The suppression by oak, lauan, maple, hemlock, China fir and Japanese fir on Dermatophagoides farinae (Hughes) was tested. Adding the powder of China fir or Japanese fir to the diet resulted in negative population growth for this dust mite. Addition of the powder of oak resulted in a higher population increase. N-hexane extracts of China fir killed 72% of mites at a concentration of 0.2%. Acetone extracts drawn after hexane extraction gave low mite mortality. Essential oils of China fir and Japanese fir killed approximately 1/2 of the tested mites. This mite showed a movement away from the extract in most of repelling tests. However, this was not proven statistically. The 0.2% hexane extract of oak was the only one showing an attractant effect. Based on the results of this study, we recommend China fir and Japanese fir for the construction of house floors and walls, but nor oak.