Repellency of DEET, picaridin, and three essential oils to triatoma rubida (hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

J. A. Terriquez; S. A. Klotz; E. A. Meister; J. H. Klotz; J. O. Schmidt

doi:10.1603/ME12282

Repellency of DEET, picaridin, and three essential oils to triatoma rubida (hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

J. A. Terriquez, S. A. Klotz, E. A. Meister, J. H. Klotz, J. O. Schmidt

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Abstract

The kissing bug, Triatoma rubida (Uhler) is a common hematophagous bug in Tucson, AZ, and is responsible for causing severe allergic reactions in some bitten individuals. DEET, picaridin, tea tree oil, peppermint oil, and citronella oil were tested for repellency to T. rubida and its ability to probe and feed on a small restrained rat. No long range repellency was observed with any of the test materials. The lowest repellent concentrations observed were: 10% DEET, 7% picaridin; 30% tea tree oil, 3.3% peppermint oil, and 0.165% citronella oil. Only citronella oil was able to stop all probing and feeding by T. rubida. Citronella oil appears to be a promising potential repellent to prevent sleeping people from being bitten by kissing bugs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	664-667
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of medical entomology
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1603/ME12282
State	Published - May 2013

Keywords

Chagas disease
DEET
citronella
essential oil
kissing bug

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Parasitology
veterinary(all)
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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Repellency of DEET, picaridin, and three essential oils to triatoma rubida (hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

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