| Abstract: | Cyhexatin, dienochlor and four experimental acaricides, U-25322 (1-benzoyl-3-phenylhydrazine), U-27415 1-benzoyl-3-(2, 4, 6-trichlorophenyl)hydrazine, U-42558 N1(4-chloro-o-tolyl) N2-methyl-N1-(phenylthio)formamidine], and U-42564 N2-methyl-N1-(phenylthio)- N1-(2, 4-xylyl)formamidine], at 125 mg litre-1, induced spindown by the carmine spider mite, Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval). Cyhexatin caused the largest number of mites to spin-down, dienochlor the least. Spinning occurred only during the first 6 h after treatment. Mites spun the same average length of threads in response to all compounds. The pattern of spin-down was even and similar for all the compounds except dienochlor for which it was sporadic. Acaricide-induced spin-down is postulated to be an ‘all-or-nothing’ reaction. |
