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Abstract
Stored insect pests are a problem throughout the world, because they reduce the quantity and quality of stored products. The carpet beetle Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg) is one among them. Larvae are elongate, carrot-shaped, golden to chocolate brown, and have a tuft of very long golden-brown hairs at the tail end of their body. A. fasciatus was considered as a house-hold pest in Egypt 1.
Larvae cause serious damage to fabrics, carpets, furs, stored food, and preserved museum specimens. Also the insect infests tobacco seeds in India 2, feeding on dried pupae and cocoons of silkworms, wool, bird-feathers and dried fish 3 and infesting stored groundnuts in India 4.
Larvae tend to avoid light and actively feed in dark cracks, crevices or folds. Most frequently they are found in the closets, drawers or inside upholstered furniture. Adults are found outdoors feeding on the bine weed flowers (Convolvulus arvensis) and are found indoors on window’s white curtains 5.
The use of synthetic insecticides and longterm exposure to it cause many healthy problems, such as cancer, immunotoxicity and other complicated problems to man and animals, environmental pollution and pest resistance 6,7. Insecticides are not specific in their action and kill non-target and the beneficial insects, therefore, there is an urgent need for safe but effective, biodegradable pesticides with no toxic effects on non-target organisms. This has created a world-wide interest in the development of alternative strategies, including the search for new types of insecticides, and the re-evaluation and use of age-old, traditional botanical pest control agents 8. Botanical insecticides have broad-spectrum in pest control, and many are safe to apply, unique in action and can be easily processed and used 9. They do not leave residues toxic to the environment and have medicinal properties for humans with lower toxicity to mammals 10. The deleterious effects of plant extracts or pure compounds on insects can be manifested in several manners including toxicity, repellency, ovicidal and latent effect.