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Other BuzzOFF Solutions

Additional Resources
Here are some other things you can do today to mitigate the mosquito problem around your home. While they may not be the BuzzOFF solution, these tips may help until your certified mosquito professional is on-site at your house.

Remove, alter or maintain items that may contain water and hold it for more than seven days.

 

  • Empty and refill birdbaths at least weekly.
  • Drill holes in the bottom of tire swings to prevent water accumulations.
  • Avoid using barrels or other containers to capture rainwater unless the container is emptied. It is recommended that you do not place trays beneath outdoor pots.
  • Empty children's pools and or ponds not equipped with aeration equipment regularly.
  • Examine gutters regularly; look for debris and poor pitch.
  • Fill in accessible tree holes with material's not harmful to the tree. Consult with a local nursery or arborist for advice.
  • Fill in low areas in lawns and landscaped areas that allow water accumulations to stand for more than several days.
  • Install an agitator in garden ponds (see your hardware store for recommendations) or buy fish that consume mosquito larvae. The motion created by an agitator will help prevent mosquito adults from successfully emerging from pupae.

 

Mosquito Larvae
Adult Mosquito Control
We have learned that larvicides applied properly to properties that have ditches, small ponds or other man made or natural water holding areas provide excellent results. Such a service is available in conjunction as a stand-alone or in conjunction with your mosquito misting system.

The insect growth regulator methoprene interferes with the mosquito larva?s ability to pupate into an adult. When appropriate insect growth regulators are generally applied about once every 30 days to help reduce mosquito populations, an optional service available from your BuzzOFF professional.

Bacterial mosquito products may be utilized, but timing is very critical when using such products.


The best way to limit mosquitoes is to prevent adult mosquitoes from developing by eliminating or treating breeding sources. Because some adult mosquitoes will be present during the warmer seasons, treatments combining the installation of a BuzzOff Misting System with optional topical applications are most successful. Granules and larvicides based on the specific needs of your home will provide the ultimate protection. Your BuzzOFF Mosquito professional will design a customized program to significantly reduce the nuisance caused by out of control mosquitoes in your back yard.

Your BuzzOff Mosquito professional can apply residual products to shrubs and other vegetation around the home and yard. Since mosquitoes spend most of their time resting in vegetation, such treatments are effective at reducing adult mosquito populations from the treated areas. Environmental conditions will play heavily when determining frequency and product selection. Topical applications may be necessary throughout the warm months as a stand-alone treatment or as a supplemental treatment with your BuzzOFF Misting System.

Mosquito traps available commercially attract and capture large numbers of mosquitoes. By design traps will draw mosquitoes from adjacent areas; trap placement is critical and should be at the perimeter of your property. Placing it next to the patio, deck, etc. where people are active is ill advised. Your BuzzOFF Mosquito professional will often use such traps to assist in deterring the specific mosquito species living in your area and determine the control measures necessary.

Control Products: BuzzOFF Mosquito has dedicated significant time and resources exploring numerous alternate products to be utilized in the control of mosquitoes. We will continue to work with the nations leading formulators, researchers and other mosquito control experts to insure that only the most effective products are used by our professional applicators. We currently utilize conventional products formulated with pyrethrum, plant oils and even garlic with desired results and will continue to dedicate ourselves to provide products and techniques that provide ultimate control measures.


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