Mosquito
Control
Control
Our effective Outdoor Fogger kills adult mosquitoes and other backyard pests to reduce backyard populations and protect your family from the biting pests that may can carry disease.
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Lambda 9.7 CS
High quality adulticide for insect control in livestock areas and other farm structures. Great for perimeter treatments as part of an IPM protocol.
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Cattle Armor™ 1% Synergized Pour On
An on cattle pour-on to control flies and lice on cows. It can be applied as a spray mist or back rubber on pasture, in the feed lot.
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Pyronyl™ Crop Spray
A broad-spectrum insectide for use in dairies and feedlots as well as in poultry and swine operation for reliable control as part of an IPM program.
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Starbar® E-Pro Adulticide Spray
A highly reliable insecticidal spray that controls flies and other bitting insects such mites lice and ticks on cattle swine poultry and horses.
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Starbar® EZ™ Outdoor Fogger
Starbar® EZ™ Outdoor Fogger kills mosquitoes, ticks, wasps, and 15+ pests. Sprays up to 15 feet and treats up to 8,750 sq ft — perfect for backyards, patios, and picnic areas.
Types of Mosquitoes
Culex quinquefasciatus
Size: Approximately 3.96 to 4.25 millimeters long
Color: Brown, with a darker proboscis, thorax, wings, and tarsi, and a lighter brown head and center.
Other distinct features: The abdomen has pale, narrow, rounded bands that take on a half-moon shape.
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General Mosquito Behavior
- Depending on species, most activity takes place from dusk to dawn (Culex) or morning to afternoon (Aedes).
- Often seek shelter in enclosed spaces like garages, sheds, and under or inside homes to survive cold temperatures.
- Lay their eggs in standing water.
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General Mosquito Infestation Sites
- Live outdoors and may come indoors, but are susceptible to air conditioning.
- Rest in tall grass, weeds, and brush near inhabited locations.
- Larvae develop in storm drains, catch basins, pools, birdbaths, clogged rain gutters, septic seepage, artificial containers and sites that hold stagnant water.
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General Signs of Mosquito Infestations
- Frequent biting during daytime or evening hours, especially around patios, decks, or shaded areas of your yard.
- Standing water around your property, such as clogged gutters, birdbaths, planters, tarps, or puddles where mosquitoes can breed.
- Mosquito activity near vegetation or outdoor gathering spaces; noticing swarms resting in tall grass, shrubs, or damp, shaded areas.
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The Dangers of Mosquitoes
- Most famous for malaria, mosquitoes are also vectors of other diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, chikungunya, West Nile and the Zika virus.
