Share. Flea and tick collars vary in their active ingredient. Often, these collars contain amitraz (a chemical that is an alpha2-adrenergic agonist and monoamine oxidase inhibitor), organophosphates or carbamates, or pyrethrins/pyrethroids. Please see each individual active ingredient for more information.
The mean minimum temperature for May 2012 at Adelaide (Kent Town) was 9.3 C, 0.9 C below the long term May average of 10.2 C. This resulted in the coolest May since 2006. By comparison, May 2011 saw minimum temperature for the month average 10.0 C.
Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate (KÃ¶ppen climate classification Csa), with mild to cool winters with moderate rainfall and warm to hot, dry summers. Adelaide is the driest of the Australian capital cities and the past two decades have been far warmer than usual, with the past 8 years seeing an excess of 40+ degrees every summer.