[1] The vapors of metofluthrin are highly effective and capable of repelling up to 97% of mosquitoes in field tests.

[2] Metofluthrin is used in a variety of consumer products, called emanators, for indoor and outdoor use.

[3][4] These products produce a vapor that protects an individual or area.

Metofluthrin is neurotoxic, and is not meant to be applied directly to human skin.

[5] Although metofluthrin has insecticidal properties against the sand fly, Phlebotomus sergenti, it is not an effective repellent of this insect.