Bioefficacy of Some Egyptian Aromatic Plants on (Diptera: Culicidae) Adults and Larvae.

Background: Protecting the environment from chemical hazards of synthetic insecticides along with offering of new breeding areas for vectors by urbanization indicate the trial of natural insecticides.

Methods: The acetone extracts of , and were tested for their insecticidal effect on adults and larvae in different concentrations depending on the technique used.

Results: The extracts were significantly effective in all models used with basil being the best in all tested three techniques (LC= 0.

Musca domestica laboratory susceptibility to three ethnobotanical culinary plants.

Throughout history, synanthropic Musca domestica had remained a worldwide problem whenever poor sanitation and bad hygienic conditions exists. Houseflies growing resistance to chemical insecticides are a rising environmental problem that necessitates search for alternatives. Mentha cervina, Ocimum basilicum, and Coriandrum sativum were tested for bioactivity on M.