We use a combination of targeting methodologies as part of a comprehensive, Integrated Mosquito Management (IMM) approach. IMM integrates surveillance data, source reduction, biological control, larviciding, adulticiding, resistance monitoring, public education, and the exploration of innovative and emerging technologies to achieve effective, environmentally responsible mosquito control.

Learn more about our approach here: https://www.pascomosquito.org/integrated-mosquito-management

Q: What types of equipment are used?

A: Various

Airboats & Amphibious Vehicles

We deploy specialized airboats and amphibious vehicles to access wet, marshy, or flooded areas where mosquitoes commonly breed. These off-road and water-capable machines allow our teams to precisely apply larvicides or adulticides directly to habitats that are impossible to reach with traditional trucks, ensuring effective treatment in challenging or sensitive ecosystems enabling targeted control of mosquito larvae in aquatic environments and on dense vegetation. By treating stagnant water bodies, ditches, retention ponds, and flood-prone areas where mosquitoes flourish, along with aquatic plant species that provide mosquito habitat, we can reduce mosquito populations before they emerge as flying adults and pose a public health risk.

ATVs &UTVs

We use all-terrain and utility vehicles to access off-road or hard-to-reach areas such as trails, wooded properties, and flood-prone zones. These compact vehicles allow technicians to carry and operate larvicide and adulticide equipment efficiently, ensuring accurate treatments in locations where larger trucks cannot operate.

Backpack Spray Systems

Our technicians use backpack spray systems to make applications to small, targeted areas where vehicle access is limited or precision is needed, such as around dense vegetation, residential backyards, storm drains, or standing water sources. These sprayers allow for direct application of larvicides and adulticides to specific mosquito habitats, helping reduce populations at the source.

Helicopters

We utilize helicopters to apply treatments over large or inaccessible areas such as salt marshes, wetlands, pastures, and flood zones. Equipped with GPS-guided spray systems, helicopters can efficiently target mosquito breeding habitats with larvicides or adulticides, covering wide areas quickly and accurately to reduce mosquito populations before they spread to residential zones.

Trucks

We have trucks that are used to perform Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) treatments in neighborhoods and urban areas during nighttime hours when mosquitoes are most active. These trucks are equipped with GPS-tracked, variable-rate spray systems that release a fine mist of adulticide, targeting flying mosquitoes while minimizing environmental impact. They are essential for efficiently treating large areas and reducing adult mosquito populations. Alternate trucks are utilized to conduct larvicide activities, applying product to stagnant water to reduce mosquitoes in the immature stage before they become flying and biting adults.

Q: What types of products are used?

A: Effective mosquito control utilizes a range of safe and effective tools to manage mosquito populations and reduce breeding habitats. These include larvicides, which target mosquito larvae in standing water, and adulticides, used to control flying adult mosquitoes. We also use biological controls such as Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) and Gambusia fish species (mosquito fish), which feed on mosquito larvae. Insect growth regulators (IGRs) are applied to interrupt mosquito development, preventing them from maturing into adults. Additionally, herbicides are used to manage aquatic vegetation that can trap water and create ideal breeding grounds for certain species. All products are US EPA-approved and selected based on surveillance data to ensure safe and effective treatment.

Please refer to our Product labels & SDS Sheets