Biochemical Mechanisms of Insecticide Resistance in the House Fly Musca domestica Linnaeus (Diptera: Muscidae) from certain Governorates in Egypt

Abstract

The present study aimed to throw some light on the insecticidal and biochemical activities resulted from the effect of some used insecticides in controlling the house fly M. domestica in the field. The obtained results are summarized as followes: Evaluation of different insecticides against adult stage of M. domestica 1- The susceptibility of populations of three Governorates to insecticides based on LD50values revealed that toxicity of the tested compound varied remarkably with insecticides group comparing with laboratory strain, for two successive years. 2- Screening of pyrethroid insecticide compound deltamethrin indicated that it was the most effective one among the different insecticides used to control adult of house fly. 3- Pyrethroids still have the potency to control the pests, deltamethrin was more effective than malation from organophosphorus compounds and bendiocarb from carbamate compounds.