arrestant

arrestant

(əˈrɛstənt)
n
a substance that stops a chemical reactiona chemical that causes insects to aggregate or slows the movement of insects
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ar•rest•ant

(əˈrɛs tənt)

n.
a substance that interrupts the normal development of an insect.
[1960–65]
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The time the parasitoids spent walking in the areas directly above the Petri dishes with odor samples was compared to the areas with control Petri dishes and used to assess the arrestant effect of an odor sample.
Females of this genus inject a chemical arrestant through the ovipositor prior to egg laying.
An arrestant and feeding stimulant for the boll weevil in water extracts of cotton-plant parts.
[S]ans cesse at avec une importune ardeur il impotrunoit le pinceau, s'y arrestant soifneusement selon que son esprit luy suggeroit [...].
Pre-filtering the air, and then cleaning it with high efficiency particulate arrestant filters, removes 99.99 percent of particulate matter from the air.
Plant essential oils as arrestant or repellent for neonate larvae of the codling moth (Lepidoptera Tortericidae).
Fly-trap are also made by adding some attractants, or arrestants, such as sugar, fermented molasses and decomposing fruits in steaky substances which in turn are smeared/pasted on papers.
Phytochemical arrestants for the leaf-cutting ants, Atta ceohalotes (L.) and Acromyrmex octopinosus (Reich) with some notes on the ants' response.