Hexythiazox is an acaricide that induces toxicity in larvae of the two-spotted spider mite
T. urticae and the European red mite
P. ulmi (LC
50s = 0.15-0.58 and 0.23-0.62 mg AI/L, respectively), as well as in the summer and winter eggs of
P. ulmi (LC
50s = 2.2 and 20 ppm, respectively).
1,2 Hexythiazox is toxic to bluegill (
L. macrochirus; LC
50 = 3.2 mg/L) and
D. magna (EC
50 = 0.36 mg/L) but not rats (LD
50 = >5,000 mg/kg).
3 Formulations containing hexythiazox have been used in the control of mites in agriculture.