Mosquitoes
Pest Library
Identification
General Information
Mosquitoes are insects belonging to the order Diptera, the True Flies. Mosquito have two wings; mosquito wings have scales. Female mosquitoes’ mouthparts form a long piercing-sucking proboscis. Males differ from females by having feathery antennae and mouthparts are not suitable for piercing skin. Therefore, only female mosquito bites and feed themselves on blood. A male mosquito’s principal food is nectar or similar sugar source.
There are over more than 3000 different species of mosquitos. Despite these differences, all mosquitoes share some common traits, such as a four-stage life cycle like egg, larva, pupa, adult. Mosquitos breed in soft moist soil, stagnant water, tires.
Threat to Human as a pest
When a mosquito bites, she injects an anticoagulating agent into the skin to prevent the blood from clotting, thereby allowing her to feed. Mosquitos have tube-like mouthparts (called a proboscis) that can pierce the skin of a host and feed on blood, which contains protein and iron needed to produce eggs.
Mosquitos are important vector of disease. Mosquitos salvia is transferred to one host to other injecting various bacteria and pathogens from one host to other and carrying various disease including Malaria, Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Chikungunya, West Nile. By transmitting disease mosquitos cause lakhs of human death every year.
How to protect Mosquito
Many mosquito problems in your neighbourhood are likely to come from water-filled containers that resident can help to eliminate. All mosquitoes require water to breed. Be sure to drain any standing water around your house.
Dispose of any tires. Tires can breed thousands of mosquitoes.
Clear roof gutters of debris.
Clean pet water dishes regularly.
Change the water in bird baths regularly.
JFM Methods to get rid of Mosquito
We focus on elimination of Mosquito’s breeding place with the combination of chemical treatment. Mosquitos rest and breed on stagnant water, in day time they can hide in vegetation. Therefore, we focus on eliminating there breeding places.
Eliminating Breeding Source
Finding out Mosquitos breeding places and removing them. Like stagnant water, unused tires.
To keep mosquitos out of your property is very important. We Recommend home owners to clearing out any area which can become the cause of stagnant water and dirt. Clean Pet Water dishes regularly, Changing water in bird bath regularly.
Mosquito Treatment
Applying pesticide in gardens, vegetation to stop growing and eliminate existing mosquito.
Applying pesticide by spraying method in house to stop mosquito from entering property.
For mosquito treatment we generally focus on regular vegetation and water management treatment to eliminate mosquito from the property premises.
Type of Mosquitoes
Anopheles
Coquillettidia
Culex
Culiseta
Mansonia
Ochlerotatus
Psorophora
Uranotaenia
Wyeomyia