Method and compositions for inhibiting the scent tracking ability of biting midges

摘要

The ability of biting midges to locate a target by olfactory emissions of the target is inhibited by dispensing into a spatial area an inhibiting effective amount of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alkene-3-ols of the formula:and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula:wherein R<1 >and R<2 >are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms.