[The reaction of taiga ticks to an attractant. 1. The experimental contact of nymphs with attractant-acaricidal granules].

Four experimental variants used the following: 1) granules only from a filler (control); 2) those from a filler and an attractant; 3) and 4) those from a filler, an attractant, and a toxicant (permethrin or lambda cigalothrin, respectively). Each experiment used 20 nymphs of the first laboratory generation. 90 and 25% were in contact with attractive and control granules, respectively. Out of the nymphs in experiments 3 and 4 granules, 94 and 100% died. The contacts of 4 sec or more duration led to death. The experimental findings suggest that the designing and application of attractive acaricidal granules in the foci of tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme's disease are promising.