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Efficacy of cyantraniliprole fly bait against housefly (Musca domestica L.) under laboratory conditions

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Novel and effective baits are needed to manage pest housefly populations and avoid the development of insecticide resistance. In this study, we bioassayed the efficacy of Zyrox®, a novel fly bait containing a novel 0.5 % cyantraniliprole insecticide, to kill adult houseflies under laboratory conditions. We found that Zyrox® killed a significantly greater proportion of flies than the current competing fly bait, QuickBayt®, after a 24-h exposure. The cumulative mortalities of houseflies were up to 96.36 % and 92.57 % for Zyrox® and 78.88 % and 68.76 % for QuickBayt® in no-choice and choice tests, respectively. Our results suggested that there was negligible behavioral resistance to both fly baits but revealed that Zyrox® appeared to work slower than QuickBayt® (at a 3-h exposure, proportionally fewer flies were killed by Zyrox® than by QuickBayt®). Importantly, we found that the efficacy of Zyrox® did not diminish with the age of the bait (up to 90 days old). In actual knockdown time (KDT) feeding bioassay, the results showed that Zyrox® knocked down flies significantly slower (11.97 min for females; 12.30 min for males) than QuickBayt® (1.89 min for females; 2.24 min for males). These results reveal the high efficacy of Zyrox® bait to kill adult flies and suggest that it is a promising slow-action bait for management of houseflies.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Prof. L. M. Tao (School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology) for his editorial assistance. We thank the Syngenta (China) Investment Co., Ltd for providing Zyrox® fly bait test samples.

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    Q. F. Li, J. B. Hunag, D. M. Zhang & J. Z. Yuan

  2. Syngenta (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China

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Li, Q.F., Li, X., Hunag, J.B. et al. Efficacy of cyantraniliprole fly bait against housefly (Musca domestica L.) under laboratory conditions. Parasitol Res 114, 3525–3528 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-015-4584-y

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