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Keeping Safe From Mosquitoes

Posted by Admin Tuesday, October 11, 2011

By Cindy Smith


The prevalence of mosquitoes makes it essential to learn about these pests. It's important to understand their preferred environment, their breeding habits, and the various diseases they bring. They lay their eggs in stagnant water, and these eggs become larvae and soon transform into adult flying pests.

Protection From Mosquitoes

Some effective tips to keep mosquitoes at bay include keeping your surroundings clean and free from trash, disposing of empty containers that hold stagnant water, and screening your house off from flies and other outdoor bugs. Always keep your place free from any pest-magnets.

The tips and advice above can help protect yourself and your family from harmful mosquitoes. But in order to completely eliminate the possibility of malaria and dengue, it is best to go one step further. This means pest control. Nowadays, it's quite easy to find a safer type of pest control for residential houses.

Employ the services of a professional pest control company if you don't feel like doing it yourself. Let the experts in the field evaluate the situation, and listen to their advice. Then let them do their job of eliminating the pests. You just need to wait until they finish the task, using their fungicides and insecticides and all their equipment.

Ensuring Safety During A Mosquito Control Campaign

In terms of effects on health and the environment, one of the safest pest control methods is biological pest control. This method has less impact as it eliminates pests without the need for any chemical concoction. Predators and parasites instead get released in the area of infestation. These natural biological enemies harm the pests themselves. The environment, other bugs and insects, pets as well as people do not get harmed.

Some pest control methods use Bt bacteria as a larvicide. This method targets mosquitoes at the larval stage. Instead of fumigating or spraying chemicals, the method only releases the larvicide in standing water where the larvae dwell.

IPM is a good consideration too. The integrated pest management approach encompasses services such as monitoring and analyzing. IPM takes into consideration its impact on the environment and humans. Hence, the use of pesticides is regulated. Another thing is that they use plant-derived pesticides in an IPM system. This makes it safe for people as a residential pest control management strategy against mosquito infestation.




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