstra, M. J. and Schal, C. (2003). Hydrocarbon synthesis by enzymatically dissociated oenocytes of the abdominal integument of the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica. Naturwissenschaften 90 121-126. 

Franklin, R., Bell, W. J. and Jander, R. (1981). Rotational locomotion by the cockroach Blattella germanica. Journal of Insect Physiology 27 249-255. 

Fuchs, von M. E. A., Franke, S. and Francke, W. (1985). Carboxylic acids in the feces of Blattella germanica (L.) and their possible role as part of the aggregation pheromone. Journal of Applied Entomology 99 499-503. 

Gadot, M., Burns, E. and Schal, C. (1989). Juvenile hormone biosynthesis and oocyte development in adult female Blattella germanica effects of grouping and mating. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 11 189-200. 

Gu, X., Quilici, D., Juarez, P, Blomquist, G. J. and Schal, C. (1995). Biosynthesis of hydrocarbons and contact sex pheromone and their transport by lipophorin in females of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica). Journal of Insect Physiology 41 257-267. 

Juarez, P., Chase, J. and Blomquist, G. J. (1992). A microsomal fatty acid synthetase from the integument of Blattella germanica synthesizes methyl-branched fatty acids, precursors to hydrocarbon and contact sex pheromone. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 293 333-341. 

Neural and hormonal regulation of calling behavior in Blattella germanica females. Journal of Insect Physiology 40 251-258. 

Nishida, R., Fukami, H. and Ishii, S. (1974). Sex pheromone of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.) responsible for male wing-raising 3,1 l-dimethyl-2-nonacosanone. Experientia 30 978-979. 

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