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Permethrin is a medication and an insecticide. [4] [5] As a medication, it is used to treat scabies and lice. [6] It is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. [4] As an insecticide, it can be sprayed onto outer clothing or mosquito nets to kill the insects that touch them. [5] [7] Side effects include rash and irritation where it is applied. [6]
Pyrethrum rapidly knocks down flying insects but has negligible persistence — which is good for the environment but gives poor efficacy when applied in the field. Pyrethroids are essentially chemically stabilized forms of natural pyrethrum and belong to IRAC MoA group 3 (they interfere with sodium transport in insect nerve cells).
Bifenthrin is used by the textile industry to protect woollen products from insect attack. It was introduced as an alternative to permethrin-based agents, due to greater efficacy against keratinophagous insects, better wash-fastness, and lower aquatic toxicity. [24]
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The spray uses Permethrin which bonds to fabric fibers for up to 6 weeks or through 6 washings. One user even praised it saying "Almost no mosquito bites after nine days in the jungle."
This suggests, due to the low dosage applied, that insects are driven to leave the area before dying. [23] Because of their insecticide and insect repellent effect, pyrethrins have been very successful in reducing insect pest populations that affect humans, crops, livestock, and pets, such as ants, spiders, and lice, as well as potentially ...
repels flying insects [4] Chives: repels carrot fly, Japanese beetle, [2] and aphids [3] Chrysanthemums: repel roaches, ants, the Japanese beetle, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and root-knot nematodes [2] Citronella grass: repels insects, may deter cats [5] Citrosa: proven not to repel mosquitoes [6] Clovers: repel aphids and ...