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Insecticide Resistance in Common Household Pests: Are There Alternatives?

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Wonder why your insecticide treatments aren’t working? One major concern you may have is insecticide resistance. What is this? Insects such as houseflies, cockroaches, bedbugs and mosquitoes develop and change so your products are no longer effective. Insects reproduce quickly and are often confined to relatively small areas. These factors combined with repeated exposure to …

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Essential Oils and Mosquito Treatments

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Ah, essential oils! They have shown benefits for so many things. Shampoos, facewash, cleaners, candles, etc… And best of all..  stopping those blood-sucking creatures called mosquitos (and ticks)! Check out how essential oils can be an alternative mosquito treatment! This is what researchers from the University of Calicut found out in their study, “Essential oils of …

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Do barrier mosquito treatments work?

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Introduction In areas that mosquito-spraying does not occur, many homeowners might hire a company themselves. In North Carolina, there are three viruses that are carried by mosquitos: La Crosse encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, and Eastern equine encephalitis virus. To combat the diseases and the mosquitos that carry them, the homeowners could hire a private …

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Natural Mosquito Control: Should Mosquito Traps Become Part of Your Service?

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For pest control companies looking to offer a natural mosquito control option, integrating mosquito traps as part of your services could be a good move. These traps will lower overall mosquito numbers in the back yard and allow the Natural barrier to be more effective. When determining which mosquito traps to offer, it is important …

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How to Use a New Degree-Day Hatching Model to Keep Your Customers Happy

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New research will help predict tiger mosquito spring hatch As a pest control professional, fighting nuisance mosquitoes is a key to keeping your customers happy. In many parts of the U.S. the Aedes albopictus is one of the most aggressive biters that torment people in their backyards. A team of researchers from Rutgers and LSU …

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Will the release of Genetically Modified mosquitoes impact my pest control business?

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Will Genetically Modified mosquitoes impact pest control? Mosquitoes are tiny insects, yet the diseases they spread are amongst the most destructive forces impacting human health. According to the World Mosquito Program, nearly 700 million people contract mosquito-borne illnesses each year, causing about  one million deaths respectively. Will GM mosquitoes help to combat this problem?  In a …

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Dengue continues to spread in the Western Hemisphere

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“Dengue is an important insect-borne viral disease, transmitted in the Western hemisphere by the A. aegypti mosquito. It is endemic in the Caribbean with sporadic outbreaks in different regions. Cases in the United States are mostly imported cases but can be seen in the Gulf states as well as the Southeast. ” Link to full article here.   quoted from – “Ramirez-Ronda CH, …

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