Combined larvicidal and adulticidal treatments to control Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): Results of a pilot study.

•Culicoides can transmit several viruses to animals.•Biting midges control can be based on physical and chemical methods.•Larvicides and adulticides treatments to contain Culicoides density were evaluated.•Culicoides population density decreased on treated farms.