The researchers examined the efficacy of tick tubes for removing ticks from mice. Tick tubes are small cardboard tubes stuffed with cotton batting treated with specialized permethrin, a commonly used ...

Permethrin - a broad spectrum, non-systemic, synthetic pyrethroid insecticide that can be used to pretreat clothing and is effective against ticks and mosquitoes. "It kills ticks within three ...

This insecticide can help prevent some mosquito and tick bites. But you must use it properly. Permethrin-treated clothing—designed to kill or disable bugs upon contact—has been available to ...

Tick tubes are small cardboard tubes stuffed with cotton batting treated with specialized permethrin, a commonly used insecticide extracted from the chrysanthemum flower that kills ticks but is ...