Acaricide
Acaricides are pesticides or biocides used to control mites and ticks . Acaricides also often have insecticidal effects, especially on biting insects .
The main areas of application are the use against spider mites in fruit , viticulture and horticulture . Acaricides are also used to control dust mites . In addition, acaricides are used in veterinary medicine to control ticks on pets. Depending on the active ingredient, these can be used as a spot-on , as a medical collar or in tablet form.
In beekeeping , acaricides are the oldest method of treating bees against parasitic varroosis . Acaricides leave residues in honey and wax. Over time, varroa mites have developed resistance to acaricides, which are therefore no longer approved for the treatment of varroosis in many countries.
Active ingredients
Approved in the EU:
- Abamectin
- Acequinocyl (provisional)
- Acrinathrin
- Benzyl benzoate
- Bifenazate
- Clofentezine
- Fenazaquin
- Fenbutatin oxide
- Fenpyroximate
- Hexythiazox
- Pyridaben
- Spirodiclofen
- Spiromesifen
- Tebufenpyrad
Not approved in the EU:
- Amitraz
- Azocyclotine
- Binapacryl
- Bromopropylate
- Chlordimeform
- Diafenthiuron
- Dicofol
- Dienochlor
- Dinobuton
- Dinocap
- Fenazaflor
- Fipronil
- Fluacrypyrim
- Formetanat
- Permethrin
- Phenapa clay
- Propargite
- Tetradifon
- Tetrasul
- Thioquinox
- Vamidothion
Approved for pets in the EU:
- Afoxolans
- Amitraz
- Deltamethrin
- Diazinon (dimpylate)
- Eprinomectin
- Fipronil
- Flumethrin
- Fluralans
- Ivermectin
- Moxidectin
- Permethrin
- Phoxime
- Propoxur
Individual evidence
- ^ Brockhaus ABC Chemie , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig 1965, pp. 24-25.
- ↑ Article allergy to house dust mites on www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de (link checked on March 12, 2015).
