Using medicinal plants to combat various insect pests is not a new method. The first plants used for this purpose over time were nettles tobacco juice, basil, garlic, etc. In experiments conducted for this paper, there were used two common plants namely savory Satureja hortensis, known as a natural antibiotic and common wormwood- Artemisia vulgaris. On adults fed in growth cages were applied aqueous extracts and alcohol in these plants from time to time and in progressive concentrations then were monitored several aspects such as the social behavior of individuals, prolific generation of adults occurred after treatment, the potential of applied insecticide preparations, etc. Insecticide potential of these solutions is the subject of another work. In the present study, there are addressed issues regarding the prolificacy post treatment and social behavior of individuals, because during treatment and after that time, there were interesting behavioral changes in adults receiving treatment, including hyperexcitability and cannibalism.

Using medicinal plants to combat various insect pests is not a new method. The first plants used for this purpose over time were nettles tobacco juice, basil, garlic, etc. In experiments conducted for this paper, there were used two common plants namely savory Satureja hortensis, known as a natural antibiotic and common wormwood- Artemisia vulgaris. On adults fed in growth cages were applied aqueous extracts and alcohol in these plants from time to time and in progressive concentrations then were monitored several aspects such as the social behavior of individuals, prolific generation of adults occurred after treatment, the potential of applied insecticide preparations, etc. Insecticide potential of these solutions is the subject of another work. In the present study, there are addressed issues regarding the prolificacy post treatment and social behavior of individuals, because during treatment and after that time, there were interesting behavioral changes in adults receiving treatment, including hyperexcitability and cannibalism.