The insecticidal activities of 13 Lamiaceae plant oils and their components against adult German cockroaches, Blattella germanica L. (Blattodea: Blattellidae), were evaluated using fumigant and contact bioassay. Among the tested oils, basil, pennyroyal, and spearmint showed the strongest insecticidal activities against adult B. germanica. Insecticidal activity of pennyroyal was 100% against male B. germinica at 1.25 mg concentration in fumigant bioassay. Basil and spearmint revealed 100% and 100% insecticidal activity against male B. germinica at 5 mg concentration, but their activities reduced to 80% and 25% at 2.5 mg concentration, respectively. In contact toxicity bioassy, basil, pennyroyal, and spearmint oils exhibited 100%, 100%, and 98% mortality against female B. germanica at 1 mg/♀, respectively. Among the constituents identified in basil, pennyroyal and spearmint oils, insecticidal activity of pulegone was the strongest against male and female B. germanica.

• Seon-Mi Seo(Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University)
• Sung-Chan Lee(Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
• Hyo-Rim Lee(Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University)
• Min-Jung Huh(Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
• Jun-Hyeong Kwon(Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
• Il-Kwon Park(Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University)