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This paper outlines the current status in Europe of Anobium punctatum and reviews its biology, environmental requirements and food sources. It will also review historic insecticidal treatment methods, their efficacy and the long term problems their residues may cause. It evaluates the efficacy of cu...

Bed bug (Cimex lectularius) infestations on board aircraft is a growing concern and has substantial financial impact on commercial airlines, in some cases it has resulted in Port Health Authorities grounding aircraft. Airlines that have a proactive approach to bed bug management fare much better tha...

The controlled atmosphere (CA) principle is based on low-oxygen in combination with increased temperatures. CA treatments are commercially used world-wide and have gained acceptance from both governments and industries as the non-toxic fumigant technology for a variety of applications. As a pest con...

Keratophagous moths don’t have the medical or epidemiological significance, but in the urban environment they occupy specific niche as synanthropic arthropod pests. Nearly 30 species of keratophagous moths can be found out on the territory of Russian Federation. Our most common pest species is the w...

Structural fumigation for household nuisance pests, like cockroaches or ants, is generally considered to be prohibitively expensive. However, for pests that are of public health importance, fumigation may be a more viable option than previously thought. Infestations of the bed bug, Cimex lectularius...

For many years exports from India, in common with most other countries supplying tobaccos, were commonly found to be infested with the tobacco or cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne, on arrival in the United Kingdom. In most cases this resulted in re-fumigation before the shipments were allowed ...

The growing concern of consumers about the use of traditional insecticides has increased need for development of safe, effective, and natural insecticides and repellents. Plant extracts containing essential oils have been used for centuries to kill and repel a variety of insect pests including cockr...

During the last decades Methyl bromide was used to eradicate pests in artifacts in museums. But it is an ozone depletor and is classified as carcinogenic and will be banned in the future. Stimulated by this present regulatory pressure, we investigated Vikane* (= Sulfuryl fluoride) as a substitute fo...

In the past time there was in Halle/Saale (Germany) a centre of the enlightenment (Aufklaerung) and the piety in Europe so called the „Foundation of Francke“ (Francke’sche Stiftungen). In the library of the “Foundation of Francke” are about 56,000 volumes especially from the 17th until the 19th cent...

For over 50 years methyl bromide has been used in ever increasing quantities for broad-spectrum pest control and eradication. In dry food manufacturing its good penetrative properties both into commodities and into the structural complexities of buildings made it a very useful “blanket” eradication ...

In order to evaluate urban pollution effects on conifers and their pest insects, Norway spruce Picea abies (L.) Karst seedlings were exposed to traffic emissions along two urban streets and a highway. The responses of the exposed seedlings as a host plant and those of spruce shoot aphid (Cinara pili...

Over the last decade there has been a steady growth in the use of insecticidal baits to control cockroaches, particularly since the development of slow-acting, non-repellent compounds such as hydramethylnon and, most recently, fipronil. These baits have become increasingly popular for a number of re...

Sulfuryl fluoride is a gas fumigant mainly used for the control of structural and household insect pests. A laboratory study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of the fumigant on eight stored product pest insects (Sitophilus granarius, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Tribolium confusum. Stegobium p...

A commercial controlled atmosphere treatment of wool/silk curtains infested with textile pests was carried out as part of a National Trust conservation project. The curtains, together with small cages containing 20 late instar larvae of the textile pests Tineola bisselliella (common clothes moth), T...

Environmental and health concerns have caused a radical change in the popular perception of chemical pest control methods. Governmental and environmental agencies seek to further limit the uses of chemicals in areas that have, till now, accepted them as routine treatments. As an example, the German ...

Sulfuryl fluoride is a well-known fumigant in the USA. The procedure of its first use in Europe for controlling wood boring insects in a structure is described.

Mixed stage cultures of Sitophilus oryzae (L.), Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) and Acarus siro L. were placed inside, between and under 32kg sacks in a one tonne stack of bagged flour and exposed to 60% carbon dioxide in a fumigat...

Global potential of sulfuryl fluoride (SF), S02F2, the active ingredient in Vikane* Gas Fumigant is being reexamined in light of recent regulatory pressures on competitive fumigants. Researchers in Europe and Japan are investigating the utility of SF as an alternative to Methyl Bromide for control o...