Table 1.

Mean and standard deviation of the weight of engorged tick, number of postures by treatment, egg weight, and hatchability after treatment with essential oils of juniper (J. communis), palmarosa (C. martinii), cedar (C. atlantica), lemon grass (C. citratus), ginger (Z. officinale), geranium (P. graveolens) and bergamot (C. aurantium bergamia).

Treatment	Engorged tick weight (g)	Number posture by treatment⁎ (n = 10)	Weighing eggs per treatment (g)	Hatchability (%)
Control	0.190 ± 0.016	10.0a ± 0.0	0.96a ± 0.03	90
Juniper 1%	0.198 ± 0.021	8.0b ± 1.1	0.35c ± 0.01	38
Juniper 5%	0.201 ± 0.011	7.0bc ± 1.5	0.28d ± 0.03	10
Juniper 10%	0.187 ± 0.018	7.0bc ± 0.2	0.25de ± 0.02	08
Palmarosa 1%	0.177 ± 0.019	5.0d ± 1.1	0.14ef ± 0.01	03
Palmarosa 5%	0.203 ± 0.013	2.0e ± 1.0	0.06g ± 0.01	00
Palmarosa 10%	0.192 ± 0.022	0.3f ± 0.5	0.06g ± 0.01	00
Cedar 1%	0.196 ± 0.016	8.7ab ± 1.1	0.51b ± 0.04	00
Cedar 5%	0.184 ± 0.020	6.6bc ± 0.5	0.35c ± 0.05	00
Cedar 10%	0.188 ± 0.012	4.6d ± 1.1	0.06g ± 0.01	00
Lemon grass 1%	0.204 ± 0.018	8.6ab ± 1.1	0.27d ± 0.02	00
Lemon grass 5%	0.179 ± 0.015	5.6cd ± 1.5	0.27d ± 0.03	00
Lemon grass 10%	0.192 ± 0.017	4.3d ± 1.2	0.12f ± 0.01	00
Ginger 1%	0.185 ± 0.014	8.6ab ± 1.5	0.42bc ± 0.06	15
Ginger 5%	0.194 ± 0.016	7.0bc ± 1.7	0.13f ± 0.04	06
Ginger 10%	0.205 ± 0.019	4.3d ± 0.6	0.20e ± 0.01	05
Geranium 1%	0.191 ± 0.013	9.0ab ± 1.0	0.42bc ± 0.04	13
Geranium 5%	0.188 ± 0.017	6.3cd ± 2.0	0.16e ± 0.02	09
Geranium 10%	0.199 ± 0.015	5.3d ± 1.2	0.09fg ± 0.01	05
Bergamot 1%	0.178 ± 0.010	7.3bcd ± 1.1	0.36c ± 0.05	20
Bergamot 5%	0.197 ± 0.014	6.3cd ± 0.6	0.26d ± 0.03	11
Bergamot 10%	0.180 ± 0.013	6.3cd ± 1.5	0.29cd ± 0.04	08

Note: Means followed by the same letter in the same column do not differ statistically among themselves, the significance level of 5% (P > 0.05).

^⁎Number of engorged females (ticks) that perform posture (partial or total) per treatment, and “n” by repeating 10 specimens (test performed in triplicate).