Efficacy of Curcuma Longa and Cordia Myxa Plants on the House Fly Musca Domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Abstract

The effect of the aquatic extract of the leaves of the cordia myxa plant and the turmeric plant Curcuma longa was tested on the life cycle of the house fly insect Musca domestica,The results showed that superiority of the extract of the leaves of the cordia myxa plant in effect compared to turmeric in killing flies, as the extract led to the killing of the larval stages exposed to the extract and a decrease in the numbers and weights of pupae due to the high acidity of the leaves of the plant, which led to the shrinkage and death of the larvae, while the turmeric plant did not lead to any Mortality rates among larvae, and a large percentage of larvae changed to the pupa instar and turned into adults.