Control Efficacy of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets against <i>Aromia bungii</i>(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
The efficacy of insecticide-incorporated nets(permethrin-incorporated nets and etofenprox-incorporated nets)against the red-necked longhorn beetle, Aromia bungii(Faldermann)(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), was evaluated. Choice tests and forced contact trials were conducted to assess adult settlement inhibition, oviposition deterrence, larval boring inhibition, and adult mortality rates. After installation, permethrin-incorporated nets showed 97.7% settlement inhibition and 92.4% oviposition deterrence, demonstrating significantly superior performance to the control nets. Etofenprox-incorporated nets achieved 91.3% settlement inhibition and 84.9% oviposition deterrence efficacy, with oviposition deterrence being significantly higher than the control nets and complete inhibition of larval boring. After three months of weathering, permethrin-incorporated nets maintained 90.0% oviposition deterrence, remaining significantly superior to the control nets. Conversely, etofenprox-incorporated nets showed reduced oviposition deterrence(48.9%), performing inferiorly to the control nets. In forced contact trials, permethrin-incorporated nets exhibited high adult mortality rates both initially after installation and after three months, whereas etofenprox-incorporated nets showed diminished effectiveness after three months. Overall, these results demonstrate that insecticide-incorporated nets constitute an effective control material that combines the advantages of both physical and chemical control methods, with permethrin-incorporated nets in particular providing long-term residual effectiveness.
Authors
- Takuto Hirooka
- Norio Hirai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-7443)
- Hisatomo Taki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2399-0049)
- Shouhei Ueda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9051-5504)
- Yoshihiko Masuda
Institutions
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (JP)
- Osaka Metropolitan University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology
- Published
- 2026-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.2026.95
- Primary Topic
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00