Mosquito Control

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

[mdlawnland]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

[Anonymous]

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

Really? You couldn't have said it any better than "I don't give a f about bees?" Because you lost any chance of convincing a lot of people when you agreed with that. It's a disgusting, ignorant sentiment. Also, you apparently agreed with "bees don't chill out on bushes" which is dumb and wrong. Also, "no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs"--unbelievably ignorant for a "licensed and trained" yard care professional.

[Anonymous]

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

And you're still here selling your snake oil solution to a problem with mosquitoes. I don't care what you use to spray, you continue to ignore the fact that spraying does essentially nothing to control mosquitoes. Sure, it might kill off some of the adult population for a short while and lessen the amount of feeding females in an area for a brief period of time. However, the problem will quickly return when the hundreds of eggs that were laid before the adults were killed begin to mature.

I get it from your business perspective, you find one sucker who falls for your pitch and when the mosquitoes return, they're now asking you to come back and spray again.

For those of us not dumb enough to fall for this trap, find ways to kill the eggs/larva/pupa and break the cycle.



There

[Anonymous]

People who spray are assholes damaging the common resources for no reason because LOL if you think spraying your lawn makes a bit of difference. Makes me so mad and I have permanent ill will towards my two neighbors who do it. We live right next to a creek! Mosquitos are going nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Ok so say I do not want to spray for the reasons listed. And I always check for and rid standng water. what else am I to do? My yard is unusable due to mosquitos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok so say I do not want to spray for the reasons listed. And I always check for and rid standng water. what else am I to do? My yard is unusable due to mosquitos.

Mosquito Dunks. Get them on Amazon or at Home Depot.They work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It only takes one neighbor, one source of water, to breed a lot of them. Clean gutters, downspouts, trash, standing water, etc

And after you clean them put mosquito dunks in all the places where water will stand, so they can come to drink it and it kills off the larvae.

Or Mosquito Bits
https://www.amazon.com/Summit-Responsible-Solutions-Mosquito-Bits/dp/B0001AUF8G?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-osx-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0001AUF8G

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

And you're still here selling your snake oil solution to a problem with mosquitoes. I don't care what you use to spray, you continue to ignore the fact that spraying does essentially nothing to control mosquitoes. Sure, it might kill off some of the adult population for a short while and lessen the amount of feeding females in an area for a brief period of time. However, the problem will quickly return when the hundreds of eggs that were laid before the adults were killed begin to mature.

I get it from your business perspective, you find one sucker who falls for your pitch and when the mosquitoes return, they're now asking you to come back and spray again.

For those of us not dumb enough to fall for this trap, find ways to kill the eggs/larva/pupa and break the cycle.



There

NP. Yup. Every few months someone posts here pretending they are looking for mosquito spraying recommendations and inevitably, one or two companies get mentioned over and over and get glowing reviews. I believe a couple of years ago, Jeff came out and said one of the posts was actually traced to a mosquito spraying business’ IP. (I could be going crazy and misremembering, can anyone back me up?)

[Anonymous]

We use Mosquito Authority and it's the only reason we can sit outside at all.

[mdlawnland]

Anonymous wrote:

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

And you're still here selling your snake oil solution to a problem with mosquitoes. I don't care what you use to spray, you continue to ignore the fact that spraying does essentially nothing to control mosquitoes. Sure, it might kill off some of the adult population for a short while and lessen the amount of feeding females in an area for a brief period of time. However, the problem will quickly return when the hundreds of eggs that were laid before the adults were killed begin to mature.

I get it from your business perspective, you find one sucker who falls for your pitch and when the mosquitoes return, they're now asking you to come back and spray again.

For those of us not dumb enough to fall for this trap, find ways to kill the eggs/larva/pupa and break the cycle.



There

Pitch?? Really?? No pitch, people call me. I spray to help stop the spread of disease. To help pets and families live comfortably. You cant believe all the hate in the media, we are trained and use products responsibly. I also use only whats needed. And spraying a lawn for mosquitoes, thats a waste and a media story to influence you that all applicators are bad. I spray shrubs and trees, where the mosquitoes are. I dont over apply or waste any products for the sake of a dollar. The war on pesticides WILL...cannot emphasize enough to WILL, become a huge health risk. Malaria and dengue fever are now in MD. Fact, not a scare tactic. We have products to help prevent disease, but people seem to prefer the disease over a way to prevent it. I am licensed by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in alot of categories, including Public Health. I take all of my licenses very seriously and do everything i can BEFORE anything is applied.

[Anonymous]

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

And you're still here selling your snake oil solution to a problem with mosquitoes. I don't care what you use to spray, you continue to ignore the fact that spraying does essentially nothing to control mosquitoes. Sure, it might kill off some of the adult population for a short while and lessen the amount of feeding females in an area for a brief period of time. However, the problem will quickly return when the hundreds of eggs that were laid before the adults were killed begin to mature.

I get it from your business perspective, you find one sucker who falls for your pitch and when the mosquitoes return, they're now asking you to come back and spray again.

For those of us not dumb enough to fall for this trap, find ways to kill the eggs/larva/pupa and break the cycle.



There

Pitch?? Really?? No pitch, people call me. I spray to help stop the spread of disease. To help pets and families live comfortably. You cant believe all the hate in the media, we are trained and use products responsibly. I also use only whats needed. And spraying a lawn for mosquitoes, thats a waste and a media story to influence you that all applicators are bad. I spray shrubs and trees, where the mosquitoes are. I dont over apply or waste any products for the sake of a dollar. The war on pesticides WILL...cannot emphasize enough to WILL, become a huge health risk. Malaria and dengue fever are now in MD. Fact, not a scare tactic. We have products to help prevent disease, but people seem to prefer the disease over a way to prevent it. I am licensed by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in alot of categories, including Public Health. I take all of my licenses very seriously and do everything i can BEFORE anything is applied.

Oh good lord... please just stop trying to convince people to spray.

SPRAYING IS USELESS. PERIOD!

It doesn't matter what you spray or where you spray.

Go ahead and actually read this study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X18308106

Or, google many of the others conducted, especially after Zika emerged and there were several efforts looking at the best ways to combat the spread of the disease. Spraying was the least effective method.

The only thing viable solution is to intentionally create standing water sources laced with BTI to help mitigate the adult mosquito population.

[Anonymous]

Here is a quote directly from one study, "... Bti was reducing adult daily recruitment more than tenfold. This difference is high enough that, with protracted and systematic use, Bti might cause a long-term decline without concurrent use of broadcast adulticides.

And also this, "Rethink the spraying of adulticides to suppress Ae. aegypti in urban areas. If an effective adulticide is identified, it should be used as a
compliment to an effective larval control program."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

mdlawnland wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The natural spray will not kill mosquitoes, only irritate them and will leave the area. Synthetic sprays are the best way to handle them. We use plant based crysanthimum spray. Please don't fall for the hype and war against pesticides. As a licensed and trained applicator we do only what's needed to gain control. Most people use more chemicals to clean their house then i ever would to treat for pests. Also, is it worth the risk to not treat properly and expose your family to west nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. And, don't forget, what we spray is the same chemical you apply to your dog and cat. Why would you not protect your family?

This is total bullshit. Not only will pyrethrum kill all the bees and other bugs in addition to some of the mosquitoes, it will seriously f up your local waterways.

I'm not pp, but I'm not sure what is bs about it. Synthetics do in fact offer superior control methods. As to your waterway comment, OK. I'll make sure to use it on my shrubs instead of dumping it straight into the water. Glad you thought of that. And for the bees, 1. I don't give a f about bees, especially local ones that have not one iota of impact on agricultural pollination, and 2. Even if I did, bees don't chill on bushes like mosquitos do. Ergo, if I spray my bushes, it impacts the mosquitos, not the bees. Stop being dumb about this stuff. Thanks.

Couldn't have said it any better. The pesticide police out there want everyone to believe that they are being applied poorly and dumped into the waterways...NOT TRUE at all. I, as well as many others, are licensed, insured and train regularly on the correct way to store, mix, apply and dispose of any product. When applied by a licensed and trained applicator chemicals are VERY safe. As for bees......no shortage of bees in the city or suburbs....you need to take that fight to the farmers who have less regulation over what, when, how they spray. That takes us to runoff into the water.....it wont runoff of turf but you need to understand it DOES runoff of farm land, bare soil. It is just easier to target busniesess than farms.

And you're still here selling your snake oil solution to a problem with mosquitoes. I don't care what you use to spray, you continue to ignore the fact that spraying does essentially nothing to control mosquitoes. Sure, it might kill off some of the adult population for a short while and lessen the amount of feeding females in an area for a brief period of time. However, the problem will quickly return when the hundreds of eggs that were laid before the adults were killed begin to mature.

I get it from your business perspective, you find one sucker who falls for your pitch and when the mosquitoes return, they're now asking you to come back and spray again.

For those of us not dumb enough to fall for this trap, find ways to kill the eggs/larva/pupa and break the cycle.



There

Pitch?? Really?? No pitch, people call me. I spray to help stop the spread of disease. To help pets and families live comfortably. You cant believe all the hate in the media, we are trained and use products responsibly. I also use only whats needed. And spraying a lawn for mosquitoes, thats a waste and a media story to influence you that all applicators are bad. I spray shrubs and trees, where the mosquitoes are. I dont over apply or waste any products for the sake of a dollar. The war on pesticides WILL...cannot emphasize enough to WILL, become a huge health risk. Malaria and dengue fever are now in MD. Fact, not a scare tactic. We have products to help prevent disease, but people seem to prefer the disease over a way to prevent it. I am licensed by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in alot of categories, including Public Health. I take all of my licenses very seriously and do everything i can BEFORE anything is applied.

Oh good lord... please just stop trying to convince people to spray.

SPRAYING IS USELESS. PERIOD!

It doesn't matter what you spray or where you spray.

Go ahead and actually read this study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X18308106

Or, google many of the others conducted, especially after Zika emerged and there were several efforts looking at the best ways to combat the spread of the disease. Spraying was the least effective method.

The only thing viable solution is to intentionally create standing water sources laced with BTI to help mitigate the adult mosquito population.

Thank you for posting about this. I just ordered "Summit Responsible Solutions Mosquito Bits" which use BTI. Last summer the mosquitos were a real problem on our porch unless the fan was on, so I'm hoping this helps.