Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1993
Yellowjacket (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Repellency by Natural Products of Paper Wasps and Avon's Skin-so-Soft©
Yellowjacket (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Repellency by Natural Products of Paper Wasps and Avon's Skin-so-Soft©
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Page Range: 387 – 392
Methyl palmitate and butyl palmitate, ant repellents first isolated from the sternal glands of paper wasps, were tested with a methyl ester homolog, methyl myristate, and Avon's Skin-So-Soft Bath Oil© against foraging German yellowjackets. Repellency remained high for six days for all compounds except methyl palmitate. Avon's Skin-So-Soft© was the most repellent. We suggest that this is due to two active ingredients, isopropyl palmitate and mineral oil.
Keywords: Insecta;
Vespula
; ants; repellents; palmitates
Copyright: © 1993 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
2 Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
3 Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.
Accepted: 26 Aug 1993