Mosquito Control
Today, homeowners are more aware of the diseases caused by mosquitoes. As strange as this sounds mosquitoes are the most deadly insect on the Earth. Every year they cause more than 1 million deaths! The most common type of mosquito that we treat in southeastern Wisconsin is the Southern House Mosquito. In the past few years mosquitoes were a problem due to their constant attacks on homeowners. Homeowners were forced to cancel outside activities due to their yards being overwhelmed with attacking mosquitoes. Mosquito control is becoming more of a necessity in pest management due to the increasing population and risks.
It’s pretty astonishing to think 1 female mosquito, in one season, can have 4 million descendants. We’ve seen first hand evidence with the Ebola Virus, that infectious diseases are spreading geographically much faster than any other time in recent history. Unfortunately, mosquitoes are capable of transmitting diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue, and different types of encephalitis including; St. Louis encephalitis (SLE), Western Equine encephalitis (WEE), La Crosse encephalitis (LAC), and West Nile virus (WNV)] to humans and animals.
Mosquito Season
Our “mosquito season” can vary, but most of our customers are sprayed between May-September. The worst time of the year usually is the month of July. It’s important for our customers to understand that no treatment will leave the yard 100% mosquito free. The single most important thing that you the customer can do to prevent mosquitoes in your yard is to make certain that you don’t have any standing water!
Why should I have my yard sprayed for mosquitoes? We feel it’s important to provide factual reasons why it’s important to be treated for mosquitoes, “As of 2014 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) received reports of 36,437 cases of West Nile Virus in the United States. Of these, 15,774 resulted in meningitis/encephalitis and 1,538 were fatal. The CDC estimates that there have been over 1.5 million infections and 350,000 cases of West Nile Fever, but the disease is grossly under-reported because of its similarity to other viral infections.”
(source The American Mosquito Control Associations (AMCA’s) website, www.mosquito.org)