Evaluation of Larvicidal Activity of Selected Plant Extracts and Essential Oil against Musca domestica and Anopheles arabiensis

Insects have created many upheavals in society. Their control has been one of the greatest challenges nowadays, taking into account their rapid reproduction and growth. About one in six humans around the world are affected by diseases transmitted by insects, such as typhus, malaria, sleeping sickness, river blindness, as well as bites and allergies In Mozambique, malaria and diarrheal diseases are considered to be one of the main public health concerns. Such diseases are transmitted by the mosquito Anopheles and the housefly Musca domestica L. respectively, the latter being a mechanical vector. More than 100 pathogens are associated with the houseflies such as bacteria, protozoa, viruses and metazoan parasites