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> miticides (which are insecticides, btw Mites are not insects, so miticides are not necessarily insecticides, no?

Yes, mites are arachnids, but this point is pedantic. Miticides don't work by counting legs and body segments.

Consider Amitraz [1]. It is both an insecticide and a miticide, and the method of action is on the central nervous system. Fluvalinate [2], another common one, is also broadly toxic to many different organisms.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitraz

[2] https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Fluvalinate

Correct, miticides and insecticides are both pesticides but mites are arachnids while insects are, well, insects.

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