Chiggers, Ticks, and Mosquitoes
Retired UT Extension Agent, Mike Dennison, talks about the insecticide options with Chiggers, Ticks and Mosquitoes. Mike’s first recommendation to avoid getting bit is to apply a repellent containing DEET. You can also spray repellents that contain permethrin on your clothes.
To kill chiggers and ticks in your yard there are chemicals you can use. There are also non-chemical things you can do. Mike gives the list of insecticides for controlling each pest from the UT Extension Red Book. Frequent cutting of your lawn and removal of places where ticks and chiggers live can significantly lower their numbers. Mosquitoes spend most of the day in and around green plants and shrubbery and come out in the evening. Removing or treating standing water will prevent them from breeding. You can treat with insecticides like permethrin but mosquitoes can easily fly in from an untreated area limiting chemicals’ effectiveness.
Mike was referencing the publication UT Redbook Publication on household pests available here.
Or here click here for a direct link to each pest:
Chiggers
Mosquitos
Ticks
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Chiggers
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To kill chiggers and ticks in your yard there are chemicals you can use. There are also non-chemical things you can do. Mike gives the list of insecticides for controlling each pest from the UT Extension Red Book. Frequent cutting of your lawn and removal of places where ticks and chiggers live can significantly lower their numbers. Mosquitoes spend most of the day in and around green plants and shrubbery and come out in the evening. Removing or treating standing water will prevent them from breeding. You can treat with insecticides like permethrin but mosquitoes can easily fly in from an untreated area limiting chemicals’ effectiveness.
Mike was referencing the publication UT Redbook Publication on household pests available here.
Or here click here for a direct link to each pest:
Chiggers
Mosquitos
Ticks
Related Videos:
Pesticide Lifespan and Storage
Pesticides Modes of Action
Related Resources:
Chiggers
Lawn Insects and How to Control Them
Mosquitos