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SummaryEssential oils of three species of the genus Artemisia (A. absinthium L., A. campestris L. and A. herba-alba (Asso)) were analyzed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and investigated for their potential insecticidal and repellent activities against the stored grains insect Tribolium castaneum (Herbst). Fumigant and repellent activity bioassays were investigated in vitro. Chemical characterisation of essential oils showed that the bicyclic monoterpenes was predominant in all Artemisia essential oils. However, A. absinthium have the highest content of bicyclic monoterpenes, bicycloheptanes, naphthalenes and cycloalkenes.A. campestris showed the highest sesquiterpenoids and acyclic monoterpenoids. A. herba-alba was characterised by higher amounts of menthane monoterpenoids, oxanes, cumenes, www.ftb.com.hrPlease note that this is an unedited version of the manuscript that has been accepted for publication. This version will undergo copyediting and typesetting before its final form for publication. We are providing this version as a service to our readers. The published version will differ from this one as a result of linguistic and technical corrections and layout editing. 2(142.8 μL/L) was observed with A. herba alba. For repellency test, essential oil of A. absinthium showed the most potent and rapid action than all other species. The mixture effect of Artemisia sp. Essential oils showed an antagonistic effect in all the tested combinations.This study highlighted an important potential of Artemisia species, especially A. herba-alba and A. absinthium in the control of stored products pests.