AIRCRAFT DISINSECTING - EFFECTIVENESS OF FREON-BASED AND WATER-BASED PHENOTHRIN AND PERMETHRIN AEROSOLS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 57  (4) , 619-623
Abstract
In Miami, Florida, USA, passenger compartments of jet aircraft were disinsected. Application of a 20 g/l Freon-based or water-based permethrin formulation at 35 mg of aerosol/100 m3 was 100% effective against caged mosquitos and flies. The flammability hazard of the sprays from water-based hydrocarbon aerosols was evaluated. [The 3- to 5-day-old test insects were: mosquitos (Aedes taeniorhynchus and Anopheles quadrimaculatus (DDT resistant)); houseflies, Musca domestica (Gainesville multiple resistant); Caribbean fruitflies, Anastrepa suspensa and cockroaches, (Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica)].