Mosquito
Other Pests
Mosquito facts
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Females are usually larger than males, and are the only ones that "bite" humans.
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The female sucks the blood of humans or animals to enable the production of eggs.
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Mosquitoes are most active in the evening until dawn. They can also be active in cool, shaded areas during the day.
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Mosquitoes have poor vision, using receptors on their antennae to sense the presence of a blood meal.
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Mosquitoes can develop from egg to adult in 10 to 14 days. They will mate soon after becoming adult.
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Mosquitoes serve as vectors of many important diseases such as dengue fever, malaria, filariasis, encephalitis and yellow fever, which could affect human health
Control Methods
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Fogging (diesel based or water based)
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Pesticide will be mixed with diesel or a water based carrier which will be then vaporised and sprayed. This enables the droplests to suspend mid-air and kills all the ADULT mosquito.
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Fogging will only kill adult mosquito and not the larvae.
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Ultra Low Volume (ULV) spraying
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This method is also know as mist fogging
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This method creates a space filled with insecticide. The chemical droplets produced are extremely fine, and these enable the droplets to be suspended midair, covering a wide area. This will kill all mosquitos around the area.
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Larvaciding
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A larvicide is an insecticide that is specifically targeted against the larval life stage of an insect.
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Larvacides may be contact poisons, stomach poisons, growth regulators
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The reason why larvaciding is need in addition to fogging is because the larvae, are protected from the insecticide laden fog.
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