Acaricide
Acaricides are
. Acaricides are used both in medicine and agriculture, although the desired selective toxicity differs between the two fields.Terminology
More specific words are sometimes used, depending upon the targeted group:
- "Ixodicides" are substances that kill ticks.[1]
- "Miticides" are substances that kill mites.
- The term scabicide is more narrow, and refers to agents specifically targeting Sarcoptes.
- The term "arachnicide" is more general, and refers to agents that target arachnids. This term is used much more rarely, but occasionally appears in informal writing.
As a practical matter,
paraphyletic grouping,[2]
and mites and ticks are usually treated as a single group.
Examples
Examples include:[3]
- Permethrin can be applied as a spray. The effects are not limited to mites: lice, cockroaches, fleas, mosquitos, and other insects will be affected.
- Ivermectin can be prescribed by a medical doctor to rid humans of mite and lice infestations, and agricultural formulations are available for infested birds and rodents.
- Antibiotic miticides
- Carbamate miticides
- Dienochlor miticides
- Formamidine miticides
- Oxalic acid is used by some beekeepers against the parasitic varroa mite.[4]
- Organophosphate miticides
- cuticles, which dries out the mites.
- Dicofol, a compound structurally related to the insecticide DDT, is a miticide that is effective against the red spider mite Tetranychus urticae.
- sarcoptic mange. It is made by mixing hydrated lime, sulfur, and water, and boiling for about 1 hour. Hydrated lime can bond with about 1.7 times its weight of sulfur (quicklimecan bond with as much as 2.2 times its weight of sulfur). The strongest concentrate is diluted 1:32 before saturating the skin (avoiding the eyes), applied at six-day intervals.
- cuticle and one to ensure rapid, reliable desiccation. They can be dusted as powder or sprayed in aqueous solution.
- A variety of commercially available systemic and non-systemic miticides: abamectin, acequinocyl, bifenazate, chlorfenapyr, clofentezine, cyflumetofen, cypermethrin, dicofol, etoxazole, fenazaquin, fenpyroximate, hexythiazox, imidacloprid, propargite, pyridaben, spiromesifen, spirotetramat.[5][6][7][8][9]
Acaricides are also being used in attempts to stop
See also
References
- ISBN 9780080536071.
- ISBN 9780080531236.
- ^ Roberts, James R.; Reigart, J. Routt (2013). "Other Insecticides and Acaracides" (PDF). Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings (6th ed.). Washington DC: Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. pp. 80–96.
- ^ Exploring New Methods for Varroa Mite Control, Yu-Lun Lisa Fu
- ^ "Everris".
- ^ "Gowan Co".
- ^ "OHP".
- ^ "BASF".
- ^ "Syngenta".
- ^ Angler, Martin. "Dye and Poison Stop Rhino Poachers". Scientific American Blog Network. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
It is actually a mixture between the bright pink dye and an ectoparasiticide, which normally is used for protecting rhino against ticks. In this case, however, the purpose is not to protect the rhino against ticks but to poison rhino horn consumers. The purpose: Discouraging the (typically) Asian clients to buy the horn and to prevent poaching in the first place. If they consume RRP-treated horn powder, they will heavily suffer from nausea, stomach-ache and diarrhea.
