Mosquito Control

Do Mosquitos eat you up? Where do they come from?
Why do some people get bitten and others don't?

Mosquitos have been around for 170 million years! There are over 2700 different species. Size varies, but they are rarely over 6/10 of an inch long, and they fly at about 1 mph. Most species overwinter as eggs (outside of the tropics,) but some overwinter as larvae or adults.

There are 4 stages in a mosquito's life - egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Mosquito larvae (or "wigglers") can be found in ponds, in the sewer system, in a puddle, or anywhere water is standing. They breathe air through siphons in their tails. A mosquito can grow from an egg to a reproducing adult in 7 days! One hundred female mosquitos can produce 5000 more mosquitos in 7 days, laying eggs every 3rd night of their lives.

Only females bite. Mosquitos live on fruit juice and nectar, but they must have protein for egg development - that's where you and your pets come in. Mosquitos locate their victims primarily through scent. They are extremely sensitive to carbon dioxide (we breathe IN oxygen and breathe OUT carbon dioxide,) as well as sweat. They can smell us 100 feet away. Men are more likely to be bitten, as well as those overweight and those with blood type "O."

Mosquitos get hot quickly and tire easily. During the day, they stay down in the cool grass, or in your shrubs or any shaded place, reserving their energy for evening. At dusk, when temperatures begin to cool, they come out and look quickly for someone to bite. Once a mosquito has bitten someone, they must rest on a vertical surface, like a tree trunk or the side of your house, to digest.

Besides being annoying pests, mosquitos can carry dangerous diseases like West Nile virus, dengue fever, St. Louis encephalitis, yellow fever, malaria, eastern equine encephalitis, and heartworm disease.

Command Pest Mosquito Control program will not provide 100% elimination of mosquitos. A mosquito can always fly over the fence from the neighbor's - but by treating someone's property, we have a chance to control them when they land. Our Mosquito Control Program should drastically reduce the number of mosquitos on someone's property. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the treatments - too many circumstances are out of our control, such as precipitation, nearby creeks or ponds, or the neighbors.

Mosquito Myths

A mosquito dies after biting you. False! After a blood meal, the mosquito then completes the development of her eggs, lays about 400 of them, and frequently goes to find another blood meal.

Bats will control mosquitos. False! Bats will eat anything that flies by, but they don't concentrate on mosquitos and very rarely have any substantial effect on the mosquito population.